The Daily Advertiser
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The Daily Advertiser is the regional newspaper which services Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Australia
and much of the surrounding region. It is published Monday to Friday but also appears as a sister publication called The Weekend Advertiser on Saturdays. The paper reaches about 31,000 people during its Monday to Friday printing, equating to 85% of all people aged over 14 that live in the paper's main coverage area.
The paper commenced its life as the Wagga Wagga Advertiser and was founded by two wealthy local pastoralists, Auber George Jones and Thomas Darlow. It was first printed on 10 December 1868, only 80 years after the commencement of European settlement in Australia. The paper is in fact older than a large number of city newspapers and is one of the oldest regional newspapers in the country. The first edition was edited
by Frank Hutchison, who was an Oxford graduate, and the paper was initially managed by E G Wilton, who had been trained in London. At the time of the commencement of publication of The Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga was also serviced by the "Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee Advertiser".
Wagga Wagga Advertiser originally selling for sixpence
and printed bi-weekly in the form of a four page broadsheet
, increased to a tri-weekly publication in 1880, on 3 January 1911 the newspaper was renamed to The Daily Advertiser and became a "daily" on 31 December 1918.
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 this day the paper's office learning of the end of World War I
rushed its special The Daily Advertiser Extraordinary on to the streets and it is through this media that the citizens of Wagga Wagga first heard of the end of the War.
In 1962 the newspaper reduced in size from the broadsheet
version to a tabloid format.
The paper has for some years printed a quote by John Milton
on its front page which it uses to profess as its ethos or sentiment. That quote is:
Rural Press
bought Riverina, five weeks before Rural Press merged into Fairfax Media
; The Daily Advertiser is currently a subsidiary of Fairfax.
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and much of the surrounding region. It is published Monday to Friday but also appears as a sister publication called The Weekend Advertiser on Saturdays. The paper reaches about 31,000 people during its Monday to Friday printing, equating to 85% of all people aged over 14 that live in the paper's main coverage area.
History of the paper
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
by Frank Hutchison, who was an Oxford graduate, and the paper was initially managed by E G Wilton, who had been trained in London. At the time of the commencement of publication of The Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga was also serviced by the "Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee Advertiser".
Wagga Wagga Advertiser originally selling for sixpence
Sixpence
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and printed bi-weekly in the form of a four page broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
, increased to a tri-weekly publication in 1880, on 3 January 1911 the newspaper was renamed to The Daily Advertiser and became a "daily" on 31 December 1918.
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 this day the paper's office learning of the end of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
rushed its special The Daily Advertiser Extraordinary on to the streets and it is through this media that the citizens of Wagga Wagga first heard of the end of the War.
In 1962 the newspaper reduced in size from the broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
version to a tabloid format.
The paper has for some years printed a quote by John Milton
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
on its front page which it uses to profess as its ethos or sentiment. That quote is:
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- This is true liberty, when free-born men,
- Having to advise the public, may speak free
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Publication as a part of the Riverina Media Group
The current version of the paper is owned and published by Riverina Media Group, which also owns and prints The Riverina Leader; The Rural; The Area News; The Australian Senior; The Southern Cross; The Colypoint Observer; and The Irrigator.Rural Press
Rural Press
Rural Press Limited was an Australian media company which owned approximately 170 newspaper and magazine titles, The Canberra Times being the most prominent. These were predominantly in rural Australia, though it also owned a number of agricultural publications in the United States and New Zealand...
bought Riverina, five weeks before Rural Press merged into Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand. Fairfax Media was founded by the Fairfax family as John Fairfax and Sons, later to become John...
; The Daily Advertiser is currently a subsidiary of Fairfax.