The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is a

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publishing company based in

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, Australia. It is owned and operated by News Pty Ltd, which as News Ltd, purchased the HWT in 1987.

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The HWT's newspaper interests date back to 1840 and the launch of ''The Port Phillip Herald''. The company publishes the morning daily

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'', which was created in 1990 from a

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of the company's morning tabloid paper, '' The Sun News-Pictorial'', with its afternoon broadsheet paper, '' The Herald''. ''The Herald'' had a 150-year history, and ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' a 68-year history, in Melbourne. The HWT had bought ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' in 1925. The HWT also publishes ''The Weekly Times'', aimed at farmers and rural business. The HWT bought a controlling stake in '' The Advertiser'' of

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in 1929. From 1929 until 1987, HWT owned and operated Melbourne radio station 3DB. In 1929, 3DB along with

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participated in experimental television broadcasts using the ''Radiovision'' system. ''The Advertiser'' took a stake in '' The News'' two years later. ''The News'' was sold in 1949. The HWT bought ''

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'' in 1969, but sold it to

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in 1987, as part of the News Limited takeover.

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