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.

History [ edit ]

The Community Newspaper Group was established in 1985. ^[1] 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 . ^{[2] [3]}

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]}

Publications [ edit ]

The Community Newspaper Group's papers included: ^[7]

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 editions [ edit ]

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]

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

• (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.

External links [ edit ]

• communitynews.com.au (archived)