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NewsMail
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
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 Queensland, Australia with regional influence and stable audiences. Currently, Newsmail publisher is under News Corp Australia's News Regional network[3][4]. 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.

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 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. 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. [5][6]

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 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. [6]

Owned by News Corp Australia, the printed newspaper was published Monday to Saturday until 25 June 2020.[7] As well as serving Bundaberg, the NewsMail was available in coastal communities including Bargara, Elliot 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 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). [8]

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). [8]

further south.

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.

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. [9]

Products

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). 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). [10] 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).[11] The last issue of print newspaper was printed on Saturday, June 25th 2020.

Digital newspaper

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.

In addition, digital subscription costs 4$ every moth for the first 3 months, then it will be 28$ 4 weekly.

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.

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. [12]

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). [8]

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). [13]

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. [14]

Award

In 1980, News-Mail Frank Davis is the recipient of the Walkley Award for Best Story in the Provincial Newspaper(Newsmail, 2020). [8]

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). [8]

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). [8]

Widow Hooper Barton is appointed as the Daily News & Mail’s director and office manager, Jack Cecil Brady is managing director (Newsmail, 2020). [8]

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). [8]

In 2007, Wayne Tomkins replaced Russell Lister and became general manager (Newsmail, 2020). [8]

In 2011, Angus Irwin is appointed general manager (Newsmail, 2020). [8]

Till 2020, Megan Sheehan appointed Editor of NewsMail and Ingrid Barham appointed Chief Executive Officer (Newsmail, 2020). [8]



See also

References

  1. ^ "Average Print Sales – Monday - Friday". AMAA.
  2. ^ "Average Print Sales – Saturday". AMAA.
  3. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/25/the-presses-stop-final-newspapers-printed-in-dozens-of-australian-towns
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/BevanShields/status/1265776879765782535
  5. ^ About us, NewsMail. Accessed March 5, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "When floods overwhelmed our city, we were there". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ Johns, Bryce (22 June 2016) What News Corp purchasing us means for you, NewsMail. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "TIMELINE: NewsMail turns new page in its long history". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "NewsMail keeping up with the best". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Tablet and Mobile App". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  13. ^ "When floods overwhelmed our city, we were there". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  14. ^ Chapman, William (July 2020). "Newspaper Publishing in Australia". services.ibisworld.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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