THE CANARY announced today the launch of a daily left-wing tabloid after dissolving its co-operative model and taking on a major shareholder last year.Following a 2025 cash infusion from used-car and property website founder Cecil Hetherington, Canary director Steve Topple said the new paper will be an alternative to corporate media, billing itself as “the first UK newspaper Murdoch doesn’t own.”A Hetherington-owned investment firm currently holds between 25 and 50 per cent of the firm’s shares.

THE CANARY announced today the launch of a daily left-wing tabloid after dissolving its co-operative model and taking on a major shareholder last year.

Following a 2025 cash infusion from used-car and property website founder Cecil Hetherington, Canary director Steve Topple said the new paper will be an alternative to corporate media, billing itself as “the first UK newspaper Murdoch doesn’t own.”

A Hetherington-owned investment firm currently holds between 25 and 50 per cent of the firm’s shares.

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