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Background and Format: Launched in April 2015, the Manchester Weekly News is a weekly regional title serving Greater Manchester. As well as local and community news, the Weekly News includes highlights of what’s on in Manchester, fashion, shopping and lifestyle features plus a round-up of the latest news and opinion for fans of Manchester United and Manchester City. A sister title to the Manchester Evening News and manchestereveningnews.co.uk, it replaced MEN Media weekly titles the Stockport Times, Wilmslow Express and the Advertiser series in Tameside, Salford, Oldham and South Manchester & Trafford. Half of the content is editionised in order to serve the respective local communities. The publication is localised into eight editions - Salford, Tameside & Oldham, Stockport East, Stockport West, South Manchester, Sale & Altrincham, Stretford & Urmston, and Wilmslow. Audience and Readership: The paper is distributed to homes across Greater Manchester. It has an estimated 400,000 readers with the high ABC1 profile audience (Source: Publisher). Time of Publication: Thursday Circulation: Source: ABC. Ad Rates: Advertising contacts can be viewed here. Other Information: Writers from the Manchester Evening News collaborate with the Weekly News. The best location for all news and enquiries is: newsdesk@men-news.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Monday 23 February 2015 The Manchester Weekly News will launch in April 2015. Published by Trinity Mirror, the weekly publication will cover local and community news, highlights of what’s on in Manchester, fashion, shopping and lifestyle features, plus a round-up of the latest football news and opinion for fans of Manchester United and Manchester City. It will serve as a sister title to the Manchester Evening News and its website www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk, with half of the content to be editionised in order to serve the respective local communities. Rob Irvine is Editor-in-Chief across Trinity Mirror’s Manchester titles and can be reached on +44 (0)161 832 7200 and rob.irvine@trinitymirror.com. He can also be found tweeting at www.twitter.com/robirvine99