Front page of The Sydney Morning Herald on 12 December 2005
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	John Fairfax Holdings
Editor	Alan Oakley
Founded	1831
Political allegiance	Moderate
Price	$1.20AUD Monday-Friday $2.20AUD Saturday
Headquarters	201 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Website: www.smh.com.au

The Sydney Morning Herald (often abbreviated to The Herald or SMH) is a major Australian broadsheet newspaper published daily in Australia's oldest and most populous city, Sydney. It is also the oldest Australian newspaper, having been continuously published since 1831. Since then, over 51,000 editions have been produced. The Sydney Morning Herald Masthead This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Image File history File links Sydney_Morning_Herald_front_page_12-12-2005. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... John Fairfax Holdings Limited {ABN 15 008 663 161) is an Australian Public Company operating in the media industry, working predominantly with newspapers. ... Alan Oakley is the current editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two extreme or radical viewpoints. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... The Sydney central business district (CBD) is, commercially, the most important in Australia. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Overview

The Sydney Morning Herald is recorded as being read by a stronger representation of the so-called, "AB demographic" than its Sydney-news competitor the Murdoch-owned Daily Telegraph. Like its equivalent (The Age) in Melbourne, it is often seen as the paper of the white collar middle class. Although nationally, it does compete for the "AB demographic" with the Murdoch-owned national broadsheet, The Australian. The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... White-collar workers perform tasks which are less laborious yet often more highly paid than blue-collar workers, who do manual work. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... The Australian (informally referred to as The Oz) is a national daily broadsheet newspaper published by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ...

Some of the Herald's noted columnists and contributors include David Marr, cartoonist Michael Leunig, Miranda Devine and Gerard Henderson. Recently, politicians Tony Abbott MP (Liberal, Warringah) and Tanya Plibersek MP (Labor, Sydney) have been given column space under the heading "Insight" for general comment. Historically the paper was characterised as a right of centre, old-school conservative organ of the Establishment, providing a counter-point within Fairfax's holdings to the liberal Melbourne Age, especially during David Syme's tenure as editor of the latter, and it did not editorialise in favour of Labor at a state election until 2003. The Fairfax papers (the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age), seen as centrist, are often contrasted with the News Limited papers (The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun), which tend to be more right-leaning, and "the Fairfax press" is often used pejoratively by conservative commentators. David Marr (born in Sydney 1947) is an Australian journalist and author. ... Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945), often referred to as Leunig, is a noted Australian cartoonist. ... Miranda Devine is a columnist and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, noted for being an outspoken proponent of necrobestiality. ... Gerard Henderson is a well known conservative Australian newspaper columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, and is executive director of the Sydney Institute, a conservative think-tank. ... Hon Tony Abbott Anthony John Tony Abbott (born 4 November 1957), Australian politician, is the Minister for Health and Ageing and Leader of the House in the Australian federal government. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Two Australian political parties sometimes have their name incorrectly rendered as the Australian Liberal Party. ... The Division of Warringah is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Tanya Plibersek Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1998, representing the Division of Sydney, New South Wales. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... The Establishment is a pejorative slang term to refer to the traditional and usually conservative ruling class elite and the structures of society which they control. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... David Syme (October 2, 1827 - February 14, 1908) was an Scottish-Australian newspaper proprietor of The Age and regarded as the father of protection in Australia who had immense influence in the Government of Victoria. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ...

Its circulation is smaller than the Telegraph. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations as of March 2006, the Herald circulated 211,700 copies per weekday compared to 388,686 copies of the Telegraph. The Saturday editions of both papers are more closely matched. The Herald sells 365,500 copies to the Telegraph's 347,889. The Saturday edition of the Herald carries a massive classified section - a popular selling point and a powerful source of cash revenue for the company. In the coverage of Fairfax's business affairs, this revenue has often been referred to as "rivers of gold". Like The Age, the demographics of its readers are more attractive to many advertisers than its tabloid competitor. The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ...

The Sydney Morning Herald publishes a number of daily sections, as large-format magazines, some of which have been part of the newspaper's infrastructure for more than two decades. They currently include a motoring section, Drive, a food and lifestyle section, Good Living, a property section, Domain, and a television section, The Guide. It also produces two colour magazines, the weekly Good Weekend, and the monthly the(sydney)magazine. The cryptic crossword in the Sydney Morning Herald is popular. Column 8 is another long-running institution. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Good Weekend is a liftout lifestyle magazine that comes with the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturdays. ... Cryptic crosswords are a particular type of crossword which have become widely popular in the UK, and several other Commonwealth nations such as Australia, New Zealand , Canada and India. ... Column 8 is a short column published by the Sydney Morning Herald in which readers who find interesting happenings have their short letters and observations published. ...

Since the advent of the Internet, the Herald has developed a comprehensive online presence with all major news stories available for online viewing and retained online for some time. Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ...

To mark National Pink Ribbon day on 23 October The Sydney Morning Herald published a special issue printed on pink paper. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The Sydney Morning Herald began its life as a weekly newspaper, the Sydney Herald. It only had four pages and a circulation of 750 copies. The paper was named after Scotland's Glasgow Herald, and was founded by three Englishmen, Alfred Stephens, Frederick Stokes and William McGarvie. Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Sir Frederick Michael Stokes (1860 - 1927) was an English engineer and inventor. ...

A decade later it was bought by Charles Kemp and John Fairfax. It became a daily newspaper in 1840, and in 1842 changed its name to The Sydney Morning Herald. Its editorial policies were based "upon principles of candour, honesty and honour. We have no wish to mislead; no interest to gratify by unsparing abuse or indiscriminate approbation." John Fairfax (1804 - 1877) is notable for the incorporation of the major newspapers of modern day Australia. ...

The Fairfax family owned the newspaper for 149 years but lost control of it on December 11, 1990 following financial misadventure of Warwick Fairfax. It is currently controlled by John Fairfax Holdings. December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... John Fairfax Holdings Limited {ABN 15 008 663 161) is an Australian Public Company operating in the media industry, working predominantly with newspapers. ...

The company also owns The Sun-Herald, the Sunday counterpart to the Herald, and a number of community newspapers in Sydney. It also owns various other newspapers and magazines throughout Australia and New Zealand, including The Age (a similar broadsheet newspaper published in Melbourne). The Sydney Morning Herald is one of the most prestigious and important newspapers in Australia, published daily in Sydney, the largest city in Australia. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ... Melbournes Yarra River is popular area for walking, jogging, cycling and relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...

Journalism

Prominent columnists and journalists who write for The Sydney Morning Herald include Robert Manne, Doug Anderson, Paul Sheehan, Anthony Dennis, Miranda Devine, Adele Horin, Michael Idato, Julia Baird, Mike Carlton, Gerard Henderson, Alan Ramsey, Peter FitzSimons, David Marr, Roy Masters, Keith Austin, Deborah Smith, Maggie Alderson and Richard Glover. Robert Manne is a professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and one of Australias foremost public intellectuals. ... Doug Anderson is a columnist and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, who specialises in film and television. ... Paul Sheehan (born January 26 1977) is an Australian golfer who plays mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. ... Miranda Devine is a columnist and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, noted for being an outspoken proponent of necrobestiality. ... Adele Horin is an opinion writer and journalist at the Sydney broadsheet paper, The Sydney Morning Herald. ... Michael Idato is a television critic and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. ... Mike Carlton is a Sydney Radio announcer. ... Gerard Henderson is a well known conservative Australian newspaper columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, and is executive director of the Sydney Institute, a conservative think-tank. ... Alan Ramsey is a columnist and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, noted for his liberal stance on a range of social and political issues. ... Peter FitzSimons is a former Australian Rugby Union International or Wallaby and a current sports columnist and writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. ... David Marr (born in Sydney 1947) is an Australian journalist and author. ... Roy Masters is a former rugby league coach during the 70s and 80s in the NSWRL competition. ... Deborah Smith is the highly-acclaimed science editor at Sydney broadsheet paper, The Sydney Morning Herald. ... Richard Glover is an Australian journalist, author and radio personality. ...

Blogs

• Box Office - Film discussions by Garry Maddox
• Club Metro - Music and pop culture by Bernard Zuel and Alex Tibbitts
• Drive - Automotive discussion by drive.com.au
• Good Living - Culinary/gastronomy discussions
• MashUp - Tech discussions
• Sam And The City - Carrie Bradshaw-esque discussions by Samantha Brett
• Tribal Mind - Entertainment and pop culture by David Dale. Includes daily television ratings updates.
• Videohead

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See also

• List of newspapers in Australia
• Australian Journalism

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References

• Ruth Park (1999). Ruth Park's Sydney. Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 1-875989-45-5.
• Readership & Circulation. Fairfax Coporate Affairs. Retrieved on October 8, 2005.

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External links

• The Sydney Morning Herald website