What is Manchester Evening News?
{{Infobox Newspaper | name = Manchester Evening News | image = | caption = | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | format = Tabloid | foundation = {{start date and age|1868}} | owners = [[Reach plc]] | headquarters = [[Chadderton]], Greater Manchester, England | political = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] | editor = Sarah Lester<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/it-means-great-deal-sarah-24385923 | title=Sarah Lester appointed as editor of the Manchester Evening News | date=3 July 2022 }}</ref> | ISSN = 0962-2276 | oclc = 500150526 | circulation = 8,344 | circulation_date = 2023 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/9786-manchester-evening-news |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |date=4 August 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> | website = {{official URL}} }} The '''Manchester Evening News''' is a daily newspaper in [[Greater Manchester]]. It started in 1868. It was owned by the [[Guardian Media Group]] from 1924 to 2010 when it was sold to [[Trinity Mirror plc]], now called [[Reach plc]]. <ref>{{cite web | title = Manchester Evening News sold by Guardian Media Group | publisher = Manchester Evening News | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1192028_manchester_evening_news_sold_by_guardian_media_group_ | date = 2010-02-09| accessdate = 2010-02-09}}</ref> It is now principally [[Online and offline|online]]. The average print daily [[circulation]] for the first half of 2021 was 22,107. In the 2018 [[British Regional Press Awards]], it was named Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year. ''[[City Life (magazine)|City Life]]'' -- which started as an independent political and cultural magazine for the Manchester area -- was bought by GMG in 1989. In December 2007, ''City Life'' ceased ind