The Citizens' Voice
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The Citizens' Voice is a
compact newspaper published daily in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Its 2005 circulation was 32,862, mostly Luzerne County
residents.
History
Founding
The newspaper was founded in 1978 by striking employees of the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company, which published the Newspaper Guild, but quickly grew to become a direct competitor to the Times Leader.
After 11 years, the
Newspaper Guild
turned control of The Citizens' Voice over to the original striking employees. The Citizens' Voice, Inc., was formed to manage the newspaper. The Citizens' Voice added a Sunday edition in 1993.
2000 sale
In 2000, the newspaper was sold to Scranton-based Times-Shamrock Communications. That year, the company formed the Northeast Pennsylvania News Alliance, a news-sharing agreement between Times-Shamrock's newspapers and several local radio and TV stations.
Several of the original strikers from 1978 still work for the newspaper. The Citizens' Voice is the oldest newspaper formed by striking workers in the nation.[citation needed]
2023 sale
In August 2023,
MediaNews Group a subsidiary of Alden Global Capital.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Times-Shamrock selling off its newspaper group". wnep.com. August 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-04.