Brisbane Times

Type News site
Format Online
Owner(s) Fairfax Digital
Managing editors Simon Holt
Founded 7 March 2007
Headquarters Brisbane, Australia
Website www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Brisbane Times is an online newspaper for Brisbane and Queensland, Australia. It was launched on 7 March 2007[1] by then-Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.[2]

It is owned and run by Fairfax Digital, the online subsidiary of Fairfax Media, publishers of Melbourne's The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and other mastheads, plus subject-focused websites and business-centered magazine titles. The founding managing editor was Mitchell Murphy;[3] the current managing editor is Simon Holt.[4]

The publication started with 14 journalists in an attempt by Fairfax to break into the South East Queensland market, competing against the website of News Corporation's incumbent The Courier-Mail.

References

  1. Greg Roberts and Michael Sainsbury (8 March 2007). "Fairfax launches online in Brisbane". The Australian.
  2. Eric Shackle (11 March 2007). "Brisbane's Newest Newspaper Goes Online". OhMyNews.
  3. "Fairfax embraces Brisbane". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 2007.
  4. "Our Staff". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

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