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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Publisher | The New European Ltd |
| Editor-in-chief | Matt Kelly |
| Editor | Steve Anglesey |
| Founded | 4 July 2016; 9 years ago (2016-07-04) |
| Political alignment | Pro-Europeanism |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 22 Highbury Grove, London N5 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Circulation | 33,000 weekly sales (UK) |
| ISSN | 2398-8762 |
| Website | https://www.thenewworld.co.uk |
The New World (formerlyThe New European) is a British pan-European weekly political and cultural newspaper and website. Launched in July 2016 as a response to theUnited Kingdom's 2016 EU referendum, its readership is aimed at those who voted to remain within theEuropean Union, with the newspaper's original tagline being "The New Pop-up Paper for the 48%".[1][2] Formerly owned byArchant, it was announced at the beginning of February 2021 that a consortium including founder Matt Kelly, media executiveMark Thompson and formerFinancial Times editorLionel Barber had acquired the newspaper.[3] After 9 years and 437 issues of what was intended to be a 4-week pop-up paper, on 5 June 2025, it was announced thatThe New European would re-brand asThe New World.[4][5]
It was founded and edited for the first three-and-a-half years of its existence by Matt Kelly, who formerly worked at theDaily Mirror[6] andLocal World. Kelly was partially inspired in his idea byThe European, a British weekly newspaper that was published from 1990 to 1998; hence the nameThe New European.
The newspaper's owners stated thatThe New European was to have an initial lifespan of just four issues, beyond which publication would be reviewed on a week-by-week basis. By the eve of the third edition the paper revealed it had broken even and sold around 40,000 copies.[7] It continued to publish beyond its fourth issue, and claimed in July 2019 that it continued to be profitable.[8] The circulation was reported in November 2016 to be "about 25,000"[9] and, in February 2017, to be 20,000.[10]
Alastair Campbell became the newspaper's editor-at-large in March 2017, months after it won the serial rights to the fifth volume of his diaries about theBlair government,[11][12] which it serialised over three weeks.
The paper announced it was changing fromBerliner toCompact format in July 2017.[13]
In May 2018 the newspaper devoted a whole issue to feminism, rebranding asThe New Feminist, edited byCaroline Criado Perez with contributions fromHelen Lewis,Samira Ahmed, andKonnie Huq.[14] On 29 March 2019, the date the UK was expected to leave theEuropean Union underTheresa May, the newspaper devoted a whole edition to the writings ofWill Self. The 25,000-word essay was illustrated byMartin Rowson.[15]
In September 2019, Kelly announced he was promoting Jasper Copping, previously the paper's deputy editor, to the role of editor, while taking the role of publisher himself.[16]
In February 2021 it was announced that a consortium including founder Matt Kelly, media executiveMark Thompson and formerFinancial Times editorLionel Barber had bought the newspaper fromArchant.[3]
In July 2022, The New European Ltd completed a co-ownership scheme, raising more than £1m from more than 2,000 individual investors, who collectively own 16.7% of the company, valuing TNE Ltd at more than £6m ($7.2m).[17]
The paper announced in November 2016 that it was moving to become more digitally focused. In May 2017 it launched its first podcast which attracted between 10,000 and 15,000 listeners each week by 2019.[18] The website, which combines contributions from the newspaper with unique online-only content, claimed to attract more than a million page views a month in 2017.[19]
According toPress Gazette, as of September 2022,The New European website received just under 200,000 views a month, ranking it the 7th most popular political news brand in the UK.[20]
In March 2017, theSociety of Editors awardedThe New European the Chairman's award.[21] In May 2017,The New European won prizes at the annual British Media Awards for Launch of the Year (Gold), Print Product of the Year (Silver) Content Team of the Year (Bronze) and Pioneer of the Year for the editor Matt Kelly.[22][23] In July 2017, the Archant Group won the Professional Publishers Association Chairman's award, with the launch ofThe New European cited.[24]
In July 2016, just a week after the launch of the paper, a columnist inVice News describedThe New European as a newspaper for the "sore loser" that is "not united by a love for Europe, but rather a disdain for the 52%".[25]
In April 2017,The New European sent out apress release of its cover story titled "Skegness: The seaside town thatBrexit could close down". In the press release it also mentioned that the story was "unlikely to go down well, locally, and there is an opportunity to stir up some controversy locally".The New European had claimed the press release had been sent out in error and issued another copy without the commentary.The Spectator ran a piece titled "The New European reveals its plan to troll Skegness". It said: "Although the pro-EU paper claims it is an advocate for unity and tolerance, it seems they hold no qualms about stirring up division in UK towns".[26] The cartoon image on the cover of that issue was a play on the 1908 posterThe Jolly Fisherman, originally commissioned by theGreat Northern Railway, and received heavy criticism. Thei reported that the people of Skegness were "hurt and offended" that the town's mascot, the Jolly Fisherman, had been "exploited" on the front cover ofThe New European magazine.[27] In response to the feature,Matt Warman, the ConservativeMP forBoston and Skegness, said that "Those who seek to make the European case anew would do better to try to understand than to insult either individuals or whole towns."[28]
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