The Derby Trader was the UK’s first free newspaper, founded in 1966 by Lionel Pickering and Tony Mather, who became its first editor.[1] It was originally part of Pickering’s Trader Group, which was bought by Thomson in 1989. Ownership subsequently passed to Midland Independent Newspapers[2] and then to Trinity Mirror, who announced the closure of the by then loss-making newspaper in 2008.[3]

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  2. Profile of the Derby Trader
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Bibliography

Keeble, Richard. The Newspapers Handbook. Ebook, Routledge, 2012.
Linford, Paul. UK’s First Free Newspaper Editor Dies Aged 73. 4 Dec. 2008, http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2008/news/uk-s-first-free-newspaper-editor-dies-aged-73/.
Staff writer. Eight Trinity Mirror Newspapers to Close in the Midlands. 24 Apr. 2008, http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2008/news/eight-trinity-mirror-newspapers-to-close-in-the-midlands/.