The ''Eastern Eye'' is a British weekly

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

. It was created in 1989 and was first published by ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...

'', before becoming a standalone newspaper.

History

Sarwar Ahmed Sarwar Ahmed ( bn, সরয়ার আহমেদ; born 9 July 1971) is a British publisher, founder of ''Eastern Eye'', and publisher of ''Asiana'' and ''Asiana Wedding''. Background Ahmed was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and his family ...

founded the ''Eastern Eye'' from his bedroom in 1989. Announcing itself as the newspaper "for the Asian perspective", ''Eastern Eye'' reportedly sold 30,000 copies a week nationwide in its first year. In 1996, the newspaper started compiling and publishing a list of "Britain's Richest Asians 200". In mid-2008, the circulation was about 20,000. Its ownership subsequently changed several times. It was part of the Trinity Mirror Group before a management buyout and the creation of the Ethnic Media Group (EMG). The EMG also published ''Asian Times'', ''New Nation'' and ''Caribbean Times'', incorporating ''African Times''. In 2009, ''Eastern Eye'' was sold to the Asian Media & Marketing Group, presently known as Asian Media Group (AMG). AMG has continued the title's tradition of publishing the annual Asian Rich List and staging the Asian Business Awards every year, as well as publishing its "30 Global Asian Stars" and "Top 50 Asian Celebrities" lists.
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* 1989 establishments in the United Kingdom Newspapers established in 1989 Newspapers published in London Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom National newspapers published in the United Kingdom {{UK-newspaper-stub