News: Murdoch plans to launch tabloid newspaper in India

(RTR 09/05/2007) Mumbai - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks with the Sun group, which operates the Sun TV Network Ltd., to launch a tabloid newspaper, the Business Standard reported on Wednesday quoting unnamed sources.

The English tabloid was likely to be titled Sun and would be launched in South India before being introduced to other markets, the paper said, quoting sources close to the development. The sources did not detail a timeframe for the launch.

Officials at Sun TV could not be immediately reached for comment.

The sources told the paper the newspaper was part of Sun TV's expansion and diversification plans.

Sun group is owned by Kalanithi Maran, brother of Communications and Information Technology minister.