The Community Newspaper Group was established in 1985.
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In May 2019,
Seven West Media
bought out joint venture partner
News Corp Australia
giving it 100% ownership with its headquarters moving from
Northbridge
to
Osborne Park
.
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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.
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Publications
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The Community Newspaper Group's papers included:
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City and western suburbs
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- Eastern Reporter
- Guardian Express
- Stirling Times
- Western Suburbs Weekly
Hills and eastern suburbs
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- Avon Valley Gazette
- Comment News
- Hills Gazette
- Kalamunda Reporter
- Midland Reporter
- The Advocate
Northern suburbs
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- Joondalup Times
- North Coast Times
- Wanneroo Times
- Weekender
Southern suburbs
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- Canning Times
- Cockburn Gazette
- Fremantle Gazette
- Melville Times
- Southern Gazette
South coastal suburbs
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- 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.
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Digital editions
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In 2018 the Community Newspaper Group closed a number of newspapers and shifted their publication online.
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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.
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References
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Further reading
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- (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, pp. 20?21.
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