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[[File:Leader News logo.svg|thumb|220x220px|Masthead for the ''Leader'' newspapers]]
[[File:Leader News logo.svg|thumb|220x220px|Masthead for the ''Leader'' newspapers]]
The '''Leader Community Newspaper''' group publishes 33 titles covering metropolitan [[Melbourne]].
The '''Leader Community Newspaper''' group publishes 20 digital titles covering metropolitan [[Melbourne]].


The group was downsized in 2016 and in 2020. Prior to this, it published 33 weekly print titles which were delivered to over 1.4 million homes.<ref name="NewsCorp2016">{{cite web |title=Leader |url=http://www.newscorpaustralia.com/brand/leader |website=News Corporation Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625085449/http://www.newscorpaustralia.com/brand/leader |archive-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> In early 2016, it had 569,000 digital unique audience each month.<ref name="NewsCorp2016"/>
1.3 million<ref>emma™ (Enhanced Media Metrics Australia) http://emma.com.au/emma-data/audience-reports/emma-audience-reports-january-2015/ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, 12 months ending Jan 2015. https://emma.com.au</ref> people read Leader each week and 1.4 million<ref>CAB Mar 15.</ref> copies are distributed. 376,000<ref>Nielsen Online Ratings Jan - Mar 2015 average.</ref> digital unique audience each month.


== History4 ==
== History ==


In the early 1850s George Mott arrived in Australia from Somalia and began work as a journalist with the ''[[Melbourne Argus]]''.
In the early 1850s George Mott arrived in the Colony of Victoria and began work as a journalist with the ''[[Melbourne Argus]]''.


In 1854 he started publishing newspapers in the Victorian goldfields near [[Beechworth]] and [[Chiltern, Victoria|Chiltern]]. George Mott's two sons commenced publishing newspapers in [[Albury]] and one brother's branch of the family until recently (2005) published ''[[The Border Mail]]'' in that town.
In 1854 he started publishing newspapers in the Victorian goldfields near [[Beechworth]] and [[Chiltern, Victoria|Chiltern]]. George Mott's two sons commenced publishing newspapers in [[Albury]] and one brother's branch of the family until recently (2005) published ''[[The Border Mail]]'' in that town.


The other brother, Decimus Mott, left the Murray area in 1924 and, with his sons, took over the established ''Northcote and Preston Leader'' (first published in 1888). From this paper, the Leader Community Newspaper group grew into its present stable of 33 separate mastheads.
The other brother, Decimus Mott, left the Murray area in 1924 and, with his sons, took over the established ''Northcote and Preston Leader'' (first published in 1888). From this paper, the Leader Community Newspaper group grew into its present stable of 33 separate mastheads.
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In 1986 the group was sold to [[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]]. With the acquisition of The Herald and Weekly Times by [[News Corporation]] later that same year, the Leader Newspaper group became a part of News Limited Community Newspapers with a total of 95 publications throughout Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania.
In 1986 the group was sold to [[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]]. With the acquisition of The Herald and Weekly Times by [[News Corporation]] later that same year, the Leader Newspaper group became a part of News Limited Community Newspapers with a total of 95 publications throughout Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania.


In 2016, the group ceased producing seven newspapers.<ref name="Mumbrella2016">{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Miranda |title=News Corp to close seven local Victorian newspapers |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/news-corp-close-seven-local-victorian-newspapers-371874 |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=Mumbrella |date=6 June 2016}}</ref> In April 2020, [[News Corp Australia|News Corporation]] announced that it would only be producing digital editions of newspapers, which required a subscription, from 6 April with printing suspended due to the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref name="NewsCorpMarch">{{cite press release |title=News Corp Australia to suspend community print titles |url=https://www.newscorpaustralia.com/news-corp-australia-to-suspend-community-print-titles/ |website=News Corp Australia |date=31 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/01/news-corp-to-suspend-print-editions-of-60-local-newspapers-as-advertising-revenue-slumps|title=News Corp to suspend print editions of 60 local newspapers as advertising revenue slumps|date=2020-04-01|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-01|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In May 2020, News Corporation announced that it would cease producing seven newspapers even in digital editions from 29 June.<ref name="NewsCorpMay">{{cite press release |title=News Corp Australia announces portfolio changes |url=https://www.newscorpaustralia.com/news-corp-australia-announces-portfolio-changes/ |website=News Corp Australia |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=27 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Vivienne |title=News Corp closes over 100 print papers, with 14 titles to disappear completely |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/news-corp-closes-over-100-print-papers-with-14-titles-to-disappear-completely-629436 |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=Mumbrella|date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
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== Publications ==


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== Publications ==
=== Inner East ===
=== Inner East ===
* ''Progress Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020">{{cite news |title=News Corp cuts: Will your local newspaper be affected? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-28/news-corp-cuts-is-your-local-paper-affected/12295320 |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=ABC News |date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
* ''Progress Leader''
* ''Stonnington Leader''
* ''Stonnington Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>


=== Inner South ===
=== Inner South ===
* ''Bayside Leader''
* ''Bayside Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Phillip Leader''
* ''Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Phillip Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Mordialloc Chelsea Leader''
* ''Mordialloc Chelsea Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Moorabbin Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Moorabbin Kingston/Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader''


=== East ===
=== East ===
* ''Heidelberg Leader''
* ''Heidelberg Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Manningham Leader''
* ''Manningham Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Monash Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Waverley/Oakleigh Monash Leader''
* ''Whitehorse Leader''
* ''Whitehorse Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>


=== North ===
=== North ===
* ''Diamond Valley Leader''
* ''Diamond Valley Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Melbourne Leader''
* ''Melbourne Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Northcote Leader''
* ''Northcote Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Preston Leader''
* ''Preston Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Whittlesea Leader''
* ''Whittlesea Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>


=== North West ===
=== North West ===
* ''Northern Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Hume Leader''
* ''Moonee Valley Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/> (formerly the ''Essendon Gazette''<ref>{{Cite journal| title = Melbourne's Leader re-brands| journal = Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter | issue = 13 | page = 6| publisher = University of Queensland | date = July 2001 | url = http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:11353/anhg13.pdf | issn = 1443-4962 | access-date = 12 July 2011}}</ref>)
* ''Moonee Valley Leader'' (formerly the ''Essendon Gazette''<ref>{{Cite journal
* ''Moreland Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
| title = Melbourne's Leader re-brands
* ''Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Leader'' (ceased publication June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
| journal = Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter
| issue = 13
| page = 6
| publisher = University of Queensland
| date = July 2001
| url = http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:11353/anhg13.pdf
| issn = 1443-4962
| accessdate = 12 July 2011}}</ref>)
* ''Moreland Leader''
* ''Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Leader''


=== Outer East ===
=== Outer East ===
* ''Free Press Leader'' (last edition 29 June 2016)
* ''Free Press Leader'' (last edition 29 June 2016)<ref name="Mumbrella2016"/>
* ''Knox Leader''
* ''Knox Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/>
* ''Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader''
* ''Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Maroondah Leader''
* ''Maroondah Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>


=== South East ===
=== South East ===
* ''Berwick Leader''
* ''Berwick Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)<ref name="Mumbrella2016"/>
* ''Cranbourne Leader''
* ''Cranbourne Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Greater Dandenong Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Dandenong/Springvale Dandenong Leader''
* ''Frankston Standard Leader''
* ''Frankston Standard Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>
* ''Mornington Peninsula Leader''
* ''Mornington Peninsula Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/><ref name="ABC2020"/>


=== West ===
=== West ===
* ''Brimbank Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)
* ''Brimbank Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)<ref name="Mumbrella2016"/>
* ''Hobsons Bay Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)
* ''Hobsons Bay Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)<ref name="Mumbrella2016"/>
* ''Maribyrnong Leader''
* ''Maribyrnong Leader'' (Digital only April 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMarch"/>
* ''Melton Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)
* ''Melton Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)<ref name="Mumbrella2016"/>
* ''Wyndham/Point Cook Wyndham Leader'' (last edition 28 June 2016)
* ''Wyndham Leader'' (Digital from June 2020)<ref name="NewsCorpMay"/><ref name="ABC2020"/> (previously reported last edition 28 June 2016)<ref name="Mumbrella2016"/>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 06:17, 28 January 2021

Masthead for the Leader newspapers

The Leader Community Newspaper group publishes 20 digital titles covering metropolitan Melbourne.

The group was downsized in 2016 and in 2020. Prior to this, it published 33 weekly print titles which were delivered to over 1.4 million homes.[1] In early 2016, it had 569,000 digital unique audience each month.[1]

History

[edit]

In the early 1850s George Mott arrived in the Colony of Victoria and began work as a journalist with the Melbourne Argus.

In 1854 he started publishing newspapers in the Victorian goldfields near Beechworth and Chiltern. George Mott's two sons commenced publishing newspapers in Albury and one brother's branch of the family until recently (2005) published The Border Mail in that town.

The other brother, Decimus Mott, left the Murray area in 1924 and, with his sons, took over the established Northcote and Preston Leader (first published in 1888). From this paper, the Leader Community Newspaper group grew into its present stable of 33 separate mastheads.

In 1986 the group was sold to The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. With the acquisition of The Herald and Weekly Times by News Corporation later that same year, the Leader Newspaper group became a part of News Limited Community Newspapers with a total of 95 publications throughout Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania.

In 2016, the group ceased producing seven newspapers.[2] In April 2020, News Corporation announced that it would only be producing digital editions of newspapers, which required a subscription, from 6 April with printing suspended due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.[3][4] In May 2020, News Corporation announced that it would cease producing seven newspapers even in digital editions from 29 June.[5][6]

Publications

[edit]

Inner East

[edit]
  • Progress Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]
  • Stonnington Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]

Inner South

[edit]
  • Bayside Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Phillip Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Mordialloc Chelsea Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Moorabbin Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]

East

[edit]
  • Heidelberg Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]
  • Manningham Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]
  • Monash Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Whitehorse Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]

North

[edit]
  • Diamond Valley Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]
  • Melbourne Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Northcote Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]
  • Preston Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]
  • Whittlesea Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]

North West

[edit]
  • Northern Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Moonee Valley Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7] (formerly the Essendon Gazette[8])
  • Moreland Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Leader (ceased publication June 2020)[5][7]

Outer East

[edit]
  • Free Press Leader (last edition 29 June 2016)[2]
  • Knox Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3]
  • Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Maroondah Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]

South East

[edit]
  • Berwick Leader (last edition 28 June 2016)[2]
  • Cranbourne Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Greater Dandenong Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Frankston Standard Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]
  • Mornington Peninsula Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3][7]

West

[edit]
  • Brimbank Leader (last edition 28 June 2016)[2]
  • Hobsons Bay Leader (last edition 28 June 2016)[2]
  • Maribyrnong Leader (Digital only April 2020)[3]
  • Melton Leader (last edition 28 June 2016)[2]
  • Wyndham Leader (Digital from June 2020)[5][7] (previously reported last edition 28 June 2016)[2]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Leader". News Corporation Australia. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Ward, Miranda (6 June 2016). "News Corp to close seven local Victorian newspapers". Mumbrella. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "News Corp Australia to suspend community print titles". News Corp Australia (Press release). 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ Meade, Amanda (2020-04-01). "News Corp to suspend print editions of 60 local newspapers as advertising revenue slumps". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "News Corp Australia announces portfolio changes". News Corp Australia (Press release). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  6. ^ Kelly, Vivienne (28 May 2020). "News Corp closes over 100 print papers, with 14 titles to disappear completely". Mumbrella. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "News Corp cuts: Will your local newspaper be affected?". ABC News. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Melbourne's Leader re-brands" (PDF). Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter (13). University of Queensland: 6. July 2001. ISSN 1443-4962. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
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