Vivienne Harris (née Hytner; 7 November 1921 – 4 March 2011) was a British businesswoman, newspaper publisher and journalist who co-founded the Jewish Telegraph in December 1950 with her husband, Frank Harris. The couple married in 1949. Career She was born Vivienne Hytner in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. Frank Harris, a freelance journalist, had relocated to Manchester from London. She and her husband co-founded the weekly Jewish Telegraph in their dining room in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1950. Vivienne Harris oversaw much of the newspaper's expansion from its origins as a four-page weekly paper during the next sixty years, until 2011. Under Harris, the Jewish Telegraph expanded to local editions in Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow, as well as Manchester. Her husband and newspaper co-founder Frank Harris died in 1979. Their son, Paul, became group editor while Vivienne remained financial director and co-owner until her death. In June 1997, Harris was the recipient of the MBE for her contributions to journalism and to Greater Manchester. Harris was active in numerous charitable organizations, including Save the Children, the Citizens Advice Bureau of Salford, the League of Jewish Women, St Ann's Hospice and the Jewish Day Centre. She addressed attendees at the Jewish Telegraphs 60th anniversary dinner in December 2010. Dignitaries at the event, which was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Manchester International Airport, included Bury's Lord Mayor and Mayoress, John and Brenda Byrne. Death Vivienne Harris died at her home in Broughton Park on 4 March 2011, aged 89. She was survived by her sons, Paul, the Jewish Telegraphs present owner and editor and Jonathan. References 1921 births 2011 deaths 20th-century British newspaper founders 20th-century British newspaper publishers (people) British newspaper executives Members of the Order of the British Empire British Jews People from Salford People from Broughton, Greater Manchester British women company founders 21st-century British businesspeople 20th-century British businesswomen 21st-century British businesswomen