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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.

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History

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

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

City and western suburbs

  • Eastern Reporter
  • Guardian Express
  • Stirling Times
  • Western Suburbs Weekly

Hills and eastern suburbs

  • Avon Valley Gazette
  • Comment News
  • Hills Gazette
  • Kalamunda Reporter
  • Midland Reporter
  • The Advocate

Northern suburbs

  • Joondalup Times
  • North Coast Times
  • Wanneroo Times
  • Weekender

Southern suburbs

  • Canning Times
  • Cockburn Gazette
  • Fremantle Gazette
  • Melville Times
  • Southern Gazette

South coastal suburbs

  • Kwinana Courier
  • Pinjarra Murray Times
  • Weekend Courier

The Sound Telegraph and the Mandurah Coastal Times, covering Rockingham and the Peel region respectively, continue to be published under those names without the PerthNow branding. [5]

Digital editions

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:

In April 2020, Community Newspaper Group transferred all its newspaper websites to the PerthNow website. [5]

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References

  1. Seven West Media buys remaining stake in Community Newspaper Group in WA ABC News 27 May 2018
  2. Empire grows as Seven West Media takes control of Community Newspapers Sydney Morning Herald 27 May 2019
  3. News Corp closes titles in Queensland, sells remaining stake in Community Newspaper Group to Seven West Media Mumbrella 28 May 2019
  4. Seven West unveils Community New rebrand plan Business News 25 June 2021
  5. 1 2 3 "Seven West Media to retire Community Newspaper Group brand, relaunching as free PerthNow newspapers". PerthNow . 25 June 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  6. Seven West Media to retire Community Newspaper Group brand Mumbrella 29 June 2021
  7. "CommunityNews". CommunityNews. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. Emma Young; Hamish Hastie (9 August 2018). "Perth media diversity takes next hit as five community newspapers shut". WAtoday . Retrieved 30 November 2021.

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