Gloucester Citizen

The Gloucester Citizen was, until going weekly in October 2017, a six-day-a-week newspaper in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It covers Gloucester, Stroud and the Forest of Dean. It was first published on 1 May 1876.[1] The current editor is Rachael Sugden. The current offices are based at Gloucester Quays in Gloucester, shared with the Gloucestershire Echo.[2]

The former logo of The Citizen.
The former offices of The Citizen, Gloucester.

History

The Gloucester Citizen was founded on 9 April 1722 as The Gloucester Journal.

Editions

The Gloucester Citizen is a former daily (six days per week) newspaper which went weekly from the October 12 2017 issue, publishing on Thursdays. Before the changed frequency, it had a Saturday edition containing the Weekend magazine. There was also a Forest of Dean edition of the newspaper which was released on a Wednesday. The Pink 'Un, focusing on the sport side of the county, was a supplement which came out each Monday with the newspaper and Citizen People focusing on the individual local communities also releases on Monday.

Ownership

In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust.[3] In 2015 Trinity Mirror bought Local World's newspapers and online services.

See also

References
  1. The Citizen by John Lovell. livinggloucester.co.uk Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  2. Linford, Paul. "Dailies-turned-weeklies move to new Quayside premises". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. Daily Mail sells regional newspapers to Local World BBC News, 21 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.


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