''The Daily Mirror'' was an afternoon paper established by
Ezra Norton in
Sydney
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, Australia in 1941, gaining a licence from the Minister for Trade and Customs,
Eric Harrison, despite
wartime paper rationing.
In October 1958, Norton and his partners sold his newspapers to the
Fairfax Group, which immediately sold it to
News Limited
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The group's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television pr ...
. It was
merged
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with its morning sister paper ''
The Daily Telegraph
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'' on 8 October 1990 to form ''The Daily Telegraph-Mirror'', which in 1996 reverted to ''The Daily Telegraph'', in the process removing the last vestige of the old ''Daily Mirror''.
Frank McGuinness, father of journalist
P. P. McGuinness, also played a role in launching the newspaper. In 1941, McGuinness was controversially accused of conveying betting odds before the start of a race at Ascot.
Charles Buttrose, father of
Ita Buttrose (launch editor of ''
Cleo'', editor of ''
The Australian Women's Weekly
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'' and current chair of the ''
ABC''), was a journalist on, and then the editor of, ''The Daily Mirror''.
[Morgan, Joyce]
''Charles Oswald Buttrose (1909–1999)''
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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. ‘Obituaries Australia’. Australian National University
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. Accessed 14 November 2023.
See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
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Top 10 newspapers by circulation
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Notes
Defunct newspapers published in Sydney
News Corp Australia
Newspapers established in 1941
Publications disestablished in 1990
1941 establishments in Australia
1990 disestablishments in Australia
Daily newspapers published in Australia
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