Sport Newspapers
Sport Newspapers was the British publishing firm responsible for the Daily Sport, Sunday Sport 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.
Sport Newspapers
- Founded
- Sport Newspapers was established or created on 1 January 1986.
- Dissolved
- Sport Newspapers was dissolved or ceased on 1 April 2011.
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Sport Newspapers was the British publishing firm responsible for the Daily Sport, Sunday Sport 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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An attempt was made to publish a weekly version in Ireland, called the Irish Weekly Sport, but its softcore pornography and trivial content proved unpopular within the Republic.
Subsidiaries to Sport Newspapers include Flip Media which was set up by Michael Bancroft, a former director of SMD Publishing to publish Front magazine and DVD World.
Administration
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
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. Grant Miller acquired the rights to the Daily Sport and relaunched it online through a new company, Daily Sport Limited.
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1986
Sport Newspapers established.
1986
Sport Newspapers is recorded from 1986.
1986
Sport Newspapers was established or created on 1 January 1986.
2011
Sport Newspapers ceased.
2011
Sport Newspapers was dissolved or ceased on 1 April 2011.
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- 1.Sunday Sport, British Newspapers Online. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- 2.Daily Sport (defunct), British Newspapers Online. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- 3.Webb, Nick. Porn baron closes Irish 'Sunday Sport' as sales here fail to stiffen. Irish Independent. 14 June 2009.
- 4.Front due to return under Flip Media. Campaign. 20 February 2007.
- 5.Mark Sweney. David Sullivan paid just £50,000 for Sunday Sport. The Guardian. 11 June 2013.
- 6.David Sullivan could launch Friday edition of Daily Sport. The Guardian. 10 August 2011.
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Sport Newspapers was established or created on 1 January 1986. Dissolved or ceased on 1 April 2011. Recorded as publishing house.
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