The ''Manx Independent'' is a
tabloid weekly
newspaper
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in the
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...
. It is published every Friday.
It is owned by
Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of
Tindle Newspapers.
Its sister weekly newspapers are the ''
Isle of Man Courier'' and the ''
Isle of Man Examiner''.
History
It was founded as a
broadsheet
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in 1987 after a strike that closed the ''
Isle of Man Examiner'', the ''Isle of Man Times'', the Isle of Man Gazette and the Manx Star. The Isle of Man Examiner title was later revived by the Halifax Courier Group, owner of the ''
Isle of Man Courier''.
The original concept for the Manx Independent came from a local Manx man named Harold Stanley Corlett, affectionately known as Stan Corlett (1934-1992) son of Edith Isabel (Taggart) and James Stanley Corlett. Stan Corlett (Director at Mercantile) previously served as a councillor for Wokingham and had also taught economics at
Ashridge Business School in Hertfordshire returned to the Isle of Man in 1976 at the age of 43 with the mission of finding a way to "Give a voice to the Manx people". Later he was to join the Mercantile Group and see his dream become a reality in developing a newspaper that was unafraid to cover current issues affecting the island's residents.
For a short time the ''Manx Independent'' was published three times a week, produced by the former IOM Weekly Times staff and edited by Simon Richardson. It then became a twice-weekly tabloid, originally owned by Mercantile Publishers and then sold to Morton Newspapers from Northern Ireland in the early 1992.
It was sold to rival newspaper group
Isle of Man Newspapers in 1993, resulting in closure and the redundancy of all staff. It was later revived in that year in its current weekly format.
References
External links
Isle of Man online newspaper archive to remain free ... on BBC
Newspapers published in the Isle of Man
Weekly newspapers
1987 establishments in the Isle of Man
Newspapers established in 1987
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