The Community Newspaper Group was a community newspaper business in
Perth, Western Australia. Owned by
Seven West Media, it published 23
community newspapers within the metropolitan region of Perth, from
Yanchep and
Two Rocks in the city's north to
Mandurah in the south.
In August 2021 Seven West Media ceased publishing most of its Community Newspaper Group-branded newspapers and replaced them with 10 localised editions under the
PerthNow brand.[4][5][6]
Publications
The Community Newspaper Group's papers included:[7]
City and western suburbs
Eastern Reporter
Guardian Express
Stirling Times
Western Suburbs Weekly
Hills and eastern suburbs
Avon Valley Gazette
Comment News
Hills Gazette
Kalamunda Reporter
Midland Reporter
The Advocate
Northern suburbs
Joondalup Times
North Coast Times
Wanneroo Times
Weekender
Southern suburbs
Canning Times
Cockburn Gazette
Fremantle Gazette
Melville Times
Southern Gazette
South coastal suburbs
Kwinana Courier
Pinjarra Murray Times
Weekend Courier
The Mandurah Coastal Times and the Sound Telegraph, covering
Rockingham and the
Peel region respectively, continue to be published under those names without the PerthNow branding.[5]
Digital editions
In 2018 the Community Newspaper Group closed a number of newspapers and shifted their publication online.[8] These digital mastheads were made available on communitynews.com.au and included:
Comment News
Guardian Express
Ellenbrook/Swan Valley Advocate
Hills/Avon Valley Gazette
Midland/Kalamunda Reporter
North Coast Times
Weekend/Kwinana Courier
In April 2020, Community Newspaper Group transferred all its newspaper websites to the PerthNow website.[5]
(2001) Community Newspapers ride high on PANPA success. (Executives at Community Newspaper Group give reasons for the company's success, after one of its free newspapers, Weekend Courier Community was voted the best free non-daily newspaper for the Australian and Pacific Region). Campaign brief (1999), Oct. 2001, pp. 20–21.