PRESSThe press applies to the section of the mass media industry that their center of attention is on presenting current news to the public. It also refers to a company that produces or publishes literature or information.

The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in the United

Kingdom and Ireland.

On 26 February 2012, The Sun on Sunday was launched to

replace the redundant News of the World, employing a number of

its former journalists.

The Sun was first published as a broadsheet on 15 September

1964 – with a logo featuring a glowing orange disc.

The rate of growth for the tabloid was slower than in July, when

it had a 3% rise on June. Year on year, the Sun was down 0.64%.

NEWS PAPERS

NATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPERS

1. The Sun (7,772,000 readers) 2. The Daily Mail (4,741,000)

3. The Daily Mirror (3,087,000)* 4. Metro (3,287,000)

5. The Daily Telegraph (1,680,000) 6. The Times (1,565,000)

7. Daily Star (1,571,000) 8. Daily Express (1,427,000)

9. The Guardian (1,103,000) 10. The Independent (532,000)

The Sun is the UK’s most successful and best loved newspaper, read by more than seven

million readers in the UK every day.

The sun had an average daily circulation of 2,409,811 copies in January 2013.

The editor of ‘the sun’ is David Dinsmore. Dinsmore grew up in Glasgow, and began

working for News International at the age of 22.

In 2004, Dinsmore became night edit or of The Sun, and in 2006, he was appointed editor

of the Scottish edition of the paper, serving until 2010.

David Dinsmore then became general manager of the paper in Scotland, then managing

editor in London, and director of operations for News International..

PRESS INDUSTRY

less meaningful newspapers, generally known as

tabloids, and collectively as "the popular press",

which have tended to focus more on celebrity

coverage and human interest stories rather than

political reporting or overseas news.

THE SUNSun employment was launched in August 2009 and since then we have found work

for more than 70,000 people – including apprenticeships and seasonal jobs

Dear Deidre is The Sun’s longest serving columnist and one of the UK’s best-

known agony aunts, having spent over 30 years with the paper.

Research has shown that £1 in every £7 spent on groceries is spent by a Sun reader

14% of petrol bought in a week is paid for by a Sun reader

The Sun’s Dream team and Page 3 websites each attract around a quarter of a

million visits every week

According to National Readership Survey (NRS):

The Sun reaches 7.3 Million readers

The Sun reaches over 2.6 million ABC1 readers

The Sun has 1.3 million female shoppers with kids, more than any other

Rupert Murdoch is the founder, Chairman and CEO of global media holding

company News Corporation, the world's second-largest media conglomerate.