The MEN Media HQ in Manchester, England The ''Manchester Metro News'' was a British weekly

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published each Friday by

Reach plc Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national ''Daily Mirror'', '' ...

. It was established in 1987 as a free sister paper to the ''

Manchester Evening News The ''Manchester Evening News'' (''MEN'') is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868. It is published Monday–Saturday; a Sunday edition, the ''MEN on Sunday'', was launched in February 20 ...

'' featuring a round up of the week's news. These days the paper also has a 12-page supplement called ''Metromagazine'' and a total circulation of 308,589 in the south Manchester area (VFD July to Dec 2004). It has a smaller geographical reach than the ''M.E.N.''. It is delivered in south and east Manchester,

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and the

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area - and has three separate geographical editions: City (in south and east Manchester), Trafford (in Trafford and Wythenshawe) and Stockport (in Stockport and Wilmslow). Most of the content of the paper is the same for all three editions, but a few pages differ, with more local advertising and editorial. In February 2010 along with the

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's other regional and local titles, the newspaper was sold to competitor

Trinity Mirror plc Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national ''Daily Mirror'', ''Su ...

. This was in order to safeguard the future of the loss making newspaper ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

''. Its first editor was Bryan Chadderton. He was succeeded by Robert Ridley, now assistant editor of the Manchester Evening News, who edited the newspaper until 1998. Then: John Jeffay 1998–2002, Richard Butt 2002–2006, Tim Oliver 2006–present.

Metro

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'' in

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started a trend for freesheet papers distributed daily to workers in populated area and this idea was brought the UK by

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who also decided to use the ''Metro'' name for their venture. However when

wanted to launch their Metro in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

(GMG) also decided to launch a freesheet daily paper in the city under the Metro name, with the argument that GMG's ''Manchester Metro News'' had been established in the region for many years. For a short time, Associated's ''Metro'' competed with GMG's daily ''Manchester Metro News'' (using the same name as the separate weekly newspaper above). Associated was forced to change its title's name to ''News North West''. Eventually, Associated and GMG reached a deal whereby GMG's daily newspaper folded and Associated's paper was allowed to use the "Metro" title again. Some advertising and ''Metros distribution was taken over by the GMG in Manchester.

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