Manchester

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[[File:Express Building Manchester.jpg|thumb|The 1930s [[Daily Express Building, Manchester|Daily Express Building]], Manchester, a remnant of Britain's "second Fleet Street"]]
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''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper was founded in the city in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian''. Until 2008, its head office was still in the city, though many of its management functions were moved to London in 1964.<ref name="Kidd"/><ref name="guardian-timeline">{{cite web |author=Guardian Staff |title=Key moments in The Guardian's history: a timeline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/11/1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=28 July 2020 |date=16 November 2017}}</ref> For many years most national newspapers had offices in Manchester: ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[Daily Express]]'', ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''. At its height, 1,500 journalists were employed, earning the city the nickname "second [[Fleet Street]]". In the 1980s the titles closed their northern offices and centred their operations in London.<ref>{{cite book |last=Waterhouse |first=Robert |title=The Other Fleet Street |publisher=First Edition Limited |year=2004 |isbn= 1-84547-083-4}}</ref>

The main regional newspaper in the city is the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'', which was for over 80 years the sister publication of ''The Manchester Guardian''.<ref name="guardian-timeline" /> The ''Manchester Evening News'' has the largest circulation of a UK regional evening newspaper and is distributed free of charge in the city centre on Thursdays and Fridays, but paid for in the suburbs. Despite its title, it is available all day.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/30/pressandpublishing.abcs1 |title=Paid-for sales of MEN slump |access-date= 6 October 2008 |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=30 August 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110081617/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/aug/30/pressandpublishing.abcs1 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Several local weekly free papers are distributed by the MEN group. The ''[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]] North West'' is available free at [[Manchester Metrolink|Metrolink]] stops, rail stations and other busy locations. 
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merrymedia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2881&Itemid=175 |title=M.E.N. Makes Changes To Metro Distribution |access-date=6 October 2008 | date=9 March 2007| work=Merry Media News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022154944/http://www.merrymedia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2881&Itemid=175 |archive-date=22 October 2007}}<br /> {{cite web |url= http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/newspapers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812015752/http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/newspapers/ |archive-date=12 August 2011 |title=manchester local press |access-date=6 November 2007 |year=2007 |work=ManchesterOnline |publisher=GMG Regional Digital}}</ref>

An attempt to launch a Northern daily newspaper, the ''North West Times'', employing journalists made redundant by other titles, closed in 1988.<ref name=newpapers/> Another attempt was made with the ''[[North West Enquirer]]'', which hoped to provide a true "regional" newspaper for the [[North West England|North West]], much in the same vein as the ''[[Yorkshire Post]]'' does for [[Yorkshire]] or ''[[The Northern Echo]]'' does for the [[North East England|North East]]; it folded in October 2006.<ref name="newpapers">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/new-quality-weekly-for-manchester-is-a-good-idea-on-paper-5544495.html |title=New quality weekly for Manchester is a good idea on paper |access-date=6 October 2008 |last=Herbert |first=Ian |date= 30 January 2006 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent News and Media Limited |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102200/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/new-quality-weekly-for-manchester-is-a-good-idea-on-paper-5544495.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web |url= http://www.nw-enquirer.co.uk/the_enquirer_suspends_publication_.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226214918/http://www.nw-enquirer.co.uk/the_enquirer_suspends_publication_.html |title=The Enquirer suspends publication |access-date=6 October 2008 |archive-date=26 February 2007 |last=Waterhouse |first=Robert |date=20 September 2006 |work=The North West Enquirer }}</ref>