The Isle of Man Courier is a free weekly

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on the

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. It is owned by

Isle of Man Newspapers Isle of Man Newspapers publishes the Isle of Man's newspapers. They are the '' Isle of Man Examiner'', the '' Isle of Man Courier'' and the '' Manx Independent''. They are all weekly newspapers. Its website is www.iomtoday.co.im, as well as ownin ...

(now part of Tindle Newspapers) and its sister newspapers are the ''Isle of Man Examiner'' and the ''Manx Independent''.

History

The ''Isle of Man Courier'' can trace its roots back to the ''Ramsey Courier'', which began in 1884. The paper dropped the "Ramsey" part of its title and moved to Ridgeway Street,

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, in the 1970s. Its sister newspaper, ''Mona's Herald'', closed in the same decade. The Isle of Man Courier was taken over by another Courier, the ''Halifax Courier'', and was printed in

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for some time. The ''Isle of Man Courier'' became a free, delivered newspaper in 1981. The company made the decision after complaining that the

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was starving it of

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by favouring the ''Isle of Man Examiner'' and its sister papers, the ''Isle of Man Weekly Times'' and the ''Manx Star''. After a strike killed off the ''Examiner'', ''Isle of Man Times'', ''Manx Star'' and ''Isle of Man Gazette'' in 1987, the Courier Group bought the titles and the ''Examiners premises in Hill Street, Douglas. This meant the ''Courier'' could print on the island again. The Courier Group relaunched the ''Isle of Man Examiner'' in competition with the ''Manx Independent'', which was started by

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s who had been sacked during the ''Examiner'' group strike. The Isle of Man Courier Group was renamed

a few years after it absorbed the ''Examiner''. The ''Manx Independent'' folded in 1993 and was bought by Isle of Man Newspapers and relaunched as a weekly newspaper. {{DEFAULTSORT:Isle Of Man Courier Newspapers published in the Isle of Man Weekly newspapers