The Community Newspaper Group was a community newspaper business in Perth, Western Australia. Owned by Seven West Media, it published 23 community newspapers within the metropolitan region of Perth, from Yanchep and Two Rocks in the city's north to Mandurah in the south.
In August 2021 Seven West Media ceased publishing most of its Community Newspaper Group-branded newspapers and replaced them with 10 localised editions under the PerthNow brand.[4][5][6]
PublicationsEdit
The Community Newspaper Group's papers included:[7]
City and western suburbsEdit
Eastern Reporter
Guardian Express
Stirling Times
Western Suburbs Weekly
Hills and eastern suburbsEdit
Avon Valley Gazette
Comment News
Hills Gazette
Kalamunda Reporter
Midland Reporter
The Advocate
Northern suburbsEdit
Joondalup Times
North Coast Times
Wanneroo Times
Weekender
Southern suburbsEdit
Canning Times
Cockburn Gazette
Fremantle Gazette
Melville Times
Southern Gazette
South coastal suburbsEdit
Kwinana Courier
Pinjarra Murray Times
Weekend Courier
The Mandurah Coastal Times and the Sound Telegraph, covering Rockingham and the Peel region respectively, continue to be published under those names without the PerthNow branding.[5]
Digital editionsEdit
In 2018 the Community Newspaper Group closed a number of newspapers and shifted their publication online.[8] These digital mastheads were made available on communitynews.com.au and included:
Comment News
Guardian Express
Ellenbrook/Swan Valley Advocate
Hills/Avon Valley Gazette
Midland/Kalamunda Reporter
North Coast Times
Weekend/Kwinana Courier
In April 2020 Community Newspaper Group transferred all its newspaper websites to the PerthNow website.[5]
ReferencesEdit
^Seven West Media buys remaining stake in Community Newspaper Group in WA ABC News 27 May 2018
^Empire grows as Seven West Media takes control of Community Newspapers Sydney Morning Herald 27 May 2019
^Seven West unveils Community New rebrand plan Business News 25 June 2021
^ abc"Seven West Media to retire Community Newspaper Group brand, relaunching as free PerthNow newspapers". PerthNow. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^"CommunityNews". CommunityNews. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^Emma Young; Hamish Hastie (9 August 2018). "Perth media diversity takes next hit as five community newspapers shut". WAtoday. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
Further readingEdit
(2001) Community Newspapers ride high on PANPA success. (Executives at Community Newspaper Group give reasons for the company's success, after one of its free newspapers, Weekend Courier Community was voted the best free non-daily newspaper for the Australian and Pacific Region). Campaign brief (1999), Oct. 2001, p. 20-21
External linksEdit
October 22, 2023
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