Daily Mercury

For the New York City newspaper, see Sunday Mercury (New York).

The Daily Mercury is an online newspaper which serves the Mackay region in Queensland, Australia.^[1] Print edition was later revived with a publication on Friday only.

Daily Mercury

Type	Newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	News Corp Australia
Editor	Heidi Petith
Founded	1866
Language	English
Headquarters	Mackay, Queensland, Australia Level 1, 47 Gordon Street Mackay QLD 4740
Circulation	16,045 Monday-Friday 19,839 Saturday
Website	www.dailymercury.com.au

Front page of the Daily Mercury, 31 January 1906

The newspaper is printed by Mackay Printing and Publishing and is owned by News Corp Australia.^[2]

History

The Daily Mercury ran from 1866 to 1905 as the Mackay Mercury and South Kennedy Advertiser. From 1887 the paper was issued under the name Mackay Mercury until 1906 when the Daily Chronicle was absorbed by the paper and it was renamed the Daily Mercury.^[3]

Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned by NewsCorp, the Daily Mercury ceased print editions in June 2020 and became online-only publication.^[4] The print edition was revived in late August, 2021 as a weekly, Friday-only edition.

Editors

•  ?? - May 2011: David Fisher^[5]
• May 2011 - ??: Jennifer Pomfrett^[5]
•  ?? - ??: Jennifer Spilsbury^[6]
•  ?? - ??: Jon Ortlieb^[6]
• November 2014 - ?? : Meredith Papavasiliou^[6]
•  ?? - June 2018: Rowan Hunnam^[7]
• June–September 2018: Melanie Plane and Cas Garvey (acting)^[7]
• September 2018 - November: Paul McLoughlin^[7]
• November 2018 - January 2019: Melanie Plane (acting)^[7]
• January 2019 – 2022: Rae Wilson^[7]
• December 2022 – Present: Heidi Petith^[7]

Digitisation

The papers have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.^[8][9]

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia

References

1. "News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital". the Guardian. 27 May 2020.
2. Burrowes, Tim (29 December 2016) News Corp completes takeover of APN's regional newspapers, Mumbrella. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
3. "Historical Notes on North Queensland Newspapers". James Cook University. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
4. "Future is digital: News announces major changes". Gatton Star. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
5. Hudson, Fallon (9 May 2011). "Jennifer new Mercury editor". Mackay Daily Mercury. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
6. "New Daily Mercury editor a true Mackay local". Mackay Daily Mercury. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
7. "New editor at Daily Mercury's helm". Mackay Daily Mercury. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
8. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
9. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

External links

• Mackay Mercury and South Kennedy Advertiser (Qld. : 1867 - 1887) at Trove
• Mackay Mercury (Qld. : 1887 - 1905) at Trove
• Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954) at Trove