| Type | Weeklyfreesheet No longer in print |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Local World |
| Publisher | Sharon Hobday |
| Editor-in-chief | Cally Jenkins |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | October 2016 |
| Website | http://www.onemk.co.uk |
OneMK (formerlyMK News) was a local weekly freenewspaper andonline news service, based inMilton Keynes.
MK News launched in August 2002 and was delivered to homes across theMilton Keynes urban area and to commuters atMilton Keynes Central railway station.
It re-branded itself toOneMK in early 2016 before its owners,Trinity Mirror, closed the publication in October 2016.[1]
The paper was delivered on Wednesdays (competing with theMilton Keynes Citizen, which is distributed free on Thursdays). The newspaper claimed an audited adult readership of 130,000.[2][3]
OneMK.co.uk (formerlyMKWeb) was the website counterpart to OneMK, the newspaper. Articles that appeared in the paper also appeared online at onemk.co.uk, along with extra daily news reports that may not have featured in the weekly newspapers.
MKWeb was the portal operated byIliffe News and Media partially on behalf ofMilton Keynes Council and accordingly described itself as the official website for Milton Keynes and North Bucks. The site was run under varying management from 2002. In June 2006, MKWeb was awarded the contract to deliver MK Council's web services for the following 5 years with an option for the Council to extend this for a further 3 years. The agreement was that MKWeb would develop and support two websites, www.milton-keynes.gov.uk and www.mkweb.co.uk, and present them as a single city portal.[citation needed] In 2007, MKWeb’s parent company, Apollo Digital Developments Ltd, was bought by theIliffe News and Media group.
OneMK was 'published and originated by a division ofLocal World.[4]
In 2012, Local World acquired MK News ownerIliffe News and Media fromYattendon Group.[5]
In November 2016, Local World became part of Trinity Mirror.[1]