Manchester Evening News
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{{Infobox Newspaper
|name = [[Image:ManchesterEveningNewsLogo.jpg|300px|Manchester Evening News]]
|image = [[Image:ManchesterEveningNewsCover.gif|200px|Manchester Evening News Front Page]]
|type = Daily [[newspaper]]
|format = [[Tabloid]]
|foundation = 1868
|price = £0.40 or free in [[Manchester city centre]]
|owners = [[Guardian Media Group]]
|headquarters = [[Manchester]], [[England]]
|political = [[Left Wing]], [[Populism|Populist]]
|editor = Paul Horrocks
|circulation = 114,676 (Jan-Jun 2006)<ref name="abcfigures">[http://abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk/pdf/certificates/13740308.pdf ''Manchester Evening News'' (Mon-Sat) Standard Certificate of Circulation, 02-Jan-2006 to 02-Jul-2006] Audit Bureau of Circulations</ref>
|website = [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk]
}}
The '''''Manchester Evening News''''' (also known as '''''MEN Media''''') is an [[England|English]] daily [[newspaper]] published each week day evening and on Saturdays. It is distributed throughout [[Greater Manchester]]. It sells around 115,000 copies per day<ref name="abcfigures">[http://abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk/pdf/certificates/13740308.pdf Manchester Evening News (Mon-Sat) Standard Certificate of Circulation, 02-Jan-2006 to 02-Jul-2006] Audit Bureau of Circulations</ref>, and is read by approximately 400,000 people.
The paper was first published in 1868 by [[Mitchell Henry]] as part of his Parliamentary election campaign. Shortly after the election the newspaper was sold to [[John Edward Taylor]], the son of the founder and owner of the ''Manchester Guardian'' (now ''[[The Guardian]]''). Taylor brought his brother-in-law Peter Allen in as a partner in the ''Evening News''; after Taylor's death in 1907 the ''Guardian'' was sold to its editor [[C. P. Scott]] while the ''Evening News'' passed into the hands of the Allen family. Scott's ''Guardian'' bought the ''Evening News'' in the 1920s. From that time the two newspapers have always had a common owner – it is currently one of 62 newspapers owned by the [[Guardian Media Group]].
Despite its "evening" title, the newspaper began publication of a morning edition in November 2004, a controversial move which brought union members to the brink of strike action over new work rotas.
In March 2005 the paper launched a cut down evening version of the paper titled '''''MEN Lite''''' which was distributed free to commuters within Manchester city centre. Due to low city centre sales of the 35p Evening News, the ''MEN Lite'' brand was dropped on May 2nd 2006 and was replaced with a free version of the ''Manchester Evening News'' bearing the ''City Edition'' badge.
Even though the ''MEN'' is given away free in the city centre, the newspaper still retails for 40p in the suburban shops and supermarkets. In December 2006, the paper also began free distribution at [[Manchester Airport]] and hospitals throughout Greater Manchester.
==See also==
*''[[Manchester Metro News]]'' - weekly sister paper
* [[Manchester Evening News Arena]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/ Homepage of the Guardian Media Group]
*[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk - the "dynamic internet edition" of the ''Manchester Evening News'']
*[http://www.pressdisplay.co.uk/UK.php PressDisplay - A commercial site with exact online copies of the printed edition of the ''Manchester Evening News'']
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