Co-operative Press
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The Co-operative Press is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 small co-operative
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...

 society whose principal activity is the publication of The Co-operative News. The mission of the Society is "To be the best news service and forum in the co-operative, mutual and social
enterprise sectors ." The office of the Society is located within the offices of Co-operativesUK the central membership organisation for co-operative enterprise throughout the UK.

In 1929 the Society purchased the national Sunday newspaper, Reynolds News, which was first published in 1850. The paper continued publication and was renamed the Sunday Citizen. However, publication ceased in the 1960s amid growing competition in the national newspaper market.

The Co-operative News

The Co-operative News is a fortnightly newspaper for the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

co-operative, mutual and social enterprise sectors. It has been in continuous publication since 1871 making it the oldest Co-operative newspaper in the world. All articles of the paper are available on its website to subscribers.

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