MEN Media has announced that they will cease publishing the Wilmslow Express, along with five other free weekly titles including the Stockport Times.
These will be replaced by the new Manchester Weekly News which will be distributed free to more than 265,000 homes across Greater Manchester.
It will be launched in early April and a proportion of the editorial content and display advertising will be editionised to three areas: Salford, South Manchester and Tameside.
The changes to the MEN Media portfolio will result in nine positions on weekly titles being made redundant but a similar number of new digital roles will be created.
Editor in chief Rob Irvine said: "The new Manchester Weekly News will be a great addition to our portfolio, offering an excellent service of local news and opinion and supporting and promoting the Manchester Evening News and our website.
"Roughly half of the content of the new paper will be editionised so that local communities continue to be well served. It will also give people a rounded picture of what is happening around the region."
MEN Media also publishes paid-for weekly titles in Stockport, Rochdale, Accrington, Rossendale and Macclesfield which are unaffected by these changes.
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