History
The newspaper was originally founded on 9 April 1722 as The Gloucester Journal. The Citizen first appeared on 1 May 1876, published by local businessman and future mayor Samuel Bland. The Citizen and Journal merged on 1 January 1879. ==Editions==
Editions
The Gloucester Citizen is a former daily (six days per week) newspaper which went weekly from the October 12, 2017 issue, publishing on Thursdays. Before the changed frequency, it had a Saturday edition containing the Weekend magazine. There was also a Forest of Dean edition of the newspaper which was released on a Wednesday. The ''Pink 'Un, focusing on the sport side of the county, was a supplement which came out each Monday with the newspaper and Citizen People'' focusing on the individual local communities also releases on Monday. ==Ownership==