It didn't take long for an entrepreneur to step up to fill the void left by the closure of The Citizen newspaper in Hamtramck. The newspaper had been one of the longest-running publications in the state, launching in 1934 and shutting down this spring.
Mike Wilcox, a former publisher of the The Citizen, has started
The Hamtramck Review. It looks a lot like The Citizen on the surface, focusing almost entirely on local news and advertising.
He believes his newspaper will succeed because his team of five employees and a couple of interns will help bring in more revenue through advertising.
"I think I know how to make a newspaper work, even a printed paper," Wilcox says. "I still believe the Hamtramck community is very viable."
Source: Mike Wilcox, publisher of The Hamtramck Review
Writer: Jon Zemke