The Birmingham Dispatch, the fourth launch from Manchester Mill publisher Mill Media, hopes to target readers “alienated” by Reach in the Midlands city, company founder Joshi Herrmann has said.

Funded by fresh investment and set to launch on 1 November under the editorship of former Birmingham Mail Local Democracy Reporter Kate Knowles, The Dispatch describes itself as “Birmingham’s new quality newspaper”.

Like fellow Mill Media titles Manchester Mill, Liverpool Post and Sheffield Tribune, The Dispatch will be hosted on newsletter platform Substack and publish a mix of paid and free journalism.