Sunday Correspondent
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The Sunday Correspondent was a shortlived British
weekly national broadsheet
newspaper
. Launched on 17 September 1989, it ceased publication on 25 November 1990. It was edited by Peter Cole.
On launching, the paper billed itself as the first new quality Sunday title for 28 years (since the launch of The Sunday Telegraph in 1961). By the time it folded just over a year later, it was attempting to position itself as Britain's first quality tabloid. Underfunding, a perceived lack of glamour and personality, and the launch of The Independent on Sunday in January 1990 were all likely factors in its demise. The Guardian
journalist Jonathan Freedland
, the BBC's business editor Robert Peston
and art critic Andrew Graham Dixon started their national careers on the title.
One of the features in the Correspondent was Pass notes
, which was taken up by The Guardian
in 1992, where it has remained ever since.
United Kingdom
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weekly national broadsheet
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. Launched on 17 September 1989, it ceased publication on 25 November 1990. It was edited by Peter Cole.
On launching, the paper billed itself as the first new quality Sunday title for 28 years (since the launch of The Sunday Telegraph in 1961). By the time it folded just over a year later, it was attempting to position itself as Britain's first quality tabloid. Underfunding, a perceived lack of glamour and personality, and the launch of The Independent on Sunday in January 1990 were all likely factors in its demise. The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
journalist Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Saul Freedland is a British journalist, who writes a weekly column for The Guardian and a monthly piece for the Jewish Chronicle. He is also a regular contributor to The New York Times and The New York Review of Books, and presents BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series,...
, the BBC's business editor Robert Peston
Robert Peston
Robert Peston is a British journalist. Since February 2006, he has been the Business Editor for BBC News. He became known to a wider public with his reporting of the late-2000s financial crisis, especially with his scoop on the Northern Rock crisis.-Early life and education:Peston is the son of...
and art critic Andrew Graham Dixon started their national careers on the title.
One of the features in the Correspondent was Pass notes
Pass notes
Pass Notes is a regular tongue-in-cheek feature in UK newspaper The Guardian, first published in the shortlived Sunday Correspondent newspaper in 1989. It has been published in the Guardian since 1992, with a 4-year hiatus between 2005 and 2009...
, which was taken up by The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
in 1992, where it has remained ever since.