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{{Short description|Online newspaper based in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia}}
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|owners = [[News Corp Australia]]
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|price = [[Australian dollar|A$]]1.10 Monday-Friday<br>A$1.50 Saturday
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The '''''NewsMail''''' is an online [[newspaper]] based in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] with regional influence and stable audiences. Currently, Newsmail publisher is under News Corp Australia's News Regional network<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/25/the-presses-stop-final-newspapers-printed-in-dozens-of-australian-towns</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/BevanShields/status/1265776879765782535</ref>. Newsmail includes a wide range of content, from domestic or international affairs to satisfy its clients' need. The paper has a long, notable history, starting as a family business until developing further and join News Corp, which is one of the main Australian journalism corporations.
The '''''NewsMail''''' is an [[online newspaper]] based in [[Bundaberg]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].<ref name=":2" /> It has a wide range of content including domestic and international affairs. The paper has a long, notable history, starting as a family business and more recently becoming part of the regional network of [[News Corp Australia]], the largest Australian newspaper publisher. It shut down its printed edition and became online-only in June 2020.<ref name=":3" />


==History==
==History==


The history of Newsmail dated back to the 18th century. Several newspapers were published weekly in [[Bundaberg]] between 1880 and 1900, with two tri-weeklies, ''The Star'' and ''The Mail'' settling the market in the early 20th century. Thomas White, the founder of Newsmail first named Newsmail the Burnett Argus in 1861. In 1869, White moved the publisher to [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]] and then changed the name to The Maryborough Mail. In 1872, the publisher moved to a new location and renamed the newspaper again after the [[Mount Perry, Queensland|Mount Perry]]. Later on, The Mount Perry Mail moved to Bundaberg and became The Bundaberg Mail. In 1907, The Bundaberg Mail became the city’s first daily newspaper and a merger between Bundaberg Daily News and The Bundaberg Mail has been established. The company now produced newspaper copies under the name of Bundaberg Daily News & Mail. In 1942, the paper eventually changed the name to the Bundaberg News-mail and till the 2000s the hyphen in the name is removed. <ref>[http://www.news-mail.com.au/aboutus/ About us], ''NewsMail''. Accessed March 5, 2009.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=When floods overwhelmed our city, we were there|url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/when-some-ferocious-storms-and-mini-tornadoes-in-j/2796767/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=News Mail|language=en}}</ref>
Thomas White, the founder of NewsMail, first named the newspaper the ''Burnett Argus'' in 1861. In 1869, White moved publishing to [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]] and changed the name to ''The Maryborough Mail''. In 1872, the publisher moved and renamed the newspaper again to the [[Mount Perry, Queensland|Mount Perry]] Mail. Later on, The Mount Perry Mail moved to Bundaberg and became ''The Bundaberg Mail''. Several newspapers were published weekly in [[Bundaberg]] between 1880 and 1900, but by the early 20th century two tri-weeklies divided the market: ''The Mail'' and its competitor ''The Star''.


In 1907, The Bundaberg Mail became the city’s first daily newspaper. In 1917, Sidney H. Barton purchased the newspaper title, and its city freehold.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-05-01 |title=A BUNDABERG ANNOUNCEMENT. |page=4 |work=Toowoomba Chronicle |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article253781028 |access-date=2022-11-27}}</ref> A merger was announced in July 1925, with the Bundaberg Mail and the Bundaberg News to become the ''Bundaberg Daily News and Mail'' from August onwards.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1925-07-24 |title=Newspaper merger |pages=4 |work=The Week (Brisbane) |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182598646 |access-date=2022-10-23}}</ref> In 1942, the paper changed the name to the Bundaberg News-Mail and in the 2000s the hyphen was removed. In 1993, The NewsMail bought the Guardian, Bundy’s weekly [[community paper]].<ref name=":4">[http://www.news-mail.com.au/aboutus/ About us], ''NewsMail''. Accessed March 5, 2009.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=When floods overwhelmed our city, we were there|url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/when-some-ferocious-storms-and-mini-tornadoes-in-j/2796767/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=News Mail|language=en}}</ref>
In 1961, other Queensland newspapers set up a holding company, Provincial Investments Pty Ltd (later called APN), in order to buy stakes of Bundaberg Newsmail. On July 27, 1970, Newsmail marked the first newspaper in Queensland and the second in Australia to publish computerized photoset design and digitally offset printing. In 1970, Newsmail’s headquarters moved to [[Brisbane]], in an office building on the corner of Queen and Albert streets. NewsMail transfers from its office in Targo St, where it has been for 70 years, to new premises in Woondooma St. In 2016, [[News Corp Australia|News Corp]] bought Queensland’s newspaper businesses from [[Here, There & Everywhere]] (formerly known as APN News and Media), from now on, Newsmail remains a branch of News Corp. <ref name=":0" />


During the [[Great Depression]], the number of partners diminished, and the owners discussed options to merge with other newspapers with different financial specialists and investors. In 1958, Muriel Cooper Barton, in partnership with her daughter Betty Young and Betty’s husband Colin Young, approached A. Dunn and Co, owners of the ''Maryborough Chronicle'', ''Toowoomba Chronicle'', and Rockhampton’s ''Morning Bulletin'', offering to sell them her 51.6 percent stake in the NewsMail. In 1961, the NewsMail was acquired by a partnership of eight provincial dailies. After the takeover of the daily Cairns Post by Queensland Press Ltd (publishers of the Brisbane [[Courier-Mail]]) in 1965, the eight other Queensland newspapers set up a holding company, Provincial Investments Pty Ltd (later [[Provincial Newspapers (QLD) Ltd|Provincial Newspapers]] and eventually APN).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=Rod |title=Provincial Newspapers (Qld) Ltd |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/9579552 |website=AustLII |access-date=2022-04-09 |ref=Kirkpatrick}}</ref> This holding company included notable families such as the Dunns (Maryborough, Toowoomba, and Rockhampton), Mannings (Mackay), Irwins (Warwick) and the Stephensons, Parkinsons, and Kippens (Ipswich). Rockhampton was selected to be the company’s head office, and Lex Dunn, a lawyer who advised on the company structure, became the chief executive.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fielding |first=Jay |date=9 June 2020 |title=TIMELINE: NewsMail turns new page in its long history |url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/timeline-newsmail-turns-new-page-in-its-long-histo/4045798/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-11-19 |website=News Mail |language=en |archive-date=3 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103183504/https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/timeline-newsmail-turns-new-page-in-its-long-histo/4045798/ }}</ref>
Owned by News Corp Australia, the printed newspaper was published Monday to Saturday until 25 June 2020.<ref>Johns, Bryce (22 June 2016) [https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/what-newscorp-purchasing-this-publication-means-fo/3049342 What News Corp purchasing us means for you], ''NewsMail''. Retrieved 27 April 2018.</ref> As well as serving Bundaberg, the ''NewsMail'' was available in coastal communities including [[Bargara]], [[Elliot Heads]], [[Moore Park, Queensland|Moore Park]], [[Burnett Heads]] and the [[Bundaberg Port]]. It also reached the surrounding rural communities of [[Miriam Vale]] and [[Agnes Water]] in the north, [[Mundubbera]], [[Gayndah]], [[Eidsvold, Queensland|Eidsvold]] to the west, and [[Childers, Queensland|Childers]] and [[Biggenden]] The historical backdrop of Newsmail dated, harking back to the eighteenth century. Thomas White, the organizer of Newsmail initially named Newsmail as the Burnett Argus in 1861. In 1869, White moved the distributor to Maryborough and afterward changed the name to The Maryborough Mail. In 1872, the distributer moved to another area and renamed the paper again after Mount Perry. Later on, The Mount Perry Mail moved to Bundaberg and turned into The Bundaberg Mail. In 1907, The Bundaberg Mail turned into the city's first day by day paper and a merger between Bundaberg Daily News and The Bundaberg Mail has been set up. The organization presently created paper duplicates under the name of Bundaberg Daily News and Mail. In 1942, the paper, in the end, changed the name to the Bundaberg News-mail, and till 2000s the hyphen in the name is eliminated (Fielding, 2020). <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=TIMELINE: NewsMail turns new page in its long history|url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/timeline-newsmail-turns-new-page-in-its-long-histo/4045798/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=News Mail|language=en}}</ref>


In 1961, other Queensland papers set up a holding organization, Provincial Investments Pty Ltd (later called APN), so as to purchase stakes of Bundaberg Newsmail. On July 27, 1970, Newsmail denoted the primary paper in Queensland and the second in Australia to distribute mechanized photoset plan and carefully counterbalance printing. In 1970, Newsmail's base camp moved to Brisbane, in a place of business at the intersection of Queen and Albert roads. NewsMail moves from its office in Targo St, where it has been for a very long time, to new premises in Woondooma St. In 2016, News Corp purchased Queensland's paper organizations from APN News and Media, starting now and into the foreseeable future, Newsmail stays a part of News Corp. In 2020, Newsmail distributed the last printed paper on June 25th and moved to advanced paper totally (Fielding, 2020). <ref name=":1" />
On July 27, 1970, NewsMail was first newspaper in Queensland and the second in Australia to publish computerised photoset design and digitally offset printing. In 1970, NewsMail’s headquarters moved to [[Brisbane]], in an office building on the corner of Queen and Albert streets. NewsMail transferred its Bundaberg office from Targo St, where it had been for 70 years, to new premises in Woondooma St.


In 2013, the worst flood in Bundaberg's history immersed the NewsMail office causing major damage and disruption. All of NewsMail chronicles including photos and other important material were pulverized (Turnbull, 2020). Even so NewsMail's staff continued to gather news in the region, recording the dramatic scenes in North Bundaberg where the flood caused the breakdown of a part of the Tallon Bridge.<ref name=":0" />
further south.


In 2016, [[News Corp Australia|News Corp]] bought Queensland’s regional newspaper businesses from [[Here, There & Everywhere (company)|Here, There & Everywhere]] (formerly known as APN News and Media). NewsMail remains a branch of News Corp.<ref name=":0" />
== Content ==
Newsmail newspaper covers a wide range of events including local, national, and international news. Their main headlines are sport, lifestyle, community, jobs, motoring, real estates, obituaries, and classifieds. Newsmail is community-focused reporting, delivering the daily latest news to the local communities including coastal and rural Queensland. Newsmail promised upon their reputation since they first published to meet the community’s demand as well as reflect their lifestyle.


In 2019, NewsMail moved from 405mm tabloid to 350mm tabloid format. The printed newspaper was published Monday to Saturday until 25 June 2020.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Johns |first=Bryce |date=22 June 2016 |title=What News Corp purchasing us means for you |url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/what-newscorp-purchasing-this-publication-means-fo/3049342/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828085452/https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/what-newscorp-purchasing-this-publication-means-fo/3049342/ |archive-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>
Queensland policy reform process states that journalists is the link to channel policy information to citizens, which means Newsmail not only report on issues but also they get to experience policy first hand and whether this experience is good or bad it becomes a story in its own right. However, early investigation shows that regional and small publishers like Newsmail have little interest in covering policy issues. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Breit|first=Rhonda|last2=Fitzgerald|first2=Richard|last3=Liu|first3=Shuang|last4=Neal|first4=Regan|date=2017-02-01|title=How Queensland newspapers reported public sector information reform|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X16680655|journal=Media International Australia|language=en|volume=162|issue=1|pages=90–106|doi=10.1177/1329878X16680655|issn=1329-878X}}</ref>


As well as serving Bundaberg, the ''NewsMail'' was available in coastal communities including [[Bargara]], [[Elliott Heads]], [[Moore Park, Queensland|Moore Park]], [[Burnett Heads]] and the [[Bundaberg Port]]. It also reached the surrounding rural communities of [[Miriam Vale]] and [[Agnes Water]] in the north, [[Mundubbera]], [[Gayndah]], [[Eidsvold, Queensland|Eidsvold]] to the west, and [[Childers, Queensland|Childers]] and [[Biggenden]].<ref name=":1" />
== Products ==
=== Print newspaper ===


=== Title history ===
The print newspaper version first published in 1938 under the name Newsmail. This is a daily newspaper which issues from Monday to Saturday every week. According to Newsmail statistics, 40% of Bundaberg residents subscribed to daily newspapers from Monday to Friday, whereas, on Saturday the percentage goes up by 5% (Morgan, 2012). <ref>{{Cite web|title=Login - AMAA Quick Find|url=https://www.auditedmedia.org.au/ed/mobile/login|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.auditedmedia.org.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Login - AMAA Quick Find|url=https://www.auditedmedia.org.au/ed/mobile/login|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.auditedmedia.org.au}}</ref>
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Local residents can subscribe to Newsmail to get their new issue delivered to their home every morning. In 2015, Newsmail has ranked 9th best of all nation’s daily newspapers in terms of copy sales. On average the publisher produced about 8461 copies each day. Other statistics indicate that Newsmail readership approached 36 000 on average on weekdays and 38 000 on Saturdays, including print, digital, connected devices (Daily Mercury, 2015). <ref>{{Cite web|title=NewsMail keeping up with the best|url=https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/newsmail-keeping-up-with-the-best/2546309/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Daily Mercury|language=en}}</ref>
|+
In April 2020, Australian Community Media announced that it would suspend many of its rural newspapers as the outbreak of [[COVID-19]] caused economic conditions and advertisement revenue to deteriorate rapidly. The company announced that it would cease printing activities at most of its locations until the end of June 2020, but would continue to publish its 14 daily newspapers. Newsmail followed other other Queensland’s newspapers such as Mackay’s Daily Mercury, Gladstone’s observer, Queensland Times, Sunshine Coast Daily, Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, Gladstone’s Observer, Chinchilla News, Dalby Herald, Gatton Star, Noosa News, South Burnett Times, Stanthorpe Border Post, Western Star, Western Times, Whitsunday Times, Whitsunday Coast Guardian and Bowen Independent to shift to digital newspaper (Meade, 2020).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=2020-05-27|title=News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/may/28/news-corp-announces-end-of-nearly-100-australian-print-newspapers-in-huge-shift-to-digital|access-date=2020-11-19|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The last issue of print newspaper was printed on Saturday, June 25th 2020.
!Approximate Dates
!issue numbering
!ISSN
!Titling
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|1862–1869
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|Burnett Argus: Gayndah and Central Queensland Advertiser
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|1869–1870
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|Maryborough Mail
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|1872–1875
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|Mount Perry Mail and Mining Times, Burnett, Wide Bay and Bundaberg Advertiser
Title varies: 25th Jan.-18 July 1872, The Mount Perry Mail, Burnett, Wide Bay and Bundaberg Advertiser.
|-
|1876–1892
|No. 203 - No. 1970
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|Bundaberg and Mount Perry Mail and General Advertiser
|-
|12 December 1892 – 1917
|No. 1971 -
|2205-1643 (print)
2205-1651 (online)
|Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser
|-
|1917–1925
|Vol. 47, no. 6374 -
|2205-166X (print)
2205-1678 (online)
|Bundaberg Mail
|-
|1925–1940
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|2205-782X
|Bundaberg Daily News and Mail
Merged with: Bundaberg Daily News, to form Bundaberg Daily News and Mail.
|-
|8 July 1940 – 14 November 1942
|Vol. 33, no. 167 - Vol. 35, no. 272
|2205-9059
|Bundaberg Daily News-Mail
|-
|1942–1961
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|Bundaberg News-Mail
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|1961– 27 June 2020
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|News-Mail (Bundaberg, Qld.)
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|June 2020–
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|NewsMail. News Corp cancels print publication of several regional newspapers and makes them online only.
|}


=== Digital newspaper ===
== Content ==
NewsMail covers a wide range of events including local, national, and international news. Their main headlines are sport, lifestyle, community, jobs, motoring, real estates, obituaries, and classifieds. NewsMail is community-focused, delivering the daily latest news to the local communities including coastal and rural Queensland. NewsMail has established a reputation to meet the community’s demand and reflect their lifestyle.<ref name=":4" />
Traditional newspaper publishing firms that can respond to a dramatic transition to internet media by providing a wide variety of online news, sports and entertainment content are best positioned to retain or boost sales. In order to meet the demand of readers all across the globe, Newsmail introduced the digital newspaper with immediate access to daily contents with a distinct focus on local current affairs and relevant news from national to international matters. The digital is described as an interactive, inclusive, user-friendly online town center for all the Queensland and northern New South Wales particularly and Australian citizens in general.


Queensland's public sector information policy reform process states that journalists are the link to channel policy information to citizens, which means NewsMail not only report on issues but also they get to participate in policy development first hand, and whether this experience is good or bad it becomes a story in its own right. Regional and small publishers like NewsMail have limited resources to cover policy issues.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Breit|first1=Rhonda|last2=Fitzgerald|first2=Richard|last3=Liu|first3=Shuang|last4=Neal|first4=Regan|date=2017-02-01|title=How Queensland newspapers reported public sector information reform|journal=Media International Australia|language=en|volume=162|issue=1|pages=90–106|doi=10.1177/1329878X16680655|issn=1329-878X|doi-access=free}}</ref>
In addition, digital subscription costs 4$ every moth for the first 3 months, then it will be 28$ 4 weekly.


== Products ==
The layout is designed like a print paper newspaper, with headlines and a small introduction of every article display so when people double click, the full article will appear. Newsmail also installed other features to enhance readers’ experience such as click on the top or bottom of the page to move to the next page, zoom in and out, print out or download to read. These features adapted to the print newspaper and promise to bring convenience for reader on any mobile devices.
=== Printed newspaper ===
The printed newspaper version was first published in 1938 under the name News-Mail, as a daily newspaper from Monday to Saturday every week. According to NewsMail, 40% of Bundaberg residents subscribed to daily newspapers from Monday to Friday, and on Saturday 5% more.


In 2015, NewsMail copy sales ranked 9th of all the nation’s daily newspapers, averaging 8461 copies a day. Average NewsMail readership approached 36 000 on weekdays and 38 000 on Saturdays, including print, digital and connected devices.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NewsMail keeping up with the best|url=https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/newsmail-keeping-up-with-the-best/2546309/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Daily Mercury|language=en}}</ref>
== Mobile presence ==
Newsmail created its own app for consumers to download on tablets and mobile phones. The app is designed as an interactive, easy-to-read layout, allowing readers to follow their interest topics and receive notification about the latest news. Customers can download the app through Appstore on Apple devices, or Google Play on Android devices. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tablet and Mobile App|url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/app/|access-date=2020-11-19|website=News Mail|language=en}}</ref>
== Crisis ==
During the Great Depression, the number of partners altogether diminished, asking the paper to accomplice up with different financial specialists and investors. Dunn and Co were offering 51.6 percent stake in Newsmail. Jack Manning likewise joined the Dunn for this arrangement. Be that as it may, the two players neglected to meet each other's condition, and in 1961 other paper distributors and organizations set up a holding organization to purchase Mrs Barton and Mr and Mrs Young's controlling stake in the News-Mail (Fielding,2020). <ref name=":1" />


In April 2020, News Corp announced that it would suspend many of its rural newspapers as the outbreak of [[COVID-19]] caused economic conditions and advertisement revenue to deteriorate rapidly. The company announced that it would cease printing activities at most of its locations until the end of June 2020, but would continue to publish its 14 daily newspapers. NewsMail followed other Queensland’s newspapers such as Mackay’s Daily Mercury, Gladstone’s Observer, Queensland Times, Sunshine Coast Daily, Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, Chinchilla News, Dalby Herald, Gatton Star, Noosa News, South Burnett Times, Stanthorpe Border Post, Western Star, Western Times, Whitsunday Times, Whitsunday Coast Guardian and Bowen Independent to become digital-only newspapers (Meade, 2020).<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|date=2020-05-27|title=News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/may/28/news-corp-announces-end-of-nearly-100-australian-print-newspapers-in-huge-shift-to-digital|access-date=2020-11-19|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The last issue of print newspaper was printed on Saturday, June 25, 2020.
In 2013, the most noticeably terrible flood in Bundaberg's set of experiences has immersed Newsmail office causing harms and fallen arrangement of the distributer. All of Newsmail chronicles including photo, and other important material have been pulverized (Turnbull, 2020). Notwithstanding, Newsmail's staffs figured out how to accumulate most recent news in local region, remembering the stunning and sensational scenes for North Bundaberg, where the flood in the end caused the breakdown of a part of the Tallon Bridge (Newsmail, 2015). <ref name=":0" />


=== Digital newspaper ===
Although newspaper publishers offering both printed newspapers and internet services are included in the market, it separates publishers that only provide digital content. These internet news sites are threatening the industry, since they usually offer free news to subscribers. Digital publishers often have considerably reduced manufacturing costs as they do not need much printing or physical shipping. Due to the emergence of free internet news media, large corporations in the newspaper publishing industry have implemented diverse methods for collecting digital subscription revenue.  News Corp Australia pushed its publishers, including Newsmail subscriptions on their digital channels. Previously, corporation has allowed free access to their editorial material through Google searches to capture potential audiences who have not read their articles on a daily basis. News Corp Australia started charging fee from October 2017. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Chapman|first=William|date=July 2020|title=Newspaper Publishing in Australia|url=https://my.ibisworld.com/au/en/industry/j5411/about|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-19|website=services.ibisworld.com}}</ref>
NewsMail introduced the digital newspaper with immediate access to daily content with a distinct focus on local current affairs and relevant news from national to international matters. The digital is described as an interactive, inclusive, user-friendly online town center for all the Queensland and northern New South Wales particularly and Australian citizens in general.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=William |date=July 2020 |title=Newspaper Publishing in Australia |url=https://my.ibisworld.com/au/en/industry/j5411/about |access-date=2020-11-19 |website=services.ibisworld.com}}</ref>


== Award ==
=== News app ===
In approximately 2019, NewsMail created its own namesake local news app for tablets and mobile phones for readers to follow topics and receive news notifications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News Mail Tablet and Mobile App |url=https://www.news-mail.com.au/app/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127092201/https://www.news-mail.com.au/app/ |archive-date=27 November 2020 |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref> In April 2021, the app was discontinued as it was outdated. Readers were instead encouraged to download The Courier Mail app for coverage of Queensland news.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sheehan |first=Megan |date=22 April 2021 |title=Learn more about the changes to your NewsMail app experience and how to get the most from your subscription |work=NewsMail}}</ref>
In 1980, News-Mail Frank Davis is the recipient of the Walkley Award for Best Story in the Provincial Newspaper(Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />


== Awards ==
In 2000, Newsmail staff won the Walkley Award for Coverage of Suburban or Regional Affairs for their Childers backpacker fire article. During the time of the biggest news story in the history of the city, Rod Rehbein was editor of the magazine (Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />
In 1980, News-Mail's Frank Davis received a Walkley Award for Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper.<ref name=":1" />


In 2000, NewsMail staff won the Walkley Award for Coverage of Suburban or Regional Affairs for their [[Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire|Childers backpacker fire]] article. During the time of the biggest news story in the history of the city, Rod Rehbein was editor of the magazine.<ref name=":1" />
== Directors throughout the year ==
In 1925, director-editor Steve Walker dies. After that, Sidney Barton is the proprietor and editor of Bundaberg News & Mail until 1931 (Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />


== Directors ==
Widow Hooper Barton is appointed as the Daily News & Mail’s director and office manager, Jack Cecil Brady is managing director (Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />
In 1925, director-editor Steve Walker died.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1925-04-09 |title=Death of Mr. S. D. Walker |pages=3 |work=Bundaberg Mail |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217132414 |access-date=2022-10-22}}</ref> Sidney Barton became the proprietor and editor of Bundaberg News & Mail until his death in 1931.<ref name=":1" />


Muriel Hooper Barton was appointed as the Daily News & Mail’s director and office manager; Jack Cecil Brady was managing director.<ref name=":1" />
In 1965, Newsmail director Carl Nielson wrote a letter to Mr. Manning called for action to prevent the takeover of Queensland Press Pt Ltd. However, Newsmail remained under Australian Provincial Newspapers Ltd(Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />


In 1965, NewsMail director Carl Nielson wrote a letter to Mr. Manning called for action to prevent a takeover by Queensland Press Pty Ltd (publishers of the Brisbane [[The Courier-Mail|Courier-Mail]]). Several family firms including NewsMail remained as part of Australian Provincial Newspapers Ltd.<ref name=":1" />
In 2007, Wayne Tomkins replaced Russell Lister and became general manager (Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />


In 2011, Angus Irwin is appointed general manager (Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />
In 1992, Malcolm Smith replaced Roy Theodore to become general manager.<ref name=":1" />


Till 2020, Megan Sheehan appointed Editor of NewsMail and Ingrid Barham appointed Chief Executive Officer (Newsmail, 2020). <ref name=":1" />
In 2007, Wayne Tomkins replaced Russell Lister and became general manager.<ref name=":1" />


In 2011, Angus Irwin was appointed general manager.<ref name=":1" />


Till 2020, Megan Sheehan was appointed Editor of NewsMail and Ingrid Barham appointed Chief Executive Officer.<ref name=":1" />


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.newsmail.com.au/ ''NewsMail'']
* [http://www.newsmail.com.au/ ''NewsMail'']

{{News Corp Australia}}


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NewsMail
TypeOnline newspaper
Owner(s)News Corp Australia
EditorMegan Sheehan
Founded1925
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBundaberg, Queensland, Australia
36-38 Woondooma St
Bundaberg QLD 4670
CirculationMonday - Friday: 6500[1]
Saturday: 9300[2]
Websitenews-mail.com.au

The NewsMail is an online newspaper based in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.[3] It has a wide range of content including domestic and international affairs. The paper has a long, notable history, starting as a family business and more recently becoming part of the regional network of News Corp Australia, the largest Australian newspaper publisher. It shut down its printed edition and became online-only in June 2020.[4]

History

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Thomas White, the founder of NewsMail, first named the newspaper the Burnett Argus in 1861. In 1869, White moved publishing to Maryborough and changed the name to The Maryborough Mail. In 1872, the publisher moved and renamed the newspaper again to the Mount Perry Mail. Later on, The Mount Perry Mail moved to Bundaberg and became The Bundaberg Mail. Several newspapers were published weekly in Bundaberg between 1880 and 1900, but by the early 20th century two tri-weeklies divided the market: The Mail and its competitor The Star.

In 1907, The Bundaberg Mail became the city’s first daily newspaper. In 1917, Sidney H. Barton purchased the newspaper title, and its city freehold.[5] A merger was announced in July 1925, with the Bundaberg Mail and the Bundaberg News to become the Bundaberg Daily News and Mail from August onwards.[6] In 1942, the paper changed the name to the Bundaberg News-Mail and in the 2000s the hyphen was removed. In 1993, The NewsMail bought the Guardian, Bundy’s weekly community paper.[7][8]

During the Great Depression, the number of partners diminished, and the owners discussed options to merge with other newspapers with different financial specialists and investors. In 1958, Muriel Cooper Barton, in partnership with her daughter Betty Young and Betty’s husband Colin Young, approached A. Dunn and Co, owners of the Maryborough Chronicle, Toowoomba Chronicle, and Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, offering to sell them her 51.6 percent stake in the NewsMail. In 1961, the NewsMail was acquired by a partnership of eight provincial dailies. After the takeover of the daily Cairns Post by Queensland Press Ltd (publishers of the Brisbane Courier-Mail) in 1965, the eight other Queensland newspapers set up a holding company, Provincial Investments Pty Ltd (later Provincial Newspapers and eventually APN).[9] This holding company included notable families such as the Dunns (Maryborough, Toowoomba, and Rockhampton), Mannings (Mackay), Irwins (Warwick) and the Stephensons, Parkinsons, and Kippens (Ipswich). Rockhampton was selected to be the company’s head office, and Lex Dunn, a lawyer who advised on the company structure, became the chief executive.[10]

On July 27, 1970, NewsMail was first newspaper in Queensland and the second in Australia to publish computerised photoset design and digitally offset printing. In 1970, NewsMail’s headquarters moved to Brisbane, in an office building on the corner of Queen and Albert streets. NewsMail transferred its Bundaberg office from Targo St, where it had been for 70 years, to new premises in Woondooma St.

In 2013, the worst flood in Bundaberg's history immersed the NewsMail office causing major damage and disruption. All of NewsMail chronicles including photos and other important material were pulverized (Turnbull, 2020). Even so NewsMail's staff continued to gather news in the region, recording the dramatic scenes in North Bundaberg where the flood caused the breakdown of a part of the Tallon Bridge.[8]

In 2016, News Corp bought Queensland’s regional newspaper businesses from Here, There & Everywhere (formerly known as APN News and Media). NewsMail remains a branch of News Corp.[8]

In 2019, NewsMail moved from 405mm tabloid to 350mm tabloid format. The printed newspaper was published Monday to Saturday until 25 June 2020.[3]

As well as serving Bundaberg, the NewsMail was available in coastal communities including Bargara, Elliott Heads, Moore Park, Burnett Heads and the Bundaberg Port. It also reached the surrounding rural communities of Miriam Vale and Agnes Water in the north, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Eidsvold to the west, and Childers and Biggenden.[10]

Title history

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Approximate Dates issue numbering ISSN Titling
1862–1869 Burnett Argus: Gayndah and Central Queensland Advertiser
1869–1870 Maryborough Mail
1872–1875 Mount Perry Mail and Mining Times, Burnett, Wide Bay and Bundaberg Advertiser

Title varies: 25th Jan.-18 July 1872, The Mount Perry Mail, Burnett, Wide Bay and Bundaberg Advertiser.

1876–1892 No. 203 - No. 1970 Bundaberg and Mount Perry Mail and General Advertiser
12 December 1892 – 1917 No. 1971 - 2205-1643 (print)

2205-1651 (online)

Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser
1917–1925 Vol. 47, no. 6374 - 2205-166X (print)

2205-1678 (online)

Bundaberg Mail
1925–1940 2205-782X Bundaberg Daily News and Mail

Merged with: Bundaberg Daily News, to form Bundaberg Daily News and Mail.

8 July 1940 – 14 November 1942 Vol. 33, no. 167 - Vol. 35, no. 272 2205-9059 Bundaberg Daily News-Mail
1942–1961 Bundaberg News-Mail
1961– 27 June 2020 News-Mail (Bundaberg, Qld.)
June 2020– NewsMail. News Corp cancels print publication of several regional newspapers and makes them online only.

Content

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NewsMail covers a wide range of events including local, national, and international news. Their main headlines are sport, lifestyle, community, jobs, motoring, real estates, obituaries, and classifieds. NewsMail is community-focused, delivering the daily latest news to the local communities including coastal and rural Queensland. NewsMail has established a reputation to meet the community’s demand and reflect their lifestyle.[7]

Queensland's public sector information policy reform process states that journalists are the link to channel policy information to citizens, which means NewsMail not only report on issues but also they get to participate in policy development first hand, and whether this experience is good or bad it becomes a story in its own right. Regional and small publishers like NewsMail have limited resources to cover policy issues.[11]

Products

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Printed newspaper

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The printed newspaper version was first published in 1938 under the name News-Mail, as a daily newspaper from Monday to Saturday every week. According to NewsMail, 40% of Bundaberg residents subscribed to daily newspapers from Monday to Friday, and on Saturday 5% more.

In 2015, NewsMail copy sales ranked 9th of all the nation’s daily newspapers, averaging 8461 copies a day. Average NewsMail readership approached 36 000 on weekdays and 38 000 on Saturdays, including print, digital and connected devices.[12]

In April 2020, News Corp announced that it would suspend many of its rural newspapers as the outbreak of COVID-19 caused economic conditions and advertisement revenue to deteriorate rapidly. The company announced that it would cease printing activities at most of its locations until the end of June 2020, but would continue to publish its 14 daily newspapers. NewsMail followed other Queensland’s newspapers such as Mackay’s Daily Mercury, Gladstone’s Observer, Queensland Times, Sunshine Coast Daily, Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, Chinchilla News, Dalby Herald, Gatton Star, Noosa News, South Burnett Times, Stanthorpe Border Post, Western Star, Western Times, Whitsunday Times, Whitsunday Coast Guardian and Bowen Independent to become digital-only newspapers (Meade, 2020).[4] The last issue of print newspaper was printed on Saturday, June 25, 2020.

Digital newspaper

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NewsMail introduced the digital newspaper with immediate access to daily content with a distinct focus on local current affairs and relevant news from national to international matters. The digital is described as an interactive, inclusive, user-friendly online town center for all the Queensland and northern New South Wales particularly and Australian citizens in general.[13]

News app

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In approximately 2019, NewsMail created its own namesake local news app for tablets and mobile phones for readers to follow topics and receive news notifications.[14] In April 2021, the app was discontinued as it was outdated. Readers were instead encouraged to download The Courier Mail app for coverage of Queensland news.[15]

Awards

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In 1980, News-Mail's Frank Davis received a Walkley Award for Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper.[10]

In 2000, NewsMail staff won the Walkley Award for Coverage of Suburban or Regional Affairs for their Childers backpacker fire article. During the time of the biggest news story in the history of the city, Rod Rehbein was editor of the magazine.[10]

Directors

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In 1925, director-editor Steve Walker died.[16] Sidney Barton became the proprietor and editor of Bundaberg News & Mail until his death in 1931.[10]

Muriel Hooper Barton was appointed as the Daily News & Mail’s director and office manager; Jack Cecil Brady was managing director.[10]

In 1965, NewsMail director Carl Nielson wrote a letter to Mr. Manning called for action to prevent a takeover by Queensland Press Pty Ltd (publishers of the Brisbane Courier-Mail). Several family firms including NewsMail remained as part of Australian Provincial Newspapers Ltd.[10]

In 1992, Malcolm Smith replaced Roy Theodore to become general manager.[10]

In 2007, Wayne Tomkins replaced Russell Lister and became general manager.[10]

In 2011, Angus Irwin was appointed general manager.[10]

Till 2020, Megan Sheehan was appointed Editor of NewsMail and Ingrid Barham appointed Chief Executive Officer.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Average Print Sales – Monday - Friday". AMAA.
  2. ^ "Average Print Sales – Saturday". AMAA.
  3. ^ a b Johns, Bryce (22 June 2016). "What News Corp purchasing us means for you". Archived from the original on 28 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b Meade, Amanda (27 May 2020). "News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ "A BUNDABERG ANNOUNCEMENT". Toowoomba Chronicle. 1 May 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Newspaper merger". The Week (Brisbane). 24 July 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b About us, NewsMail. Accessed March 5, 2009.
  8. ^ a b c "When floods overwhelmed our city, we were there". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod. "Provincial Newspapers (Qld) Ltd". AustLII. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fielding, Jay (9 June 2020). "TIMELINE: NewsMail turns new page in its long history". News Mail. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. ^ Breit, Rhonda; Fitzgerald, Richard; Liu, Shuang; Neal, Regan (1 February 2017). "How Queensland newspapers reported public sector information reform". Media International Australia. 162 (1): 90–106. doi:10.1177/1329878X16680655. ISSN 1329-878X.
  12. ^ "NewsMail keeping up with the best". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  13. ^ Chapman, William (July 2020). "Newspaper Publishing in Australia". services.ibisworld.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  14. ^ "News Mail Tablet and Mobile App". Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  15. ^ Sheehan, Megan (22 April 2021). "Learn more about the changes to your NewsMail app experience and how to get the most from your subscription". NewsMail.
  16. ^ "Death of Mr. S. D. Walker". Bundaberg Mail. 9 April 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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