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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Workers' Revolutionary Party |
| Founded | 1969 (as Workers' Press) |
| Political alignment | Trotskyism |
| Headquarters | BCM Box 747 London WC1N 3XX |
| OCLC number | 145398605 |
| Website | https://wrp.org.uk/newsline |
The News Line is a daily newspaper published by a British Trotskyist group, the Workers' Revolutionary Party.
The paper was launched in 1969 as Workers Press [1] and renamed News Line in 1976. [2] [3]
For a time during the 1980s, the WRP split into two rival factions, and for a short time there were two versions of The News Line being produced every day, one by each faction.
Chris Hughton wrote a football column for the newspaper in the 1970s. [4]
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