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Available in | English |
Founded | 2014 |
Headquarters | Manchester , U.K. |
Area served | Greater Manchester |
Founder(s) | Sam Ridgway |
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themanc |
Advertising | Display & Patrnerships |
Current status | Active |
The Manc is a British social media publisher and news and entertainment company with a focus on the region of Greater Manchester after which the brand is named (a Manc being a Manchester dialect). [1] The Manc was founded by Sam Ridgway [2] who is also editor-in-chief. [3]
The Manc began in 2014 by posting nostalgic pictures of Manchester on Facebook. The founder, Sam Ridgway, was soon hired by UNILAD as its first employee. [4] Ridgway kept his page alive during his tenure at UNILAD, but the firm went into administration in October 2018 and was acquired by LADbible – at which point Ridgway left to focus on The Manc.
Following a pivot towards news and away from a strategy of only publishing photographs and pictures, The Manc had become North West England's largest online social news platform by 2019.
In July 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown began to lift across the UK for the hospitality sector, Ridgway and his team directed The Manc's large following towards a social cause. [5]
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Available in | English |
Founded | 2014 |
Headquarters | Manchester , U.K. |
Area served | Greater Manchester |
Founder(s) | Sam Ridgway |
URL |
themanc |
Advertising | Display & Patrnerships |
Current status | Active |
The Manc is a British social media publisher and news and entertainment company with a focus on the region of Greater Manchester after which the brand is named (a Manc being a Manchester dialect). [1] The Manc was founded by Sam Ridgway [2] who is also editor-in-chief. [3]
The Manc began in 2014 by posting nostalgic pictures of Manchester on Facebook. The founder, Sam Ridgway, was soon hired by UNILAD as its first employee. [4] Ridgway kept his page alive during his tenure at UNILAD, but the firm went into administration in October 2018 and was acquired by LADbible – at which point Ridgway left to focus on The Manc.
Following a pivot towards news and away from a strategy of only publishing photographs and pictures, The Manc had become North West England's largest online social news platform by 2019.
In July 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown began to lift across the UK for the hospitality sector, Ridgway and his team directed The Manc's large following towards a social cause. [5]