The Community Newspaper Group was a community newspaper business in

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, Western Australia. Owned by

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, it published 23 community newspapers within the metropolitan region of Perth, from Yanchep and

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in the city's north to Mandurah in the south.

History

The Community Newspaper Group was established in 1985. In May 2019,

bought out joint venture partner

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giving it 100% ownership with its headquarters moving from Northbridge to Osborne Park. In August 2021 Seven West Media ceased publishing most of its Community Newspaper Group-branded newspapers and replaced them with 10 localised editions under the

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brand.

Publications

The Community Newspaper Group's papers included:

City and western suburbs

* ''Eastern Reporter'' * ''Guardian Express'' * ''Stirling Times'' * ''Western Suburbs Weekly''

Hills and eastern suburbs

* ''Avon Valley Gazette'' * ''Comment News'' * ''Hills Gazette'' * ''Kalamunda Reporter'' * ''Midland Reporter'' * ''The Advocate''

Northern suburbs

* ''Joondalup Times'' *'' North Coast Times'' * ''Wanneroo Times'' * ''Weekender''

Southern suburbs

* ''Canning Times'' * ''Cockburn Gazette'' * ''Fremantle Gazette'' * ''Melville Times'' * ''Southern Gazette''

South coastal suburbs

* ''Kwinana Courier'' * ''Pinjarra Murray Times'' * ''Weekend Courier'' The ''Sound Telegraph'' and the ''Mandurah Coastal Times'', covering Rockingham and the

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region respectively, continue to be published under those names without the PerthNow branding.

Digital editions

In 2018 the Community Newspaper Group closed a number of newspapers and shifted their publication online. These digital mastheads were made available on communitynews.com.au and included: * ''Comment News'' * ''Guardian Express'' * ''Ellenbrook/Swan Valley Advocate'' * ''Hills/Avon Valley Gazette'' * ''Midland/Kalamunda Reporter'' * ''North Coast Times'' * ''Weekend/Kwinana Courier'' In April 2020, Community Newspaper Group transferred all its newspaper websites to the PerthNow website.

References

External links

communitynews.com.au
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