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www.thesun.co.uk

With an amazing 21.2m people visiting the The Sun online globally, we have become one of the biggest UK newspaper websites.
 
Our mixture of paper and online exclusive content has seen numbers increase across all sections. Four of our key sections News, Showbiz, Sport and Video became the biggest channels of all the UK’s newspaper websites (Source: Comscore)
 
But, even with this fantastic accomplishment, we’re not a site for standing still. We continue to unveil multiple new applications and new technology along with a new-look homepage. All of these design and usability advancements had the user’s experience at the core of their development.

• Sun Talk is the first newspaper site to feature a live phone-in show on the internet featuring Sony award winning DJ, Jon Gaunt with famous guests & regular scheduled contributions from Sun columnists.
• Sun TV streamed 80 million videos – Our users watched more clips in a week than the FT and Telegraph showed in a month.
• Dream Team is the No 1 pay to play Fantasy Football Game in the world.
• MY SUN our thriving community now boasts over 250,000 users interacting with our stories and each other. Subscription is increasing at a rate of 2,000 new sign-ups every week.
• Bizarre USA, launched in July 2008 extends our Showbiz brand and takes on the big American sites like TMZ and Perez Hilton.
• Sport became a go-to destination for live football with our MATCH CENTRE providing goal alerts and live text commentary.
• The Scottish Sun Online was launched in July. The site grew 135 per cent in the first four months as the Daily Record dropped by 31 per cent.

Source: Hitbox 2009