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The Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Independent. Always.
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Nine Entertainment(since 2018)
Founder(s)
  • William McGarvie
  • Alfred Ward Stephens
  • Frederick Stokes
PublisherNine Entertainment Co.
EditorBevan Shields
Deputy editorLiam Phelan
Associate editorDeborah Snow
Managing editorsMonique Farmer
Sports editorBen Coady
Photo editorMags King
Staff writers700+
FoundedApril 1831; 193 years ago (1831-04)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters1 Denison Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Readership808,000 (weekly)[1]
Sister newspapers
ISSN0312-6315
OCLC number226369741
Websitesmh.com.au


The first edition of The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald is a newspaper made in Sydney, Australia. It is made by an Australian company called Fairfax, and started on 18 April 1831.[2]Herald, holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia.[3][4]

Notable Contributors

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  • Waleed Aly
  • Eliza Ashton
  • Louisa Atkinson
  • Julia Baird
  • Lucian Boz
  • Mike Carlton
  • Anne Davies
  • Peter FitzSimons
  • Ross Gittins
  • Richard Glover
  • Peter Hartcher
  • Amanda Hooton
  • Adele Horin
  • H. G. Kippax
  • Amy Mack
  • Louise Mack
  • Roy Masters
  • Anne Summers
  • Kate McClymont

Illustrators

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  • Simon Letch, named as one of the year's best illustrators on four consecutive occasions.[5]

References

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  1. "The Sydney Morning Herald is the country's largest masthead". Sydney Morning Herald. 21 November 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "History of The Sydney Morning Herald". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  3. "We're no. 1: SMH the country's most-read masthead". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  4. "Australia's oldest metro newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald turns 185 - Mediaweek". www.mediaweek.com.au. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  5. "Behind the lines. Year's best political cartoons". nma.gov.au. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016.

Other websites

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