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, The ''People'' was acquired along with Odhams by the

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in 1961, along with the '' Daily Herald'', which eventually became ''The Sun''. It switched from

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to tabloid on September 22, 1974. The ''Sunday People'' is now published by

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, and shares a website with the Mirror papers. In July 2011, when it benefited from the closure of the ''

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'', 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.

Notable events

In March 1951 the ''Sunday People'' (then known as ''The People'') published an article claiming that the British military had allowed

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mercenaries to collect scalps from human corpses in the ongoing

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war. British colonial officials saw this article as a potential propaganda threat and drew plans to release a rebuttal in the ''

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''. The paper's claims would later be proven true following the

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Notable columnists

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had a two-page television opinion column, "Bushell on the Box", but left in early 2007, later moving to the ''

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, former

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Editors

*1881:

Sebastian Evans Sebastian Evans (2 March 1830 – 19 December 1909) was an English journalist and political activist, known also as a man of letters and an artist. He helped to form the National Union of Conservative Associations. Life Born on 2 March 1830 at ...

*1890: Harry Benjamin Vogel *1900:

Joseph Hatton Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton (3 February 1837 – 31 July 1907) was an English novelist and journalist. He was editor of many English publications including ''The Sunday Times'' from 1874 to 1881 and then served as a correspondent for several ...

*1913: John Sansome *1922:

Robert Donald Sir Robert Donald (29 August 1860 – 17 February 1933) was a British newspaper editor and author. Working as a clerk, Donald submitted free articles to a local journal, then gained employment at the '' Edinburgh Evening News''. He also worked ...

*1924:

Hannen Swaffer Frederick Charles Hannen Swaffer (1 November 1879 – 16 January 1962) was an English journalist and drama critic. Although his views were left-wing, he worked mostly for right-wing publications, many of them owned by Lord Northcliffe. He was a p ...

*1925:

Harry Ainsworth Harry Ainsworth (1 August 1888 – 4 August 1965) was a British newspaper editor. Born in Darwen, Ainsworth worked on local newspapers before becoming the news editor of the '' Weekly Dispatch''. He next became Assistant Editor at Odhams Press, t ...

*1957: Stuart Campbell *1966:

Bob Edwards Robert Alan Edwards (May 16, 1947 – February 10, 2024) was an American broadcast journalist who was a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He hosted both of National Public Radio's flagship news programs, the after ...

*1972:

Geoffrey Pinnington Geoffrey Pinnington (21 March 1919 – 24 December 1995) was a British newspaper editor. Pinnington grew up in London, studying at Harrow County School for Boys and the University of London before joining the Royal Air Force in 1940, becoming ...

*1982:

Nicholas Lloyd Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd (born 9 June 1942) is a British former newspaper editor and broadcaster. Early life Nicholas Markley Lloyd was born on 9 June 1942 in Luton, Bedfordshire, the son of Walter and Sybil Lloyd. He was educated at ...

*1984:

Richard Stott Richard Keith Stott (17 August 1943 – 30 July 2007) was a British journalist and editor. Born in Oxford, he attended Clifton College in Bristol. He began his career in journalism with the '' Bucks Herald'', aged 19. After the Great Train Ro ...

*1985: Ernie Burrington *1988: John Blake *1989:

Wendy Henry Wendy Henry is a former British journalist and newspaper editor. Early life Henry was born in Lancashire, England, in 1951, and with her twin sister Sara left their mother's house in St Annes on Sea in the late 1960s to move to Manchester to l ...

*1989: Ernie Burrington (acting) *1990:

*1991:

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*1992:

Bridget Rowe Bridget Rowe (16 March 1950 – 12 January 2021) was a British newspaper editor. Life and career Rowe worked for a succession of magazines: ''19'', ''Petticoat'', ''Club'', ''Look Now'' and ''Woman's World'', before becoming Assistant Editor of '' ...

*1996: Brendon Parsons *1998:

Neil Wallis Neil John Wallis (born 4 October 1950) is a British former newspaper editor. He is currently a media consultant and media commentator. Early life Wallis was born in Lincolnshire. His mother, from Liverpool, served with the Women's Auxiliary ...

*2003:

Mark Thomas Mark Clifford Thomas (born 11 April 1963) is an English comedian, best known for the political stunts that he performs on his show, ''The Mark Thomas Comedy Product'' on Channel 4. Thomas first became known as a guest comic on the BBC Radio 1 ...

*2008: Lloyd Embley *2012: James Scott *2014:

Alison Phillips Alison Phillips (born 1970) is a British journalist who served as the editor of the ''Daily Mirror'' between 2018 and 2024. Biography Phillips grew up in Essex and first worked as a reporter for the ''Harlow Star'' Weekly Newspaper. She then a ...

*2016: Gary Jones *2018: Peter Willis *2020: Paul Henderson *2021:

Gemma Aldridge Gemma Louise Aldridge (born 8 August 1984) is a British former newspaper editor. Aldridge worked for the ''Daily Mirror'' for many years, rising to become a features editor and assistant editor, before being appointed as joint deputy editor in 202 ...

*2024:

Caroline Waterston Caroline Waterston (born November 1978) is a British newspaper editor. Waterston began working for Trinity Mirror in 2001. She rose to become deputy editor of the ''Sunday Mirror'' and ''Sunday People'', then deputy editor-in-chief of the '' Dail ...

References

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