Will you buy The Sun on Sunday?

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Weirdly it owned by Trinity Mirror (who also own The Daily Mirror, the rival to The Sun)

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What would be really good is if The Sun, Daily Mail and Express all shut down!

It's not weird at all really - the Sunday Sun is a regional title, published by the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Ltd, which is part of Trinity Mirror ... the key word being 'Trinity', as it was Trinity plc, a major publisher of regional and local newspapers, that bought the Mirror, not the other way round. The Sunday Sun was around for a very long time before its parent company bought the Mirror.

I did my journo training at the training centre based at the offices of the Chronicle/Journal/Sunday Sun.

[Chad]

Virgin Media have snapped up advertising space in the first edition of the Sun on Sunday :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...0p?INTCMP=SRCH

"Sources say that advertisers signed up include O2, Virgin Media and furniture company Harveys.

Virgin Media has confirmed it is running a campaign; the other companies had not responded to a request to comment at the time of publication."

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Chad

Virgin Media have snapped up advertising space in the first edition of the Sun on Sunday :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...0p?INTCMP=SRCH

"Sources say that advertisers signed up include O2, Virgin Media and furniture company Harveys.

Virgin Media has confirmed it is running a campaign; the other companies had not responded to a request to comment at the time of publication."

Not a surprise Chad as VM advertised in the NOTW from what l remember.

The Sun on Sunday newspaper is being printed, ready to go on sale for the first time.
About three million copies are expected to be printed, and the company hopes well over two million will be sold.

The NOTW under another name

Under the headline "the Sun will come out tomorrow", Saturday's paper described the launch of the 50p title as a "brilliant new era for the Sun".

It said it would be launched with a TV advert later on Saturday, featuring readers from Edinburgh, London, Dublin and Manchester singing lines from the song Tomorrow from the musical Annie.
Marketing director Robin Painter said: "It shows how excited the great British public are about the new Sunday edition of the Sun."

You poor deluded guy Robin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17165615

[Sirius]

They could have picked a better name for toilet paper than the Sun On Sunday. Bet you its as rough as a badgers arse as well

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Chad

Virgin Media have snapped up advertising space in the first edition of the Sun on Sunday :

God, have we gotta start boycotting Virgin Media as well now then?

[AdamD]

Originally Posted by Sirius

They could have picked a better name for toilet paper than the Sun On Sunday. Bet you its as rough as a badgers arse as well

haha
why not try it and let us know?

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by Gary L

God, have we gotta start boycotting Virgin Media as well now then?

Please....

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by AdamD

haha
why not try it and let us know?

I doubt he would try as he would feel dirtier afterwards, you would feel cleaner using your hand.

[heero_yuy]

I'm happy with my copy at 50p. Basically the Sun on Saturday but with page three a bit more covered than normal.

Those who say it's just NOTW under a different cover have got it wrong on this outing.

The main feature being about Amanda Holden almost dying during caesarian childbirth could have been in any of the tabloid Sundays.

Gets out tin hat and prepares for incoming....

[Chris]

Originally Posted by yesman

The NOTW under another name





You poor deluded guy Robin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17165615

Nope ... analyst opinion seems to be that it's just a seventh-day printing for the Sun rather than a re-branded NOTW. The content of today's paper is consistent with the Sun rather than the News of the Screws - BBC's Nick Higham calls it "recognisably the Sun, rather than the News of the World: an upbeat family paper with no sleaze, no kiss'n'tells".

Also, Dominic Moghan is editing it, so it is unlikely to develop a different editorial direction from the Sun on Monday to Saturday if the same person is in charge of the whole show.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

I'm happy with my copy at 50p. Basically the Sun on Saturday but with page three a bit more covered than normal.

Those who say it's just NOTW under a different cover have got it wrong on this outing.

The main feature being about Amanda Holden almost dying during caesarian childbirth could have been in any of the tabloid Sundays.

Gets out tin hat and prepares for incoming....

[martyh]

Originally Posted by Chris

Nope ... analyst opinion seems to be that it's just a seventh-day printing for the Sun rather than a re-branded NOTW. The content of today's paper is consistent with the Sun rather than the News of the Screws - BBC's Nick Higham calls it "recognisably the Sun, rather than the News of the World: an upbeat family paper with no sleaze, no kiss'n'tells".

Also, Dominic Moghan is editing it, so it is unlikely to develop a different editorial direction from the Sun on Monday to Saturday if the same person is in charge of the whole show.

How much do you think it will evolve over the next few months into something similar to the NOTW?.

[Chris]

I don't think it will. The aim will have been to get the tone the way they wanted it from the outset. If they had wanted to re-launch the NOTW they could have done so from day one.

[richard1960]

A Shame really because as much as i disliked what the NOTW did on the phone hacking front they also did some very good pieces of journalism such as the Pakistan cricket spot fixing one if it had not been for the NOTW would anybody else have done that i wonder maybe or maybe not.

Whist not liking the sun we do need another investagative journal at the weekend i feel.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...s-of-the-world