''Brisbane Times'' is an
online newspaper
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the electronic publishing, online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical literature, periodical.
Goin ...
for
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
and
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
,
Australia
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. It is owned and run by
Nine Publishing, publishers of ''
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
'', ''
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuous ...
'' and other
mastheads. As of 2024, the editor is Sean Parnell.
History
The ''Brisbane Times'' was launched as part of
Fairfax Media on 7 March 2007 by then-Queensland Premier
Peter Beattie. The founding managing editor was
Mitchell Murphy. The publication started with 14 journalists in an attempt by Fairfax to break into the South East Queensland market, competing against the website of
News Corporation's incumbent ''
The Courier-Mail''.
As of 20 November 2018, ''Brisbane Times'' has started a subscription model. Viewers are limited to approximately 25 article views per month before being faced with a news
paywall.
Web traffic
According to third-party
web analytics providers
Alexa and
SimilarWeb, the ''Brisbane Times'' is the 191st and 250th most visited website in Australia respectively, as of August 2015.
SimilarWeb rates the site as the 24th most visited news website in Australia, attracting more than 2 million visitors per month.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021.
Top 10 newspapers by circulation
The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers ...
References
External links
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Newspapers of Australia
2007 establishments in Australia
Internet properties established in 2007
Mass media in Brisbane
Australian news websites
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