Community Newspaper Group

{{Short description|Newspaper company in Perth, Western Australia}}

{{other uses|Community Newspapers (disambiguation){{!}}Community Newspapers}}

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

The Community Newspaper Group was established in 1985.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-27/seven-west-media-buys-remaining-stake-in-community-newspapers/11153572 Seven West Media buys remaining stake in Community Newspaper Group in WA] ABC News 27 May 2018 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.[https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/empire-grows-as-seven-west-media-takes-control-of-community-newspapers-20190527-p51rn1.html Empire grows as Seven West Media takes control of Community Newspapers] Sydney Morning Herald 27 May 2019[https://web.archive.org/web/20190528034133/https://mumbrella.com.au/news-corp-closes-titles-in-queensland-sells-remaining-stake-in-community-newspaper-group-to-seven-west-media-581593 News Corp closes titles in Queensland, sells remaining stake in Community Newspaper Group to Seven West Media] Mumbrella 28 May 2019

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.[https://www.businessnews.com.au/article/Seven-West-unveils-Community-News-rebrand-plan Seven West unveils Community New rebrand plan] Business News 25 June 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/perth/seven-west-media-to-retire-community-newspaper-group-brand-relaunching-as-free-perthnow-newspapers-ng-b881912202z |title=Seven West Media to retire Community Newspaper Group brand, relaunching as free PerthNow newspapers |website=PerthNow |date=25 June 2021 |access-date=23 November 2021 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20220705225651/https://mumbrella.com.au/seven-west-media-to-retire-community-newspaper-group-brand-690136 Seven West Media to retire Community Newspaper Group brand] Mumbrella 29 June 2021

Publications

The Community Newspaper Group's papers included:{{cite web |url=https://www.communitynews.com.au/ |title=CommunityNews |author= |website=CommunityNews |access-date=11 October 2019 }}

= 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.

Digital editions

In 2018 the Community Newspaper Group closed a number of newspapers and shifted their publication online.{{cite web |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-media-diversity-takes-next-hit-as-five-community-newspapers-shut-20180809-p4zwjn.html |title=Perth media diversity takes next hit as five community newspapers shut |author1=Emma Young |author2=Hamish Hastie |website=WAtoday|date=9 August 2018 |access-date=30 November 2021 }} These digital mastheads were made available on communitynews.com.au and included: