The "Weekly Worker" developed out of "The Leninist". After the transition to becoming the "Weekly Worker" the party succeeded in buying its own printing press. The machine was also operated by a party member, Phil Kent, giving the party complete control over publishing, something it considered integral to its independence. The paper was for the 1990s a large broadsheet printed in black and red, although towards the end of the decade the paper started to develop a web presence. As the new millennium moved on the online version of the "Weekly Worker" became more important, till print readership became a small fraction of the total readership.