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Launching an innovative colour supplement helped cement The Mail on Sunday's future.
1982: After a shaky launch under the editor Bernard Shrimsley, Associated Newspapers decides to go for a rescue relaunch within months In October, The Daily Mail's legendary editor David English, takes charge. He brings in Stewart Steven as the editor and oversees the addition of a colour supplement. This innovative magazine, called You, proves the most important element in a popular new package.
1994: The Mail on Sunday has been one of the newspaper industry's success stories of the 80s, but by the early 90s, it was starting to look tired. In 1993, a new 'review' style supplement called Night & Day is introduced, and You begins its evolution into a supplement targeted more specifically at women. In 1994, Financial Mail is also introduced.
1998: Peter Wright (still the incumbent in 2007) becomes the paper's fourth editor, succeeding Jonathan Holborow, who had replaced Steven in 1992. Holborow's innovations, such as the new ...