headquarters smeeth kent england area served kent products newspapers websites online television owner archant website http www.kentnews.co.uk kos media is a multimedia company based in the county of kent in south east england . the company operates local newspapers and internet sites throughout the county . contents 1 history 2 newspapers 2.1 free newspapers 3 magazines 4 television 5 references 6 external links history edit kos media s first newspaper the kent on sunday was launched as a free newspaper in 2002 . the company is based in smeeth near ashford . the company also produces yourkenttv an internet based tv channel providing local news and features . until may 2009 all kos media newspapers were free . in june both kent on saturday and kent on sunday became paid for in the newsagents in order to increase availability whilst the free copies were diverted to business rounds and home delivery . the mid week local papers remain free . all titles have a fast growing online audience as they are available free as a page turning e edition or by subscription on kentnews.co.uk . kos media was purchased by archant in june 2010 1 having had had a minority interest in kos media since 2005 . newspapers edit free newspapers edit in the summer of 2007 kos media introduced free local papers for different parts of kent . these are published on wednesdays . kent on saturday kent on sunday yourashford yourcanterbury yourdover yourmaidstone yourmedway yourshepway yourswale yourthanet these were joined in 2009 by three more local newspapers . yourdeal yoursandwich your tunbridge wells magazines edit kos media publishes magazines accompanying its paid for papers such as the kent weekend entertainment and leisure guide . it also publishes isle magazine published quarterly for the isle of thanet ; and bbc radio kent county life for the bbc . 2 this caused a complaint against kos media and the bbc by rival group the km group . 3 television edit kos media operates the yourkenttv internet television channel . the channel features local news and sport and videos both sent in by viewers and provided by the company . references edit archant acquires kos media bbc radio kent county life at mediauk fair trading bulletin sept nov 2006 external links edit kentnews the kos media s flagship site yourkenttv v t e archant publications newspapers barking & dagenham post docklands and east london advertiser east anglian daily times eastern daily press exmouth journal ipswich star islington gazette kent on saturday kent on sunday midweek herald newham recorder the new european north devon gazette north somerset times norwich evening news the pink un sidmouth herald the somerset mercury the weston & somerset mercury other photography monthly subsidiaries archant specialist kos media other jeremiah colman category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kos media & oldid 684833662 categories newspaper companies of englandmedia in kentmedia companies established in 2002companies based in kentmedia companies of england2002 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from october 2015use british english from october 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2015 at 01 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view