Community Newspaper Group


The Community Newspaper Group was a community newspaper business in Perth, Western Australia. Owned by Southern Cross Media Group, it published 23 community newspapers within the metropolitan region of Perth, from Yanchep and Two Rocks in the city's north to Mandurah in the south.
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History

The Community Newspaper Group was established in 1985. In May 2019, Seven West Media bought out joint venture partner News Corp Australia 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 PerthNow brand.

Publications

The Community Newspaper Group's papers included:

City and western suburbs

Eastern ReporterGuardian ExpressStirling Times
  • ''Western Suburbs Weekly''

Hills and eastern suburbs

Avon Valley GazetteComment NewsHills GazetteKalamunda ReporterMidland Reporter
  • ''The Advocate''

Northern suburbs

Joondalup Times

Southern suburbs

Canning TimesCockburn GazetteFremantle GazetteMelville Times
  • ''Southern Gazette''

South coastal suburbs

Kwinana CourierPinjarra Murray TimesWeekend Courier
The Sound Telegraph and the Mandurah Coastal Times, covering Rockingham and the Peel 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 NewsGuardian ExpressEllenbrook/Swan Valley AdvocateHills/Avon Valley GazetteMidland/Kalamunda ReporterNorth Coast TimesWeekend/Kwinana Courier
In April 2020, Community Newspaper Group transferred all its newspaper websites to the PerthNow website.