Notable Milestones for VNS

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Date	Issue	Circulation	Description
3 Aug 1981	1	3	The first Vogon News. Sent from Reading, England to Nashua, New Hampshire, USA.
5 Jan 1983	265	50	The first issue to count subscribers
3 Aug 1983	387	107	Second anniversary
3 Aug 1984	628	698	Third anniversary
2 Aug 1985	879	1743	Fourth anniversary
6 Feb 1986	1000	2348	Includes a description of the origin of VNS as written by Richard De Morgan in issue 500. In 1985, the VNS publishing system moved from Reading, England to Valbonne, France.
1 Aug 1986	1124	3289	Fifth anniversary
3 Aug 1987	1372	4570	Sixth anniversary
28 July 1988	1873	7242	Seventh anniversary
3 Aug 1989	1873	7242	Eighth anniversary
9 Feb 1990	2000	7851	Contains an updated description of the origin and development of VNS. Now distributed to 33 countries within the DEC network. Around 4000 readers using DEC VTX)
2 Aug 1990	2121	8314	Ninth anniversary. Following Richard De Morgan leaving Digital, Andrew Payne had taken over the Main News Desk
5 Aug 1991	2380	8358	10 Year anniversary issue. Contains the main news items from each anniversary edition.
13 Nov 1991	2450	8216	Readership begins to show a slight decline.
22 June 1992	2602	8088	A good sample issue with sections on Main News, Computer News, Technology Watch, VOGONballs and UK Sports Report.
25 Jan 1993	2752	7261	Marios announces he is leaving Digital and handing over the publishing to Colin Blake. Publishing moves from Valbonne, France, to Nashua, New Hampshire, without missing a single edition. Over 5000 readers on DEC VTX)
17 Jan 1994	3000	6406	Anniversary edition with explanations of both the origin of VNS and the software system that published it.
9 Jan 1995	3227	5152	Last issue posted to soc.culture.british news group