Manly Daily
The Manly Daily is an Australian local newspaper, covering the local government areas of Manly, Pittwater and Warringah.
The paper is one of News Limited's community newspapers in New South Wales. It is delivered for free to homes and businesses from Tuesday to Saturday.
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[edit] History
The paper was established on 28 July 1906 by Edward Lincoln with a two-page issue.
According to the AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER,[1] only once in its history has the Manly Daily failed to appear: on 24 February 1966, when excessive humidity in the switchboard caused a breakdown in the electrical system. A double edition was published the following day.
The newspaper was last printed at Manly on 4 August 1989 (the edition of 5 August). The paper was then printed at the Parramatta plant of its parent company, Cumberland Newspapers, a News Ltd subsidiary until 1 October 2004. From October 2004 the paper was printed at Rural Press, North Richmond until an upgrade of the News owned Chullora Print Centre was completed in 2008. The paper is now printed at Chullora.[2]
On 28 July 2006 the newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary with a special edition Manly Daily that featured the founding of the Manly Daily along with events and stories that have made an impact on the Peninsula, such as the 2000 Olympic Torch relay and Warringah Mall.
[edit] Notable Incidents
Since the first two-page issue established on 28 July 1906 by Edward Lincoln, the Manly Daily is well known for printing sensationalist stories. It has been proven on many occations that The Manly Daily 'beats up" and posts fictional stories to keeps sales up. Cumberland Newspapers are currently reviewing the ethics of the newspaper, as many residents have called for it to be scrapped.
[edit] Readership
At present, the circulation of both the Manly Daily reaches approximately 90,000 homes and businesses with the estimated total number of people who read the newspaper being around 156,000. It is sold all over the Northern Beaches from the Spit Bridge and Seaforth to Palm Beach and the Hawskbury River. The majority of Manly Daily's readers are in the 35-49 and over 50-64 age groups.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER July 2003, No 23..
- ^ http://www.i-grafix.com/index.php/news/australia/news-announces-chullora-plan-upgrade-closes-parramatta.html
- ^ Demographics for the Manly Daily News Limited Community Newspapers. March 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
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