I was thinking this might happen today and replaced with a Sunday Sun (isn't that already a Newspaper brand in the North East).
I hope advertises don't let them get away with it that easily.
News of the World rebrands.... sorry closes
OK it hasn't been confirmed yet about a Sunday Sun, but I think it's bound to happen now.wells wrote:I was thinking this might happen today and replaced with a Sunday Sun (isn't that already a Newspaper brand in the North East).
I hope advertises don't let them get away with it that easily.
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According to a pal, thesundaysun.co.uk (and .com) was registered two days ago.
As far as I'm aware, the domains registered are http://www.thesunonsunday.co.uk and http://www.thesunonsunday.com - I doubt very much that they could get away with calling it the Sunday Sun as Wells rightly says there's a local rag called that in the North East.
Either it's that paper presciently protecting its brand against any NOTW rebrand, or it's a cybersquatter, or it's Murdoch.
Either it's that paper presciently protecting its brand against any NOTW rebrand, or it's a cybersquatter, or it's Murdoch.
I'd place my bets on it being an enterprising individual registering those domains rather than News International. For a start they're registered using 123-reg, while News International have their own registry. Secondly, two days ago the situation was probably salvageable.
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It's curious that NOTW isn't trending on twitter as every other tweet seems to be about it.