''The Examiner'' is the daily newspaper of the city of Launceston and north-eastern

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Overview

''The Examiner'' was first published on 12 March 1842, founded by

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. The Reverend John West was instrumental in establishing the newspaper and was the first editorial writer. At first it was a weekly publication (Saturdays). The Examiner expanded to Wednesdays six months later. In 1853, the paper was changed to tri-weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays), and first began daily publication on 10 April 1866. This frequency lasted until 16 February the next year. Tri-weekly publication then resumed and continued until 21 December 1877 when the daily paper returned.

Associated publications

''The Weekly Courier'' was published in Launceston by the company from 1901 to 1935. Another weekly paper (evening) ''The Saturday Evening Express'' was published between 1924 and 1984 when it transformed into ''The Sunday Examiner'' a title which continues to this day. The Examiner Launceston 2010

Ownership

Once owned by

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, ''The Examiner'' was owned by the

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group and is now part of

Australian Community Media Australian Community Media (ACM) is a media company in Australia responsible for over 160 regional publications. Its mastheads include the ''Canberra Times'', ''Newcastle Herald'', '' The Examiner'', '' The Border Mail'', '' The Courier'' and ...

. The current editor is Simon Tennant.

Readership

For the 12 months ending September 2008,

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reports a Saturday readership of 100,000 and a Monday-Friday readership of 84,000.Roy Morgan Readership estimates for Australia for the 12 months to September 2008
''Roy Morgan Research''

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