NEWSQUEST Lancashire publishers of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and Citizens, has this week acquired Asian Image, a monthly free newspaper.
It will be produced from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's offices in Blackburn.
Newsquest Blackburn Managing Director Brenda Rudge said: "This represents an exciting acquisition for the company.
"Asian Image already has excellent links with the Asian community and from this platform we are confident that it will go from strength to strength.
"Our aim is to make the newspaper an essential read for the people it serves, and the acquisition gives the company the opportunity to forge an even closer relationship with the Asian community."
Asian Image Publisher Khalid Saifullah said: "I am delighted to be joining forces with Lancashire's leading local newspaper group.
"It will help us to expand Asian Image and provide the Lancashire Evening Telegraph and Citizens with better coverage of the growing Asian community."
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