Milton Keynes Citizen

Milton Keynes Citizen
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)National World
Founder(s)Bill Alder
Founded1981
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBletchley (Milton Keynes)[1]
Circulation31,015 (as of 2023)[2]
Sister newspapersNewspapers throughout the UK
Websitewww.miltonkeynes.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Milton Keynes Citizen is the only freely distributed local newspaper in Milton Keynes. The newspaper is owned by National World.[3][4]

The MK Citizen was founded by Bill Alder and Jerry West on 1 October[citation needed] 1981[5] and they sold to EMAP in 1987[citation needed] and the purchase was completed in April 1990. EMAP sold the paper to Johnston Publishing in the 1990s.[citation needed] The newspaper had a circulation of 95,464 in 2000[6] and 97,714 in 2010.[7]

  1. ^ Lambourne, Helen (14 November 2013). "Johnston Press seeks more than £8m from sale of offices". HoldtheFrontPage. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Milton Keynes Citizen". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ Holmwood, Leigh (11 January 2008). "Milton Keynes Citizen staff vote to strike". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Owners of Milton Keynes Citizen to enter administration". MKFM. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Former local press owner pleads guilty to theft charges". Press Gazette. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Johnston Press PLC Report & Accounts 2000" (PDF). Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  7. ^ "ABC figures: How the UK's weekly newspapers fared". HoldtheFrontPage. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2023.