News UK 16 September 2014 by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Times Newspapers Limited publishes the compact daily newspaper "The Times" and the broadsheet "The Sunday Times". Times Newspapers was formed in 1967 when The Thomson Corporation purchased "The Times" from the Astor family and merged it with "The Sunday Times", which it had owned since 1959. The company was purchased by Murdoch's News International in February 1981. The acquisition followed an intense 21 days of negotiations with the print unions conducted by John Collier and Bill O'Neill. "The Times Literary Supplement", "Times Educational Supplement" and "Times Higher Education Supplement" were
Stars on Sunday (newspaper) female under-45 readership, with a Joint National Readership Research report indicating that 53% of Irish women read a daily newspaper, but 66% read a Sunday newspaper."Ireland on Sunday" (now the "Irish Mail on Sunday") was named as having the most potential for loss of readership when "Stars on Sunday" was announced. The "Star" newspaper accused "Stars on Sunday" of using a title similar to its own but on seeking legal advice was told that there was no reason to pursue legal action. "Stars on Sunday" branded itself as Ireland's first all-colour newspaper. The first issue had a print run of