Co-op News
Co-op News is a UK-based monthly news magazine and website for the global co-operative movement.
| Executive Editor | Rebecca Harvey |
|---|---|
| Mergers | Scottish Co-operator (1893–1974) |
| Predecessors | Manchester Equitable Society's Co-operator (1858) |
| Other names | The Co-operative News |
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| Format | Monthly 52 page news magazine |
| Publisher | Co-operative Press Ltd |
| Founded | 1871 |
| First issue | 2 September 1871 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | thenews.coop |
| ISSN | 0009-9821 |
| OCLC | 8651676 |
First published in Manchester in 1871 as The Co-operative News, the paper is the world's oldest co-operative newspaper. Originally a weekly newspaper, the paper moved to being published fortnightly in 2006, and finally monthly in 2017. Recent years have also seen the newspaper re-brand and move to its current news magazine format.
The paper is based in Holyoake House, Manchester and is published by the Co-operative Press, a consumer co-operative whose members are the subscribers of the paper.
In 1883 the paper began publishing a Women's Corner, edited by Alice Acland. This fomented the establishment of the Women's League for the Spread of Co-operation later that year. The League was later renamed to the Women's Co-operative Guild.
In 1971 the Scottish Co-operator – founded 1893 – was merged into the Co-operative News.