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class="infobox-caption"><i>Manchester Evening News</i> front page on 29 December 2017</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daily_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily newspaper">Daily newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data">Tabloid</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reach_plc" title="Reach plc">Reach plc</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Sarah Lester<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1868<span class="noprint">; 156 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1868</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political alignment</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Chadderton" title="Chadderton">Chadderton</a>, Greater Manchester, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7,315 (as of 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0962-2276">0962-2276</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> number</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/500150526">500150526 </a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/">www<wbr />.manchestereveningnews<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3070672#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Manchester Evening News</b></i> (<i><b>MEN</b></i>) is a regional daily newspaper covering <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West England</a>, founded in 1868. It is published Monday–Saturday; a Sunday edition, the <i><b>MEN on Sunday</b></i>, was launched in February 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-MENSunday_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MENSunday-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper is owned by <a href="/wiki/Reach_plc" title="Reach plc">Reach plc</a> (formerly Trinity Mirror),<sup><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> one of Britain's largest newspaper publishing groups. </p><p>Since adopting a 'digital-first' strategy in 2014, the <i>MEN</i> has experienced significant online growth, despite its average print daily circulation for the first half of 2021 falling to 22,107. In the 2018 British Regional Press Awards, it was named Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_and_The_Guardian_ownership">Formation and <i>The Guardian</i> ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation and The Guardian ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Manchester Evening News</i> was first published on 10 October 1868 by <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Henry" title="Mitchell Henry">Mitchell Henry</a> as part of his <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">parliamentary</a> election campaign, its first issue four pages long and costing a halfpenny.<sup id="cite_ref-BNA_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BNA-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper was run from a small office on Brown Street, with approximately a dozen staff.<sup id="cite_ref-MENhistory_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MENhistory-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon the newspaper's launch, Henry said: "In putting ourselves into print, we have no apology to offer, but the assurance of an honest aim to serve the public interest."<sup id="cite_ref-MENhistory_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MENhistory-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Henry's quote is displayed on the entrance wall to the newspaper's modern offices.<sup id="cite_ref-MENhistory_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MENhistory-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With his Parliamentary bid unsuccessful, Henry lost interest in the business, selling the publication to John Edward Taylor Jr., the son of newspaper proprietor <a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Taylor" title="John Edward Taylor">John Edward Taylor</a>, founder of the <i>Manchester Guardian</i> (now <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>). The newspaper became the evening counterpart and sister title to <i>The Manchester Guardian</i> and the two titles began sharing an office, located on Cross Street, from 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tryhorn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taylor brought his brother-in-law Peter Allen in as a partner in the <i>Manchester Evening News</i> and, after Taylor's death in 1907, the <i>Guardian</i> was sold to its editor <a href="/wiki/C._P._Scott" title="C. P. Scott">C. P. Scott</a> while the <i>Evening News</i> passed into the hands of the Allen family. In 1924, C. P. Scott's son <a href="/wiki/John_Russell_Scott" title="John Russell Scott">John Russell Scott</a> reunited the papers, buying out the <i>Manchester Evening News</i> and forming The Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd, which in turn later became the <a href="/wiki/Guardian_Media_Group" title="Guardian Media Group">Guardian Media Group</a> (GMG).<sup id="cite_ref-KeyMoments_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KeyMoments-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Evening_News.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Manchester_Evening_News.jpg/220px-Manchester_Evening_News.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Manchester_Evening_News.jpg/330px-Manchester_Evening_News.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Manchester_Evening_News.jpg/440px-Manchester_Evening_News.jpg 2x" data-file-width="754" data-file-height="998" /></a><figcaption>The former offices at Spinningfield</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1936, John Russell Scott formed the <a href="/wiki/Scott_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Trust">Scott Trust</a> in order to protect the company from <a href="/wiki/Inheritance_tax" title="Inheritance tax">death duties</a>, following the deaths of his father and younger brother <a href="/wiki/Edward_Taylor_Scott" title="Edward Taylor Scott">Ted</a> in close succession.<sup id="cite_ref-KeyMoments_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KeyMoments-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The contents of the original deeds were not disclosed by the company, but a copy obtained by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> revealed the terms compelled trustees to "use their best endeavours to procure that the [...] <i>Manchester Guardian</i> and <i>Manchester Evening News</i> [...] shall be carried on as nearly as may be upon the same principles as they have heretofore."<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the editorship of <a href="/wiki/William_Haley" title="William Haley">William Haley</a> (who later became the <a href="/wiki/Director-General_of_the_BBC" title="Director-General of the BBC">Director-General of the BBC</a> and subsequently the editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>) in the 1930s, the newspaper's circulation grew to over 200,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tryhorn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1939 the publication was the largest provincial evening newspaper in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Gallagher_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gallagher-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper was a <a href="/wiki/Cash_cow" title="Cash cow">cash cow</a> for its parent company and kept its stablemate <i>The Manchester Guardian</i> afloat. The financial success of the <i>Manchester Evening News</i> was reflected in Haley's salary, which was even greater than John Scott's, with Scott himself acknowledging, "after all, you make the money we spend."<sup id="cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tryhorn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1961, The Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd bought out the <i>Manchester Evening News</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s ailing rival, the <i>Manchester Evening Chronicle</i>, and two years later, merged the papers.<sup id="cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tryhorn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, the <i>Manchester Evening News</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s circulation increased to over 480,000.<sup id="cite_ref-MEN2011_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEN2011-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2004 until July 2009, the newspaper collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Channel_M" title="Channel M">Channel M</a> to produce that Manchester-area TV station's flagship programme, the 5pm weeknight edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_M_News" title="Channel M News">Channel M News</a>.</i> The programme later expanded to include bulletins at breakfast,<sup id="cite_ref-breakfast_2010_04_19_manchestereveningnews_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-breakfast_2010_04_19_manchestereveningnews-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lunchtime<sup id="cite_ref-lunchtime_2013_01_13_manchestereveningnews_co_uk_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lunchtime_2013_01_13_manchestereveningnews_co_uk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and late evening, a weekly review programme, and also occasional live specials. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trinity_Mirror_acquisition">Trinity Mirror acquisition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Trinity Mirror acquisition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2009, GMG confirmed it had held "exploratory talks" about selling the <i>Manchester Evening News</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Saletalks_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saletalks-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following a report by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> which named <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Mirror" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Mirror">Trinity Mirror</a> as a potential buyer and claimed the "disposal would amount to a fire sale" due to the current value of the business.<sup id="cite_ref-Neate_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neate-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title estimated the <i>Manchester Evening News</i> alone to be worth about £200m prior to the collapse in newspaper advertising.<sup id="cite_ref-Neate_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neate-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Evening_News_HQ,_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Manchester_Evening_News_HQ%2C_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Manchester_Evening_News_HQ%2C_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Manchester_Evening_News_HQ%2C_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Manchester_Evening_News_HQ%2C_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Manchester_Evening_News_HQ%2C_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Manchester_Evening_News_HQ%2C_Piccadilly_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The office in Portland Street</figcaption></figure> <p>In February 2010, the <i>Manchester Evening News</i> was sold along with GMG's 31 other regional titles to <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Mirror" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Mirror">Trinity Mirror</a>, severing the historic link between <i>The Guardian</i> and the <i>Manchester Evening News</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale was valued at £44.8m – £7.4m in cash and the remainder from GMG extricating itself from a £37.4m decade-long contract with Trinity Mirror to print its regional titles.<sup id="cite_ref-GMGsale_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMGsale-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale of GMG's regional arm was negotiated to offset company losses, with <i>The Guardian</i> and its Sunday title <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">Observer</a></i> accruing losses of £100,000 a day.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Telegraph_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Telegraph-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale was described by stockbrokers <a href="/wiki/Numis" title="Numis">Numis</a> as "the deal of the decade" for <a href="/wiki/Sly_Bailey" title="Sly Bailey">Sly Bailey</a>, Trinity Mirror's chief executive,<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Telegraph_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Telegraph-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <i>The Guardian</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Steve Busfield said the sale was indicative of the declining business value of regional media, comparing the sale to that of <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Press" title="Johnston Press">Johnston Press</a>'s acquisition of 53 regional titles including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Yorkshire_Post" title="The Yorkshire Post">The Yorkshire Post</a></i> eight years earlier, for £560m.<sup id="cite_ref-Busfield_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Busfield-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the year prior to the newspaper's sale, GMG had reduced the number of journalists at the newspaper to 50.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Judy Gordon, the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Journalists" title="National Union of Journalists">National Union of Journalists</a> <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_chapel" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of the chapel">mother of the chapel</a>, said: "<i>The Guardian</i> has not got any money of its own. It has only got what other people give it. We've made all those changes to stem the fact that our profits are dropping. Then they ask: 'How much can you give us now? Nothing? OK, Bye.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Manchester Evening News</i> headquarters were relocated from Scott Place in the <a href="/wiki/Spinningfields" title="Spinningfields">Spinningfields</a> area of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_city_centre" title="Manchester city centre">Manchester city centre</a> to an existing Trinity Mirror plant in <a href="/wiki/Chadderton" title="Chadderton">Chadderton</a>, where other Trinity Mirror titles in <a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West England</a> are printed.<sup id="cite_ref-Manchester_Evening_News_sold_by_Guardian_Media_Group_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manchester_Evening_News_sold_by_Guardian_Media_Group-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the title surpassed 10 million monthly online readers for the first time, recording 10,613,119 visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-OnlineReach_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OnlineReach-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Manchester_Evening_News" title="Special:EditPage/Manchester Evening News">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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After the MEN merged with the rival <i>Manchester Evening Chronicle</i> in the 1960s, its more popular "Sporting Pink" was adopted as the "Football Pink". The "Football Pink" was first issued in 1904 as part of the <i>Manchester Evening Chronicle</i>, which was owned by <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Hulton,_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet">Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet</a>. </p><p>The "Green" and "Pink" names came from being printed in paper of those colours. In the 1970s the <a href="/wiki/Saturday_sports_paper" title="Saturday sports paper">Saturday sports paper</a> began using white newsprint, which had become by then the industry standard. The football results were added to a pre-printed newspaper using small presses in newspaper vans usually parked near the stadiums. The "Pink"'s final edition was dated 12 August., 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MEN_Lite">MEN Lite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: MEN Lite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2005 the paper launched a cut-down afternoon version of the paper titled <i>MEN Lite</i>, which was distributed free to commuters within Manchester's city centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Part-free">Part-free</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Part-free"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 May 2006 the <i>Evening News</i> dropped the "Lite" edition in favour of a "part-free, part-paid" distribution model for the main paper. Copies were free in Manchester city centre, while readers outside that area continued to pay for the paper. </p><p>In December 2006, the paper also began free distribution at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a> and hospitals throughout <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a>. </p><p>In December 2009, the newspaper announced that as of January 2010 the paper would no longer be handed out free Monday to Wednesday in the city centre and other selected locations. Instead they would be handed out free as previously on Thursdays and Fridays, but would regain their paid-for status in these locations at all other times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_Weekly_News"><i>Manchester Weekly News</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Manchester Weekly News"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A free weekly version of the <i>Manchester Evening News</i>, the <i>Manchester Weekly News</i>, was launched 2 April 2015. The paper is delivered to over 265,000 homes in Greater Manchester.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="City_Life_affiliation"><i>City Life</i> affiliation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: City Life affiliation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/City_Life_(magazine)" title="City Life (magazine)">City Life</a></i> -- originally an independent political and cultural magazine for the Manchester area -- was a acquired by GMG in 1989. In December 2007, <i>City Life</i> ceased independent publication, subsequently becoming a 20-page supplement to the Friday issue of the <i>Manchester Evening News.</i><sup id="cite_ref-events_2007_02_17_manchestereveningnews_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-events_2007_02_17_manchestereveningnews-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metro_News" title="Manchester Metro News">Manchester Metro News</a></i> – weekly sister paper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Lisa_Hession" title="Murder of Lisa Hession">Murder of Lisa Hession</a> – local case that has received considerable coverage by the paper as it was the current chief reporter's first murder case<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_journalists">Former journalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Former journalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Orwell" title="George Orwell">George Orwell</a> (1903-50), author of <a href="/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" title="Nineteen Eighty-Four">Nineteen Eighty-Four</a> and <a href="/wiki/Animal_Farm" title="Animal Farm">Animal Farm</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Harold_Evans" title="Harold Evans">Harold Evans</a> (1928-2020), later Editor of the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Times">Sunday Times</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Brocklehurst" title="Danny Brocklehurst">Danny Brocklehurst</a> (born 1971), screenwriter<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Evening_News&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clause 9 of the Trust Deed states: "The Settlors whilst not purporting to impose any binding trust or obligation in that respect desire that the persons becoming entitled to the Settled Funds shall use the best of their endeavours to procure that the business of the Company shall be continued and that the <i>Manchester Guardian</i> and <i>Manchester Evening News</i> or any other paper or papers or other medium for collecting and disseminating news comment or opinion in which the Company the Company's successors or any subsidiary company of either of them shall then be interested shall be carried on as nearly as may be upon the same principles as they have heretofore been conducted and carried on while under the guidance of the said John Russell Scott and his family and the Trustees of the 1936 Settlement."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1993308_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1993308-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>References</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/it-means-great-deal-sarah-24385923">"Sarah Lester appointed as editor of the Manchester Evening News"</a>. 3 July 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sarah+Lester+appointed+as+editor+of+the+Manchester+Evening+News&rft.date=2022-07-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fit-means-great-deal-sarah-24385923&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9786-manchester-evening-news">"Manchester Evening News"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Audit_Bureau_of_Circulations_(UK)" title="Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)">Audit Bureau of Circulations</a>. 26 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.pub=Audit+Bureau+of+Circulations&rft.date=2024-01-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.org.uk%2Fproduct%2F9786-manchester-evening-news&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MENSunday-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MENSunday_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharman,_David2019" class="citation web cs1">Sharman, David (11 February 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2019/news/editor-hails-big-deal-for-patch-as-mens-first-sunday-edition-goes-to-print/">"First Sunday edition hits newsstands as MEN goes seven-days a week"</a>. <i>Hold the Front Page</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Hold+the+Front+Page&rft.atitle=First+Sunday+edition+hits+newsstands+as+MEN+goes+seven-days+a+week&rft.date=2019-02-11&rft.au=Sharman%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.holdthefrontpage.co.uk%2F2019%2Fnews%2Feditor-hails-big-deal-for-patch-as-mens-first-sunday-edition-goes-to-print%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BNA-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BNA_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/manchester-evening-news">"Manchester Evening News"</a>. <i>British Newspaper Archive</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=British+Newspaper+Archive&rft.atitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Ftitles%2Fmanchester-evening-news&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MENhistory-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MENhistory_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MENhistory_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MENhistory_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeelingOsuh2018" class="citation web cs1">Keeling, Neal; Osuh, Chris (10 October 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-evening-news-150-anniversary-15234224">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'In putting ourselves into print, we have no apology to offer, but the assurance of an honest aim to serve the public interest' — The Manchester Evening News, 150 years of telling your stories"</a>. <i>Manchester Evening News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Manchester+Evening+News&rft.atitle=%27In+putting+ourselves+into+print%2C+we+have+no+apology+to+offer%2C+but+the+assurance+of+an+honest+aim+to+serve+the+public+interest%27+%E2%80%94+The+Manchester+Evening+News%2C+150+years+of+telling+your+stories&rft.date=2018-10-10&rft.aulast=Keeling&rft.aufirst=Neal&rft.au=Osuh%2C+Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fgreater-manchester-news%2Fmanchester-evening-news-150-anniversary-15234224&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Tryhorn-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Tryhorn_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTryhorn,_Chris2010" class="citation web cs1">Tryhorn, Chris (9 February 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/feb/09/manchester-evening-news-theguardian">"Manchester Evening News: intertwined with the Guardian for 142 years"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Manchester+Evening+News%3A+intertwined+with+the+Guardian+for+142+years&rft.date=2010-02-09&rft.au=Tryhorn%2C+Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2010%2Ffeb%2F09%2Fmanchester-evening-news-theguardian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KeyMoments-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KeyMoments_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KeyMoments_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/11/1">"Key moments in the Guardian's history: a timeline"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. 16 November 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 October</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Key+moments+in+the+Guardian%27s+history%3A+a+timeline&rft.date=2017-11-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fgnm-archive%2F2002%2Fjun%2F11%2F1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManchester+Evening+News" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Independent-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Independent_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Independent_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Independent_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerbert,_Ian2010" class="citation web cs1">Herbert, Ian (22 February 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/end-of-the-old-guard-the-sale-of-the-manchester-evening-news-1906267.html">"End of the old guard: The sale of the Manchester Evening News"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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