The News on Sunday was a left-wing British tabloid newspaper. It was launched in April 1987, but publication ceased in November 1987.
The founders of the paper were former members of the left-wing group Big Flame, who had joined the Labour Party. They decided that a left-wing mass-circulation tabloid Sunday newspaper was possible and endeavoured to start one. The idea of the paper was originally thought up by Benjamin Lowe. The leaders were John ...
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The News on Sunday was a left-wing British tabloid newspaper. It was launched in April 1987, but publication ceased in November 1987.
The founders of the paper were former members of the left-wing group Big Flame, who had joined the Labour Party. They decided that a left-wing mass-circulation tabloid Sunday newspaper was possible and endeavoured to start one. The idea of the paper was originally thought up by Benjamin Lowe. The leaders were John Pilger as editor-in-chief and Alan Hayling, but Pilger left before the newspaper was launched. The decision to base its headquarters in Manchester was criticised as it was away from the centre of national political activity. The paper gave a controlling interest to a collective of workers and its share issue raised £6.5 million from trade unions and Labour local authority pension funds. Keith Sutton was appointed editor.
The advertisement campaign for the paper was carried out by BBH (Bartle, Bogle & Hegarty), who came up with the slogan "No...
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