 Front page on 4 December 2016 | |
| Type | Sunday newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Red top |
| Owner(s) | Reach plc |
| Editor | Peter Willis[1] |
| Founded | 16 October 1881 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | London |
| Circulation | 54,150 (as of May 2024)[2] |
| ISSN | 0307-7292 |
| Website | mirror.co.uk/sunday-people |
The Sunday People is a British tabloid Sunday newspaper. It was founded as The People on 16 October 1881.[3]
At one point owned by Odhams Press, The People was acquired along with Odhams by the Mirror Group in 1961, along with the Daily Herald. It is now published by Reach plc,[4] and shares a website with the Mirror papers. In July 2011, when it benefited from the closure of the News of the World, it had an average Sunday circulation of 806,544.[5] By December 2016 the circulation had shrunk to 239,364[6] and by August 2020 to 125,216.[7]
- ^ Mayhew, Freddie (1 March 2018). "All change as Daily Express and Daily Star editors leave following Trinity Mirror buyout". Press Gazette. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Sunday People". Audit Bureau of Circulations. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century". Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
- ^ Luft, Oliver; Brook, Stephen (30 January 2009). "The People to make six staff redundant". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (14 February 2014). "The Sun enjoys post-Christmas sales bounce with 8.3% rise". The Guardian.
- ^ "Print ABCs: Seven UK national newspapers losing print sales at more than 10 per cent year on year". Press Gazette. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Audit Bureau of Circulation: Sunday People". ABC. Retrieved 22 September 2020.