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Manchester Evening News Launches Metered 'MEN Premium' Subscription

Reach frames the move as a complement to advertising, with Liverpool Echo and Wales Online next.

Overview

  • The product launches today with an ad-lite experience, subscriber-only long reads, a daily News Digest and in-app puzzles.
  • Pricing is £1 for the first month, then £4.99 per month or £39.99 per year.
  • Access is controlled by a metered paywall that activates after a set number of free articles, with much daily news remaining free.
  • Reach plans to extend subscriptions to the Liverpool Echo and Wales Online in the coming weeks, followed by more titles in 2026.
  • The shift targets revenue diversification as MEN reports 14 million monthly visitors and a 19% year-on-year drop in H1 2025 daily print sales to 5,291.