The ''Sunday People'' is a British tabloid Sunday newspaper. It was founded as ''The People'' on 16 October 1881.
At one point owned by
Odhams Press
Odhams Press was a British publishing company, operating from 1920 to 1968. Originally a magazine publisher, Odhams later expanded into book publishing and then children's comics. The company was acquired by Fleetway Publications in 1961 and the ...
, 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, and shares a website with the Mirror papers. In July 2011, when it benefited from the closure of the ''
News of the World
The ''News of the World'' was a weekly national Tabloid journalism#Red tops, red top Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling En ...
'', it had an average Sunday circulation of 806,544.
By December 2016 the circulation had shrunk to 239,364
and by August 2020 to 125,216.
Christmas issue
Christmas Day is falling on Sunday in 2022 but instead of normal paper a special edition will appear on Saturday December 24th Christmas Eve.
References
1881 establishments in the United Kingdom
Publications established in 1881
Sunday newspapers published in the United Kingdom
Newspapers published by Reach plc
Odhams Press newspapers
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