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The Independent provided a colour magazine with the newspaper from Saturday 10th September 1988. A new “Weekend” review was also added to the paper.
The newspaper launched “Extra” on 25th April 2006. This was a second features addition and it was published from Monday to Friday. On 23rd September 2008, the main newspaper converted to full colour and the “Extra” supplement was renamed “Independent Life Supplement”. The Independent also includes a separate sports summary with the Monday edition of the paper and an ”Arts and Books” pull-out on every Friday. Saturday’s edition of the Independent currently includes “The Independent Colour Magazine“, the “Information Magazine” and a “Sport” newspaper supplement.