NewsMail

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NewsMail
NewsMail logo.png
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)News Corp Australia
EditorMegan Sheehan
Founded1925
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBundaberg, Queensland, Australia
36-38 Woondooma St
Bundaberg QLD 4670
CirculationMonday - Friday: 6500[1]
Saturday: 9300[2]
Websitenews-mail.com.au

The NewsMail is an online newspaper based in Queensland, Australia with regional influence and stable audiences. Currently, Newsmail publisher is under News Corp Australia's News Regional network.[3] Newsmail includes a wide range of content, from domestic or international affairs to satisfy its clients' need. The paper has a long, notable history, starting as a family business until developing further and join News Corp, which is one of the main Australian journalism corporations. The newspaper published both printed and digital versions, however, due to the impact of COVID-19, the paper shut down its printed newspaper in June 2020.[4]

History[]

The history of Newsmail dated back to the 19th century. Several newspapers were published weekly in Bundaberg between 1880 and 1900, with two tri-weeklies, The Star and The Mail settling the market in the early 20th century. Thomas White, the founder of Newsmail first named the newspaper as the Burnett Argus in 1861. In 1869, White moved the publisher to Maryborough and then changed the name to The Maryborough Mail. In 1872, the publisher moved to a new location and renamed the newspaper again after the Mount Perry. Later on, The Mount Perry Mail moved to Bundaberg and became The Bundaberg Mail. In 1907, The Bundaberg Mail became the city’s first daily newspaper and a merger between Bundaberg Daily News and The Bundaberg Mail has been established. The company now produced newspaper copies under the name of Bundaberg Daily News & Mail. In 1942, the paper eventually changed the name to the Bundaberg News-Mail and till the 2000s the hyphen in the name is removed. In 1993, The NewsMail bought the Guardian, Bundy’s weekly community paper.[5][6]

In 1958, Mrs. Barton, by then in partnership with daughter Betty Young and Betty’s husband Colin Young, approaches A. Dunn and Co, owners of the Maryborough Chronicle, Toowoomba Chronicle, and Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, offering to sell them her 51.6 percent stake in the NewsMail.In 1961, other Queensland newspapers set up a holding company, Provincial Investments Pty Ltd (later called APN), to buy stakes of Bundaberg Newsmail. This holding company includes notable families such as the Dunns (Maryborough, Toowoomba, and Rockhampton), Mannings (Mackay), Irwins (Warwick) and the Stephensons, Parkinsons, and Kippens (Ipswich) and Rockhampton is appointed the company’s head office. Lex Dun, a lawyer who has been advising company construct became the chief executive. On July 27, 1970, Newsmail marked the first newspaper in Queensland and the second in Australia to publish computerised photoset design and digitally offset printing. In 1970, Newsmail’s headquarters moved to Brisbane, in an office building on the corner of Queen and Albert streets. NewsMail transfers from its office in Targo St, where it has been for 70 years, to new premises in Woondooma St. In 2016, News Corp bought Queensland’s newspaper businesses from Here, There & Everywhere (formerly known as APN News and Media), from now on, Newsmail remains a branch of News Corp.[6]

In 2019, NewsMail moves from 405mm tabloid to 350mm tabloid format. The first new portable NewsMail is released on August 28. Owned by News Corp Australia, the printed newspaper was published Monday to Saturday until 25 June 2020.[3] As well as serving Bundaberg, the NewsMail was available in coastal communities including Bargara, Elliott Heads, Moore Park, Burnett Heads and the Bundaberg Port. It also reached the surrounding rural communities of Miriam Vale and Agnes Water in the north, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Eidsvold to the west, and Childers and Biggenden.[7]

Title history[]

Approximate Dates issue numbering Titling
1862–1869 Burnett argus: Gayndah and Central Queensland advertiser
1869–1870 Maryborough mail
1872–1875 Mount Perry mail and mining times, Burnett, Wide Bay and Bundaberg advertiser

Title varies: 25th Jan.-18 July 1872, The Mount Perry mail, Burnett, Wide Bay and Bundaberg advertiser.

1876–1892 No. 203 - No. 1970 Bundaberg and Mount Perry mail and general advertiser
12 December 1892 – 1917 No. 1971 - Bundaberg mail and Burnett advertiser
1917–1925 Vol. 47, no. 6374 - Bundaberg mail
1925–1940 Bundaberg daily news and mail

Merged with: Bundaberg daily news, to form: Bundaberg daily news and mail.

1 July 1940 – 14 November 1942 Bundaberg daily news mail
1942–1961 Bundaberg news-mail
1961–2020 News-mail (Bundaberg, Qld.)
June 2020– Newsmail

From June 2020 publication of this title ceased as a result of the publisher’s decision to cancel print publication of several regional newspapers and make them available online only.

Content[]

Newsmail newspaper covers a wide range of events including local, national, and international news. Their main headlines are sport, lifestyle, community, jobs, motoring, real estates, obituaries, and classifieds. Newsmail is community-focused reporting, delivering the daily latest news to the local communities including coastal and rural Queensland. Newsmail promised upon their reputation since they first published to meet the community’s demand as well as reflect their lifestyle.[5]

Queensland policy reform process states that journalists are the link to channel policy information to citizens, which means Newsmail not only report on issues but also they get to experience policy first hand, and whether this experience is good or bad it becomes a story in its own right. However, early investigation shows that regional and small publishers like Newsmail have little interest in covering policy issues.[8]

Products[]

Printed newspaper[]

The printed newspaper version was first published in 1938 under the name Newsmail. This is a daily newspaper which issues from Monday to Saturday every week. According to Newsmail statistics, 40% of Bundaberg residents subscribed to daily newspapers from Monday to Friday, whereas, on Saturday the percentage goes up by 5%. Residents can subscribe to Newsmail to get their new issue delivered to their home every morning. In 2015, Newsmail has ranked 9th best of all nation’s daily newspapers in terms of copy sales. On average the publisher produced about 8461 copies each day. Other statistics indicate that Newsmail readership approached 36 000 on average on weekdays and 38 000 on Saturdays, including print, digital, connected devices.[9] In April 2020, Australian Community Media announced that it would suspend many of its rural newspapers as the outbreak of COVID-19 caused economic conditions and advertisement revenue to deteriorate rapidly. The company announced that it would cease printing activities at most of its locations until the end of June 2020, but would continue to publish its 14 daily newspapers. Newsmail followed other Queensland’s newspapers such as Mackay’s Daily Mercury, Gladstone’s observer, Queensland Times, Sunshine Coast Daily, Rockhampton’s Morning Bulletin, Gladstone’s Observer, Chinchilla News, Dalby Herald, Gatton Star, Noosa News, South Burnett Times, Stanthorpe Border Post, Western Star, Western Times, Whitsunday Times, Whitsunday Coast Guardian and Bowen Independent to shift to the digital newspaper (Meade, 2020).[4] The last issue of print newspaper was printed on Saturday, June 25, 2020.

Digital newspaper[]

Smartphones and tablets encourage content to be delivered in an enticing format which is convenient for consumers to view and read. Newspapers also bill for the content they have earned on these computers. Smartphones and tablets help advertisers save on paper and shipping prices when opening up advertising space. While publishers publishing only online content are not included in the industry, publishers producing both printed newspapers and online content are not included.[10]

Local newspapers have been using similar formats, with The Australian selling a web subscription that provides a weekend paper at no additional expense. As weekend newspapers are the most lucrative newspapers due to the large number of advertisements they contain, Australian publishers may rely on these combined subscription models over the next five years. Big players have already started to merge newspaper subscriptions with other offerings to raise demand.[10]

Traditional newspaper publishing firms that can respond to a dramatic transition to internet media by providing a wide variety of online news, sports, and entertainment content are best positioned to retain or boost sales. To meet the demand of readers all across the globe, Newsmail introduced the digital newspaper with immediate access to daily contents with a distinct focus on local current affairs and relevant news from national to international matters. The digital is described as an interactive, inclusive, user-friendly online town center for all the Queensland and northern New South Wales particularly and Australian citizens in general.[10]

In addition, digital subscription costs $4 every month for the first 3 months, then it will be $28 4 weekly.[11]

The layout is designed like a print paper newspaper, with headlines and a small introduction of every article display so when people double click, the full article will appear. Newsmail also installed other features to enhance readers’ experience such as click on the top or bottom of the page to move to the next page, zoom in and out, print out or download to read. These features are adapted to the print newspaper and promise to bring convenience for readers on any mobile device.[11]

Mobile presence[]

Newsmail created its own app for consumers to download on tablets and mobile phones. The app is designed as an interactive, easy-to-read layout, allowing readers to follow their interest topics and receive notification about the latest news. Customers can download the app through Appstore on Apple devices, or Google Play on Android devices.[12]

Crisis[]

During the Great Depression, the number of partners altogether diminished, asking the paper to accomplice up with different financial specialists and investors. Dunn and Co were offering 51.6 percent stake in Newsmail. Jack Manning likewise joined the Dunn for this arrangement. Be that as it may, the two players neglected to meet each other's condition, and in 1961 other paper distributors and organizations set up a holding organization to purchase Mrs. Barton and Mr. and Mrs. Young's controlling stake in the News-Mail.[7]

In 2013, the most noticeably terrible flood in Bundaberg's set of experiences has immersed the Newsmail office causing harm and fallen arrangement of the distributer. All of Newsmail chronicles including photos, and other important material have been pulverized (Turnbull, 2020). Notwithstanding, Newsmail's staff figured out how to accumulate the most recent news in the local region, remembering the stunning and sensational scenes for North Bundaberg, where the flood, in the end, caused the breakdown of a part of the Tallon Bridge.[6]

Printed newspaper demand has decreased dramatically over the past five years due to the growing usage of internet media and mobile apps, all of which enable users to read news for free. However, with some internet content being confined behind paywalls, disposable income across the population will also affect the demand for industrial goods.

Digital news is usually more labor-intensive than print publications, as workers are expected to complete desktop printing and formatting activities. As a result, wages are projected to increase as a proportion of company sales over the next five years, adding pressure on profit margins. Sector businesses and establishment numbers are projected to begin to decline throughout the timeframe as companies find it more difficult to function in a decreasing industry. Revenue for the Newspaper Publishing industry is projected to decrease dramatically in 2019-20, as weakening economic conditions cause advertisers to drastically reduce their investment. Although newspaper publishers offering both printed newspapers and internet services are included in the market, it separates publishers that only provide digital content. These internet news sites are threatening the industry since they usually offer free news to subscribers. Digital publishers often have considerably reduced manufacturing costs as they do not need much printing or physical shipping. Due to the emergence of free internet news media, large corporations in the newspaper publishing industry have implemented diverse methods for collecting digital subscription revenue.  News Corp Australia pushed its publishers, including Newsmail subscriptions on their digital channels. Previously, the corporation has allowed free access to their editorial material through Google searches to capture potential audiences who have not read their articles daily. News Corp Australia started charging fees in October 2017.[10]

Award[]

In 1980, News-Mail Frank Davis is the recipient of the Walkley Award for Best Story in the Provincial Newspaper.[7]

In 2000, Newsmail staff won the Walkley Award for Coverage of Suburban or Regional Affairs for their Childers backpacker fire article. During the time of the biggest news story in the history of the city, Rod Rehbein was editor of the magazine.[7]

Directors throughout the year[]

In 1925, director-editor Steve Walker dies. After that, Sidney Barton is the proprietor and editor of Bundaberg News & Mail until 1931.[7]

Widow Hooper Barton is appointed as the Daily News & Mail’s director and office manager, Jack Cecil Brady is managing director.[7]

In 1965, Newsmail director Carl Nielson wrote a letter to Mr. Manning called for action to prevent the takeover of Queensland Press Pt Ltd. However, Newsmail remained under Australian Provincial Newspapers Ltd.[7]

In 1992, Malcom Smith replaced Roy Theodore to become general manager.[7]

In 2007, Wayne Tomkins replaced Russell Lister and became general manager.[7]

In 2011, Angus Irwin is appointed general manager.[7]

Till 2020, Megan Sheehan appointed Editor of NewsMail and Ingrid Barham appointed Chief Executive Officer.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Average Print Sales – Monday - Friday". AMAA.
  2. ^ "Average Print Sales – Saturday". AMAA.
  3. ^ a b Johns, Bryce (22 June 2016) What News Corp purchasing us means for you, NewsMail. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Meade, Amanda (27 May 2020). "News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b About us, NewsMail. Accessed March 5, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "When floods overwhelmed our city, we were there". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "TIMELINE: NewsMail turns new page in its long history". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ Breit, Rhonda; Fitzgerald, Richard; Liu, Shuang; Neal, Regan (1 February 2017). "How Queensland newspapers reported public sector information reform". Media International Australia. 162 (1): 90–106. doi:10.1177/1329878X16680655. ISSN 1329-878X.
  9. ^ "NewsMail keeping up with the best". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d Chapman, William (July 2020). "Newspaper Publishing in Australia". services.ibisworld.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Digi Subs Corporate subscription". News Mail. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Tablet and Mobile App". News Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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