THE Manchester Evening News and its sister titles have contributed revenue of £18.2m and operating profits of £2.7m to their new parent Trinity Mirror.

The quoted newspaper group bought the MEN and 30 other titles belonging to GMG Regional Media in March for £7.4m and the cancellation of a £37.4m printing contract.

Half-year figures from Trinity, which also owns the Daily Mirror, the People, the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo and a string of 150 other smaller titles, show the deal also helped h......for the full story register now for free or login below...