Sunday Herald
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| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Owner(s) | Newsquest |
| Publisher | Herald & Times Group |
| Editor | Neil Mackay |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Political alignment | Pro-independence, Centre-left |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 200 Renfield Street Glasgow, Scotland |
| Circulation | c. 49,000 in Sep 2014 |
| Sister newspapers |
Evening Times The Herald (Glasgow) The National (Scotland) |
| Website | www.sundayherald.com |
The Sunday Herald is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, launched on 7 February 1999. Originally a broadsheet, it has been published in compact format since 20 November 2005. The paper is known for having combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution, and later Scottish independence.
In July 2012, the decision was made by the newspapers' publishers to classify both the Sunday Herald as a "regional" title, thus exempting it from the monthly biennially.
Between July and December 2013, the Sunday Herald sold an average of 23,907 copies, down 7.5% on the 12 months previous. After declaring support for Scottish independence, The Sunday Herald received a huge increase in sales, with circulation in September 2014 up 111% year on year.
In early 1998 the Scottish Media Group (SMG), then led by chairman Gus Macdonald, decided to create a Sunday sister for its existing national morning title The Herald, because the Glasgow-based media group was losing advertising revenue to rival newspaper publishers every Sunday. In March 1998 the media company's board appointed Andrew Jaspan, then the publisher and managing director of The Big Issue and a former editor of Scotland on Sunday, The Scotsman and The Observer to examine the business case for launching a new Sunday title. In October 1998 SMG (now known as STV Group plc), which also owns the broadcaster STV, committed to putting £10 million behind the new paper's launch.
The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the category of weekend paper by the European Newspaper Congress in 2011.
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