The Daily Advertiser(Wagga Wagga)
 Front page ofThe Daily Advertiser on 2 October 2017 | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Australian Community Media |
| Editor | Ross Tyson |
| Founded | 10 December 1868 |
| Headquarters | 19 Peter StreetWagga Wagga,NSW, 2650 |
| ISSN | 1322-8110 |
| OCLCnumber | 220658139 |
| Website | www |
The Daily Advertiseris the regional newspaper which servicesWagga Wagga, New South WalesAustraliaand much of the surrounding region. It is published Monday to Friday but also appears as a sister publication calledThe Weekend Advertiseron Saturdays. The paper reaches about 31,000 people during its Monday to Friday printing, equating to 85% of all people aged over 14 who live in the paper's main coverage area.[1]
History of the paper
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The paper started its life asThe Wagga Wagga Advertiserand was founded by two wealthy local pastoralists, Auber George Jones and Thomas Darlow.[2]It was first printed on 10 December 1868, only 80 years after the commencement of European settlement in Australia. The paper is older than a large number of city newspapers and is one of the oldest regional newspapers in the country.
The first edition waseditedby Frank Hutchison, who was anOxfordgraduate, and the paper was initially managed by E G Wilton, who had been trained in London.[3][4]When it commenced publication, Wagga Wagga was also serviced by theWagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser.[4]
TheWagga Wagga Advertiseroriginally sold forsixpenceand was printed bi-weekly in the form of a four-pagebroadsheet,but became a tri-weekly publication in 1880. On 3 January 1911 the newspaper was renamedThe Daily Advertiserand became a "daily" on 31 December 1918.[2][3]
Other than normal daily publication the paper has on occasion printed a special edition such as the issue of 7.30pm on 11 November 1918. On that day the paper's office, learning of the end ofWorld War I,rushed its specialThe Daily Advertiser Extraordinaryon to the streets and it was through that medium that the citizens of Wagga Wagga first heard of the end of the War.[5]
In 1962 the newspaper reduced in size from abroadsheetto atabloidformat.[3]
From 1991 to 2002, the editor of theDaily AdvertiserwasMichael McCormack,a future federal member of parliament, andDeputy Prime Minister of Australia.[6]During McCormack time as editor, he wrote controversial articles such as supporting theDeath penaltyand mocking women’s sport.[7]
The paper has for some years printed the following quote byJohn Miltonon its front page, to profess its ethos:
This is true liberty, when free-born men,
Having to advise the public, may speak free
Publication as a part of the Riverina Media Group
[edit]The current version of the paper is owned and published by Riverina Media Group, which also owns and printsThe Riverina Leader;The Rural;The Area News;The Australian Senior;The Southern Cross;The Colypoint Observer;andThe Irrigator.[8]
Rural Pressbought Riverina, five weeks before Rural Press merged intoFairfax Media;The Daily Advertiseris currently published byAustralian Community Media.[citation needed]
Digitisation
[edit]The paper has been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Programproject of theNational Library of Australia.[9][10]
See also
[edit]References and notes
[edit]- ^"RMG Publications".Riverina Media Group.Retrieved3 May2007.
- ^abGrimson, Ken (31 December 2010)."Daily Advertiser celebrates historic day".The Daily Advertiser.Retrieved31 December2010.
- ^abcDoubleday, Wayne."The Wagga Daily Advertiser Pty Ltd. (1868 - )".Regional Records On-Line Guide.Charles Sturt University.Archived fromthe originalon 9 September 2007.Retrieved3 May2007.
- ^abMorris, S. (1999).Wagga Wagga, a history.Bobby Graham Publishers. p. 62.ISBN1-875247-12-2.
- ^Morris, S. (1999).Wagga Wagga, a history.Bobby Graham Publishers. p. 133.ISBN1-875247-12-2.
- ^Broede Carmody (19 July 2016)."Four things you need to know about Michael McCormack, Australia's new small business minister".Smart Company.Retrieved22 February2018.
- ^Zhou, Naaman (28 February 2018)."Michael McCormack distances himself from editorial backing death penalty".The Guardian.Retrieved28 February2018.
- ^"Welcome to the Riverina Media Group".Riverina Media Group.Retrieved3 May2007.
- ^"Newspaper and magazine titles".Trove.National Library of Australia.Retrieved5 June2013.
- ^"Newspaper Digitisation Program".National Library of Australia.Retrieved5 June2013.