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Encyclopedia > The Advertiser (Australia)
Image:Advertiser front page 12-12-2005.jpg

Front page of The Advertiser
on 12 December 2005
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid

Owner News Corporation
Publisher {{{publisher}}}
Editor Melvin Mansell
Founded 1858
Political position   Conservative
Ceased publication   {{{ceased publication}}}
Price {{{price}}}
Headquarters   31 Waymouth Street,
Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: theadvertiser.news.com.au

The Advertiser is the only local daily newspaper published in Adelaide, South Australia. First published on July 12, 1858, the paper has one of the highest circulations in Australia. Image File history File links The Advertiser masthead File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Advertiser_front_page_12-12-2005. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) NYSE: NWS is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a population of almost 1. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a population of almost 1. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ...


Between 1893 and 1929, Sir John Bonython was the sole proprietor, who made the newspaper one of the most prominent in Australia. He supported the movement towards the Federation of Australia. In addition to the various places in Adelaide, the Canberra suburb of Bonython was named in his honour in recognition of his support for Federation. Sir John Langdon Bonython KCMG (15 October 1848 – 22 October 1939), Australian politician and journalist, was a Member of the First Australian Parliament, and was editor of the Adelaide Advertiser for 35 years. ... The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federated on 1 January 1901, to form the Commonwealth of Australia, of which they became component states. ...     Canberra is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 323,000 is Australias largest inland city. ... Bonython is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. ...


Historically, The Advertiser took a politically centrist to centre-left editorial line on most issues, however, upon its takeover by News Corporation in 1990, the editorial line has become more conservative, much like the former The News with which it was effectively merged. Since the death of The News, The Advertiser has become a tabloid newspaper and has vastly shifted its audience. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) NYSE: NWS is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... This article is about the year. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The News was a former afternoon daily newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. ...


As Adelaide now lacks a daily centre-left broadsheet, the interstate Fairfax newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have become popular, despite being published and aimed at an audience in Sydney and Melbourne respectively. Recently, a weekly broadsheet The Independent Weekly began publication in Adelaide, but is not considered a significant competitor. Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Fairfax is the name of some places in the United States of America: Fairfax, California Fairfax, Iowa Fairfax, Minnesota Fairfax, Missouri Fairfax, Ohio Fairfax, Oklahoma Fairfax, South Carolina Fairfax, South Dakota Fairfax, Vermont Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax, West Virginia Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California Fairfax Station, Virginia Fairfax... The Sydney Morning Herald is a major Australian broadsheet newspaper published daily in Australias oldest and most populous city, Sydney. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with a population of over four million people is the most populous city in Australia. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... The Independent Weekly is an independent (not owned by News Corp or Fairfax Limited) weekly newspaper published on Sundays in Adelaide. ...


The Saturday edition is called The Saturday Advertiser and the Sunday sister publication is known as the Sunday Mail.


See also

This is a list of Australian newspapers - see also * Australian Newspapers Online. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) NYSE: NWS is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) is a media conglomerate that operates world-wide. ... News International is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931) is an Australian-born American media proprietor based in New York City who is a major shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ...

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