''Kent on Sunday'' was a regional

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...

covering the county of

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in the

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. Starting in 2002, it was published on every Sunday of the year and was available from supermarkets, garages and

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. The newspaper was the flagship paper of the

KOS Media KOS Media was a multimedia company based in the county of Kent in South East England. The company operated local newspapers and internet sites throughout the county. History KOS Media's first newspaper, the '' Kent on Sunday'' was launched as a ...

publishing company. In November 2017, it was announced that it would cease publication at the end of the month. The main focus of the paper was to provide the

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with regional, informative news and a sport service. The paper also covered retail, leisure and lifestyle features, plus jobs, cars and property sections."About 'Kent on Sunday'"
(accessed 22 July 2007) Initially, it also had other local editions, under the "Your Local" series, which were digital news and sport based titles with the traditional content such as jobs, leisure, cars, and property as well as a comprehensive leisure and lifestyle section. In June 2009 the ''Kent on Sunday'' began to charge 90p per issue in the newsagents, whilst the free copies were directed to business rounds and home delivery. ''Kent on Sunday'' also has an e-edition, which is available free online or by subscription. The UKPG website quoted KOS Media’s Managing Director Paul Stannard as saying, "As with any media company, if in the next four to five years we see the market decline at the same rate it has in the past six months, then everybody will be looking at their business model". In June 2010, it was announced that KOS Media would be taken over by the

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Media Group. Archant were rumoured to have previously funded the KOS Media Group and decided to take up the chance to own the company. In January 2011, as part of a restructuring, KOS Media stopped printing the "Your" titles and instead only published them as an online E-edition. In January 2011 ''Kent On Sunday'' was re-branded with a new mast-head. KOS Media were one of the first local media organisations to have their own iPhone Application, allowing readers to look through the papers via their iPhone or iPad.

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KentNews.co.uk
{{UK regional Sunday newspapers Newspapers published in Kent Newspapers established in 2002 Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom 2002 establishments in England 2017 disestablishments in England Publications disestablished in 2017 Defunct Sunday newspapers published in the United Kingdom