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"Former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil has said that a Sunday edition of The Sun is already &amp;quot;being pitched&amp;quot; to advertisers by News International, but he would be &amp;quot;surprised&amp;quot; if it launches in the next few months. Earlier this month, reports emerged that News International intended to launch The Sun on Sunday as a replacement for the News of the World, after the 168-year old Sunday tabloid was shut down following allegations of widespread phone hacking and criminal behaviour.  The domain name www.sunonsunday.com had been registered by an unknown company on July 5, with sources indicating that it was snapped up by News International. During his evidence to the commons culture, media and sport committee on Tuesday, News International chairman James Murdoch said that there were &amp;quot;no immediate plans&amp;quot; to replace the News of the World.  However, Neil said that advertising industry sources have indicated that News International was already pitching The Sun on Sunday, with the launch possibly coming in time for the start of the new Premier League season next month.  Neil said on Twitter: &amp;quot;Ad indus. sources say NI pitching for ads for Sun On Sunday. Even talk of launch at start of football. But Murdoch told Commons &amp;#039;no plans&amp;#039; (sic).&amp;quot;  Later, he added: &amp;quot;After testimony to Commons I&amp;#039;d be surprised by Aug/Sept launch but ad sources adamant a Sunday Sun being pitched. We&amp;#039;ll see.&amp;quot; Neil, who was the founding chairman of Sky television in 1988 for Rupert Murdoch&amp;#039;s News Corporation, said that the 80-year-old billionaire would be loath to lose the millions of News of the World readers. &amp;quot;I think most folk would think &amp;#039;no immediate plans&amp;#039; rules out Aug/Sep,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;Be surprised if James Murdoch&amp;#039;s heart in Sunday Sun. Doesn&amp;#039;t like red tops. But Rupert won&amp;#039;t want to lose all these NOTW readers.&amp;quot; Two former News of the World senior executives yesterday accused James Murdoch of misleading the parliamentary select committee in relation to his knowledge of phone hacking at the paper. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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