Daily Mercury
Mackay, Queensland, AustraliaEnglishThe Daily Mercury is a news publication serving the Mackay region of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1866, it provides comprehensive coverage of local politics, community events, and the regional mining industry. Now a digital-focused outlet under The Courier Mail masthead, it continues to focus on Mackay's regional issues.
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Highly concentrated ownership defines the national print media market, with News Corp and Nine Entertainment controlling the vast majority of circulation. The flagship national daily is the centre-right broadsheet The Australian, owned by News Corp, which also publishes mass-market tabloids like Melbourne's Herald Sun and Sydney's The Daily Telegraph. Nine Entertainment operates the country's oldest continuously published paper, the centre-left leaning Sydney Morning Herald, alongside its Melbourne stablemate, The Age. Beyond the major metropolitan centres, regional dailies and rural weeklies play a crucial role in covering remote states and agricultural communities. Paperboy indexes 325 Australian newspapers — browse the full directory below.
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