A paid-for weekly newspaper in Greater Manchester, the Tameside Reporter, looks likely to close. It has been up for sale for a month but no buyer has come forward.
It is owned by a small publishing company, Reporter & Chronicle Newspapers, which was set up in 1997 by two former Emap executives, Martin Lusby and Barrie Holden.
First published in 1855, it was originally called the Ashton-under-Lyne Weekly Reporter. Its most famous former staff member was Harold Evans, who started his glittering journalism there aged 16.
The Tameside Reporter, a tabloid running to 100 pages an issue or more, sells for 45p. Its sale is not audited by the ABC. Seven staff jobs are at risk if it closes.
One other paper serves the Tameside area, a free called the Tameside Advertiser, which is published by Trinity Mirror.
The Reporter & Chronicle group also owns the Glossop Chronicle, and its fate is unclear.
Source: HoldTheFrontPage
