What is Herald Sun?
{{about|a newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia|the newspaper published in Durham, North Carolina, USA|The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina)}} {{dablink|Not to be confused with [[The Sun-Herald]] newspaper published in Sydney, Australia.}} {{Infobox Newspaper |name = Herald Sun |image = |type = Daily [[newspaper]] |format = [[Tabloid]] |foundation = 8 October 1990<br>([[The Herald (Australia)|The Herald]] – 3 January 1840,<br>[[The Sun News-Pictorial]] – 11 September 1922) |owners = [[The Herald and Weekly Times]] ([[News Corporation]]) |headquarters = 40 City Road,<br>[[Southbank, Victoria|Southbank]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]] |editor = Phil Gardner |website = [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/ www.heraldsun.com.au] | }} The '''''Herald Sun''''' is a morning [[tabloid]] [[newspaper]] based in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. It is published by [[The Herald and Weekly Times]], a part of [[News Limited]], which is a part of [[News Corporation]]. It can be bought in [[Melbourne]], Regional [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Tasmania]], the [[Australian Capital Territory]] and border regions of [[South Australia]] and Southern [[New South Wales]]. The Herald Sun shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. The ''Herald Sun'' is the biggest selling daily newspaper in Australia. It sells about 515,000 copies each day and is read by 1,500,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fxj.com.au/readership-and-circulation/Mar09_circulationrelease.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-12 |archive-date=2011-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905022612/http://www.fxj.com.au/readership-and-circulation/Mar09_circulationrelease.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Origins== The ''Herald Sun'' newspaper was formed in 1990 when the morning [[tabloid]] paper ''[[The Sun News-Pictorial]]'' joined with the afternoon [[broadsheet]] paper ''[[The Herald (Australia)|The Herald]]''. It was first published on 8 October 1990 as the