Daily News (Perth)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Stirling Bros and Co, Ltd |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Ceased publication | 1990 |
| City | Perth |
| Country | Australia |
| ISSN | 1839-8146 |
The Daily News, historically a successor of The Inquirer and The Inquirer and Commercial News, was an afternoon daily English language newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia from 1882 to 1990, though its origin is traceable from 1840. A Saturday edition was published as the Western Mail, which became the Weekend Mail and, in the 1960s, the Weekend News which ceased to be published in the mid-1980s.
One of the early newspapers of the Western Australian colony was The Inquirer, established by Francis Lochee and William Tanner on 5 August 1840. Lochee became sole proprietor and editor in 1843 until May 1847 when he sold the operation to the paper's former compositor Edmund Stirling.
In July 1855, The Inquirer merged with the recently established Commercial News and Shipping Gazette, owned by Robert John Sholl, as The Inquirer & Commercial News. It ran under the joint ownership of Stirling and Sholl. Sholl departed and, from April 1873, the paper was produced by Stirling and his three sons, trading as Stirling & Sons. Edmund Stirling retired five years later and his three sons took control as Stirling Bros and Co, Ltd.
Stirling Bros launched the Daily News on 26 July 1882. After 28 June 1901 The Inquirer & Commercial News was incorporated into the Daily News.
A Saturday edition, published as the Western Mail, was particularly popular in country areas. This newspaper became the Weekend Mail and, in the 1960s, the Weekend News. It was closed in the mid-1980s. The Weekend Magazine of the Daily News was later incorporated into The West Australian.
Competition from television evening news resulted in losses in circulation and eventual cessation of most Australian afternoon newspapers. The Daily News came to be a wholly owned subsidiary of West Australian Newspapers (WAN), formerly itself a subsidiary of the Melbourne-based Herald and Weekly Times organisation. In the late 1980s, WAN was acquired by the ill-fated Bond Corporation's subsidiary the Bell Group.
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