The Sunday People

Sunday People
	Front page on 4 December 2016
Type	Sunday newspaper
Format	Red top
Owner(s)	Reach plc
Editor	Peter Willis
Founded	16 October 1881
Political alignment	Centre-left , ; Labour Party
Language	English
Headquarters	London
Circulation	58,831 (as of January 2024)
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. ^[4]

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 , ^[5] 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. ^[6] By December 2016 the circulation had shrunk to 239,364 ^[7] and by August 2020 to 125,216. ^[8]

Notable columnists [ edit ]

Garry Bushell had a two-page television opinion column, "Bushell on the Box", but left in early 2007, later moving to the Daily Star Sunday .
Jimmy Greaves , the former England footballer ^[9]
Fred Trueman , former England cricketer and fast bowler
Fred Harrison , an established economics author of 19 books
Dean Dunham , consumer columnist and leading authority on consumer law.

Editors [ edit ]

1881: Sebastian Evans
1890: Harry Benjamin Vogel
1900: Joseph Hatton
1913: John Sansome
1922: Robert Donald
1924: Hannen Swaffer
1925: Harry Ainsworth
1957: Stuart Campbell
1966: Bob Edwards
1972: Geoffrey Pinnington
1982: Nicholas Lloyd
1984: Richard Stott
1985: Ernie Burrington
1988: John Blake
1989: Wendy Henry
1989: Ernie Burrington (acting)
1990: Richard Stott
1991: Bill Hagerty
1992: Bridget Rowe
1996: Brendon Parsons
1998: Neil Wallis
2003: Mark Thomas
2008: Lloyd Embley
2012: James Scott
2014: Alison Phillips
2016: Gary Jones
2018: Peter Willis
2020: Paul Henderson
2021: Gemma Aldridge

References [ edit ]

^ 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 .
^ "What the papers say about the 2019 general election" . Press Gazette . 9 December 2019 . Retrieved 9 December 2019 .
^ "Sunday People" . Audit Bureau of Circulations . 13 February 2024 . Retrieved 2 March 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 .
^ Jessica Boulton; Katie Hind; Ben Duffy (28 March 2010). "CELEBRITY X FACTOR" . People . Retrieved 1 May 2012 .

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[1] 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 .

[2] "What the papers say about the 2019 general election" . Press Gazette . 9 December 2019 . Retrieved 9 December 2019 .

[3] "Sunday People" . Audit Bureau of Circulations . 13 February 2024 . Retrieved 2 March 2024 .

[4] "Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Nineteenth Century" . Archived from the original on 24 February 2008 . Retrieved 16 March 2008 .

[5] Luft, Oliver; Brook, Stephen (30 January 2009). "The People to make six staff redundant" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 February 2011 .

[July2011-6] Sweney, Mark (14 February 2014). "The Sun enjoys post-Christmas sales bounce with 8.3% rise" . The Guardian .

[circ-7] "Print ABCs: Seven UK national newspapers losing print sales at more than 10 per cent year on year" . Press Gazette . Retrieved 28 January 2017 .

[8] "Audit Bureau of Circulation: Sunday People" . ABC . Retrieved 22 September 2020 .

[9] Jessica Boulton; Katie Hind; Ben Duffy (28 March 2010). "CELEBRITY X FACTOR" . People . Retrieved 1 May 2012 .

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