Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Sun newspaper drops Page Three topless pictures - Times

\The function of three pages in the sun starting in 1970

The Sun is no longer feature topless women on page three, the Times reported.

The Times, which has the same publisher as the sun, said that it was Friday edition including the sun, the last, women would wear topless pictures, even if they continue online.

Page three has a function of the sun for 44 years, but has been criticized for sexist and outdated.

The Press Office of the sun would neither confirm nor deny the reports.

Dylan Sharpe, director of public relations of the sun tweeted: "Page 3 is the sun tomorrow in the same place, it's always - between pages 2 and 4"

'Right direction'

The sun was already during the week ceased topless photos on the weekends, and sometimes does the same.

Page three of the Sun presented model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in lingerie on Monday and Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Metcalfe and Gemma Merna appeared Tuesday in a bikini on a beach.

The Times, which is a new title United Kingdom, the newspaper had decided to give up too quiet function. He said that News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch is assumed by the decision, signed.

Topless pictures have long protests by activists with an online petition attracted more than 215,000 signatures.

Anne Louise Kershaw, No More Page Three "This is a positive step"

A campaign group called No More Page Three was founded in 2012 by Lucy-Anne Holmes and is collected in support of a number of MPs and anti-sexism charities.

Holmes told BBC Newsnight, the group would not declare victory when the scantily clad women continue to appear in the newspaper, it is a "step in the right direction" when they were not topless, but was.

She said: "The sun did not suddenly decided that women say, think and do interesting and amazing things, it's still basically say women are there for decoration."

'Breasts not brains'

Labour MP Stella Creasy, three anti-activist pages, the BBC Radio 4 Today said: "The objectification of women in this way was basically told us all that mattered, frankly, our breasts were not our brain . "

Media commentator Steve Hewlett supported the function was seen as "embarrassing" and its removal was proof on paper "is trying to reinvent itself in the world after the phone-hacking."

The Irish edition of the Sun stopped topless pictures two years ago.

Reports indicate that the change of the output paper can be reversed if it has a significant decline in sales resulted.

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