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* ?? - ??: Jennifer Spilsbury<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/new-mercury-editor-a-true-mackay-local/2447204/|title=New Daily Mercury editor a true Mackay local|last=|first=|date=10 November 2018|work=[[Mackay Daily Mercury]]|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
* ?? - ??: Jon Ortlieb<ref name=":1" />

* November 2014 - ?? : Meredith Papavasiliou<ref name=":1" />
* ?? - June 2018: Rowan Hunnam<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/new-editor-at-daily-mercurys-helm/3531919/|title=New editor at Daily Mercury's helm|last=|first=|date=24 September 2018|work=[[Mackay Daily Mercury]]|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
* ?? - June 2018: Rowan Hunnam<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/new-editor-at-daily-mercurys-helm/3531919/|title=New editor at Daily Mercury's helm|last=|first=|date=24 September 2018|work=[[Mackay Daily Mercury]]|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>

* June-September 2018: Melanie Plane and Cas Garvey (acting)<ref name=":0" />
* June-September 2018: Melanie Plane and Cas Garvey (acting)<ref name=":0" />
* September 2018 - present: Paul McLoughlin<ref name=":0" />
* September 2018 - present: Paul McLoughlin<ref name=":0" />

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Daily Mercury
TypNewspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)News Corp Australia
HerausgeberPaul McLoughlin
Gegründet1867
Political alignmentCentre-Left
SpracheEnglisch
HauptsitzMackay, Queensland, Australia
38-40 Wellington Street
Mackay QLD 4740
Circulation16,045 Monday-Friday
19,839 Saturday
Websitewww.DailyMercury.com.au
Front page of the Daily Mercury, 31 January 1906

The Daily Mercury is the only daily newspaper serving the Mackay region in Queensland, Australia and is published Monday to Saturday. The newspaper is printed by Mackay Printing and Publishing and is owned by News Corp Australia.[1]

The circulation of the Daily Mercury is 16,045 Monday to Friday and 19,839 on Saturday.[2]

History

The Daily Mercury ran from 1867 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]

Editors

  • ?? - ??: Jennifer Spilsbury[4]
  • ?? - ??: Jon Ortlieb[4]
  • November 2014 - ?? : Meredith Papavasiliou[4]
  • ?? - June 2018: Rowan Hunnam[5]
  • June-September 2018: Melanie Plane and Cas Garvey (acting)[5]
  • September 2018 - present: Paul McLoughlin[5]

Digitisation

The papers have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Burrowes, Tim (29 December 2016) News Corp completes takeover of APN's regional newspapers, Mumbrella. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Average Net Paid Sales for October-December 2008 (metro and larger regional titles)/January-June 2008 (other regional titles).
  3. ^ "Historical Notes on North Queensland Newspapers". James Cook University. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c "New Daily Mercury editor a true Mackay local". Mackay Daily Mercury. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "New editor at Daily Mercury's helm". Mackay Daily Mercury. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Retrieved 3 August 2015.