Townsville Bulletin


Front page of the Townsville Bulletin
6 October 2007
Type Monday - Saturday newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) News Corp Australia[1]
Publisher Queensland Newspapers
Editor Ben English
Founded 1881
Language English
Headquarters Australia Townsville, Australia
Level 2, 538 Flinders St
Townsville QLD 4810
Circulation 84,000 Monday-Friday
104,000 Saturday
Website townsvillebulletin.com.au

The Townsville Bulletin is a daily newspaper published in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the only daily paper that serves the northern Queensland region. The paper has a print edition, a free World Wide Web edition, and a subscription digital edition.[2]

The newspaper is published by The North Queensland Newspaper Company Pty Ltd, which is a subsidiary of News Limited.[3] News Limited is Australia’s largest newspaper publisher and a subsidiary of News Corporation associated with Rupert Murdoch.

The newspaper employs over 100 people.

The Bulletin is published Monday through Saturday, with a higher price on the Saturday edition.[4] It is in tabloid format. In 2006 the Bulletin had a readership (average) Monday to Friday of 84,000 (up 15.5% on 2005) and weekend readership (avg) of 104,000 (up 1.96% on 2005)[5] and circulation (avg) of 27,187 Monday to Friday, weekend circulation (avg) of 41,814.[6]

History

The Townsville Bulletin was established in 1881.[7]

The newspaper chartered a Boeing 747 to take North Queensland fans to the 2005 NRL grand final, the Cowboys' first.[8]

It was awarded News Limited's Regional Newspaper of the Year in 2009.

Aerial photos and maps

Google (2011-10-01). "satellite view of Townsville Bulletin" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-10-01.  (requires Javascript)

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[9][10]

See also

References

Townsville Daily Bulletin in Trove's Digitised newspapers.

Coordinates: 19°15′46″S 146°48′56″E / 19.2627°S 146.8155°E / -19.2627; 146.8155


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