Sport Newspapers was the British publishing firm responsible for the ''
Daily Sport
The ''Daily Sport'' was a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Daily Sport Ltd., which specialised in celebrity news and softcore pornographic stories and images. The daily paper was launched in 1991 by David Sullivan, followin ...
'', ''
Sunday Sport
The ''Sunday Sport'' is a British tabloid newspaper that was founded by David Sullivan in 1986. It mainly publishes images of topless female glamour models, and is well known for publishing sensationalized, fictionalized, and satirical conten ...
'' newspapers and a number of mid shelf and top shelf magazine titles, such as ''Adult Sport'', ''Sport Babes'', ''Sport Reader's Wives'' and ''Ladsmag''. It was founded in 1986 by
David Sullivan, to launch the newspaper ''Sunday Sport''. The company offices were in
Manchester
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, England.
An attempt was made to publish a weekly version in Ireland, called the ''Irish Weekly Sport'',
but its
softcore pornography
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and trivial content proved unpopular within the Republic.
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries to Sport Newspapers include ''Flip Media'' which was set up by Michael Bancroft, a former director of
SMD Publishing to publish ''
Front
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Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film
* ''The Front'', 1976 film
Music
* The Front (band), an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and e ...
'' magazine and ''DVD World''.
Administration
On 1 April 2011, the holding company for the firm, Sport Media Group Plc, announced that it had ceased trading, and the company was broken up by administrators.
Successors
Sullivan acquired the rights to some of Sport newspapers and now publishes the ''Midweek Sport'' (Wednesdays), ''Weekend Sport'' (Fridays) and ''Sunday Sport'', through his new company (also based in Manchester)
''Sunday Sport'' (2011) Limited.
Entrepreneur Grant Miller acquired the rights to the ''Daily Sport'' and relaunched it online through a new company, Daily Sport Limited.
Sport Newspapers Limited and majority executive shareholder
Duncan Williams
Duncan Williams (born 17 April 1986) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half and represents Cork Constitution in the All-Ireland League.
Munster
Williams made his Munster debut against Connacht in December 2009. He made his ...
is today primarily focused on developing realtime digital media brands, most particularly within the betting and gaming sector.
See also
*''
Sunday Sport
The ''Sunday Sport'' is a British tabloid newspaper that was founded by David Sullivan in 1986. It mainly publishes images of topless female glamour models, and is well known for publishing sensationalized, fictionalized, and satirical conten ...
''
*''
Daily Sport
The ''Daily Sport'' was a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Daily Sport Ltd., which specialised in celebrity news and softcore pornographic stories and images. The daily paper was launched in 1991 by David Sullivan, followin ...
''
*
David Sullivan
References
External links
Sundaysport.comthe official Sunday Sport, Midweek Sport and Weekend Sport website.
Dailysport.co.ukthe official Daily Sport website.
Dailysport.mobithe official Daily Sport WAP site.
National newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Privately held companies of England
Defunct companies based in Manchester
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