Milton Keynes Citizen


The Milton Keynes Citizen is the only freely distributed local newspaper in Milton Keynes. The newspaper is owned by National World.
The MK Citizen was founded by Bill Alder and 1981 and they sold to EMAP in 1987 and the purchase was completed in April 1990. EMAP sold the paper to Johnston Publishing in the 1990s. The newspaper had a circulation of 95,464 in 2000 and 97,714 in 2010.

Distribution

The Milton Keynes Citizen is distributed freely across the City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area on Thursdays.
There was formerly a more limited circulation Tuesday sister paper, Citizen First which was distributed on Tuesdays. This is no longer published.
part of LSN Media Ltd., which closed in October 2016.