LSN Media is a multi-channel media company that publishes free weekly newspapers, constantly updated websites and niche publications across Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire.
Established in 1977 with Bedfordshire on Sunday the business has expanded organically and through acquisition and now reaches a weekly audience in excess of 530,000 adults through its print and online products.
Bedfordshire on Sunday is widely acknowledged to be the UK's most successful free Sunday local newspaper and has built a strong reputation over many years for hard-hitting local news and investigative journalism. This title covers the County town of Bedford as well as many of the villages in North and Mid Beds. Bedfordshire on Sunday won the East of England Free Newspaper of the Year Award in 2009.
The Luton on Sunday and its sister title the Luton & Dunstable Express are free weekly newspapers covering the main towns of Luton & Dunstable with a combined circulation in excess of 80,000 copies. The Luton on Sunday also carries hard hitting local news each week and is the preferred advertising choice for many of the areas key advertisers as well as the local authority.
MK News is the newspaper for the rapidly expanding new town or “city” of Milton Keynes and the surrounding villages. This title has had enormous success over the last few years and has been voted UK Regional Newspaper of the Year by Production Journal and UK Free Newspaper of The Year by the Newspaper Society. This title is distributed to around 100,000 addresses every Wednesday.
The Northamptonshire Herald & Post series was acquired by Iliffe News & Media at the start of 2009 and covers the County town of Northampton as well as Wellingborough and Rushden in East Northants. These two editions are distributed every Thursday to around 70,000 addresses.
LSN Media was purchased by Iliffe News and Media in August 2005.