The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)
{{Short description|Australian newspaper}}
{{redirect|The Sunday Mail (Australia)|the Adelaide paper|Sunday Mail (Adelaide)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
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Front page of The Sunday Mail
15 July 2007
|type = Sunday Newspaper
|format = Tabloid
|foundation = 1923{{cite web |title=The Sunday mail. The Courier-mail (Brisbane, Qld.) |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB100027388 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}
|owners = News Corp Australia
|headquarters = Bowen Hills Queensland
|website = {{URL|www.thesundaymail.com.au}}
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The Sunday Mail is a newspaper published on Sunday in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is Brisbane's only Sunday newspaper. The Sunday Mail is published in tabloid format, comprising several sections that can be extracted and read separately. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory.
Publishing
The newspaper is published by Queensland Newspapers, part of News Corp Australia, whose parent company is News Corp. The editorial office is located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and the newspaper is printed in the suburb of Murarrie.
The current editor is Melanie Pilling whose appointment took effect on June 24, 2024.{{cite news |title=News Corp Australia Qld talent on the move |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/business/qld-business/news-corp-australia-qld-talent-on-the-move/news-story/6ee217f60a31c5b41f03b679c97b7acc |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=The Courier-Mail |publisher=Queensland Newspapers}}
Liz Deegan succeeded Michael Prain as editor in September 2006. Prain, who was editor of the newspaper for almost a decade, was appointed managing editor, digital media, of Queensland Newspapers. As she prepared to take over as editor, Deegan said: "I'm excited by the challenge of editing the biggest -selling newspaper in Australia's fastest growing state and ensuring its circulation keeps pace with the rapid growth of Queensland."{{Cite web|url=https://www.bandt.com.au/category/technology/|title=Technology Archives|date=7 August 2024|website=B&T}}
The December 2006 Roy Morgan Readership poll put the newspaper's circulation at 601,357, with readership at 1,515,000, making it the third most read Sunday newspaper in Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roymorgan.com/news/press-releases/2007/612/|title=Roy Morgan Readership Results for the Year Ending December 2006}}
The Sunday Mail was published in a new design, featuring a new masthead, updated typography and somewhat different supplements on 15 July 2007.[http://blogs.news.com.au/couriermail/watercooler/index.php/couriermail/comments/liz_deegan/ Dawn of a bright era | Courier Mail Water Cooler Blog]
In June 2013, The Sunday Mail announced that Peter Gleeson would take over the role of editor from Scott Thompson.{{cite web|author1=The Sunday Mail (Qld)|title=Peter Gleeson and Chris Dore have been appointed to new roles at News Limited|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/peter-gleeson-and-chris-dore-have-been-appointed-to-new-roles-at-news-limited/news-story/322ec4de9772f43d38ed9f105020a56d|website=The Courier-Mail|access-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170801033317/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/peter-gleeson-and-chris-dore-have-been-appointed-to-new-roles-at-news-limited/news-story/322ec4de9772f43d38ed9f105020a56d|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|date=15 June 2013}} As of 2013 The Sunday Mail costs A$2.50.
As of 2021, The Sunday Mail costs A$3.50.{{Cite news|date=18 July 2021|title=The Sunday Mail|page=1}}
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised up until 26 December 1954{{cite web|title=Sunday Mail (Brisbane) December 26 1954|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page10330081|publisher=Trove|access-date=9 October 2014}} as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.{{cite web|title=Newspaper and magazine titles|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|publisher=Trove|access-date=9 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=Trove|access-date=9 October 2014}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.thesundaymail.com.au}}
- {{trove newspaper|375|Sunday Mail|Brisbane, Qld.: 1926–1954}}
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Category:Weekly newspapers published in Australia