The KM Group and NewspaperDirect Inc. announced that the KM Group is the first UK regional weekly publisher to launch multiple digital editions of its papers online using SmartEdition technology from NewspaperDirect.

The three main editions of the Kent Messenger, Kentish Gazette and Kentish Express are going online at the same time they go on retail sale, with the remaining 18 titles and editions available online within just a few weeks.

“There are subscribers to KM newspapers all over the world,” said Managing Editor Ron Green. “We are confident that businesses, schools, libraries and local authorities will be interested in these new digital editions, as will be the readers of our newspapers who live or work outside Kent.”

Costs vary for single issues of the paper or users can purchase 10 to 52 copies for additional fees.