We Name the Editor of The Sun on Sunday
February 22nd, 2012 by Rob Brown
When Rupert Murdoch announced the imminent launch of The Sun on Sunday, he didn’t name the editor. We’re naming him as Dominic Mohan, the editor of The Sun on every other day of the week.
It’s not a trick headline (OK it is… a bit), it points out something that’s all to easily missed after the melee that Murdoch mustered to herald the launch of his new Sunday paper. This isn’t a Sunday newspaper. This is a daily newspaper that happens to have a Sunday edition. It’s an important distinction. Sunday newspapers, even the News of the World, have been resourced to work on stories and scoops without the pressure of a daily deadline and with the time to conduct proper investigations. The Sun on Sunday will be churned out by weary hacks and the first editor in national newspaper history to work a 7 day week.
It also suggests that rather than an act born of a newly discovered appreciation for media ethics the closure of the News of the World presented an opportunity to produce a red top title seven days a week with a vastly reduced staff cost. Still if Mr Mohan feels the pressure of the increased workload he can take solace in the fact that Rupert has promised to stick around for a while to make sure that everything is running smoothly.
That must be a relief.
Helen Wilson Says:
Finally someone has seen the difference between a Sunday paper and a paper that also prints on a Sunday!! Sunday papers have traditionally contained long investigations and articles which journalists have spent a lot of time on, without having to worry about deadlines. This Sunday edition of the paper however, will just be like The Sun on every other day of the week – just with more columnist.
Now we are several weeks into the launch of their Sunday Sun, there are no long investigations or articles. It genuinely just is The Sun we see during the week, but printed and distributed on a Sunday! I’m glad someone agree’s with me on this.