Quest Community Newspapers is a
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
company in
Bowen Hills
Bowen Hills is an inner north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the Bowen Hills had a population of 3,226 people.
Geography
Bowen Hills is by road from the Brisbane CBD.
Mayne is a neighbourhood within the sou ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
,
Australia
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. It is a subsidiary of
News Corp Australia
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.
It publishes weekly
tabloids and one bi-weekly, providing news coverage primarily for the greater Brisbane area. In total, there are 20 free suburban newspapers, one news magazine (''City News'') and one gloss
lifestyle magazine
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based on the
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* Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
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, ''The Weekender'', distributed to households and businesses throughout
South East Queensland
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.
Mastheads
Collectively, Quest Community Newspapers cover an area stretching from
Caboolture
Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfi ...
in the north to
Logan
Logan may refer to:
Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gover ...
in the south, providing coverage of key suburbs in
Brisbane
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for more than 1,000,000 readers in print and online weekly.
The full list of titles are:
*''Albert & Logan News'', online-only since June 2020
*''Bribie Weekly'', ceased publication in June 2020
*''Caboolture Herald'' (formerly ''Caboolture Shire Herald'')
*''City North News'' ( – present)
*''City South News''
*''North-West News'', ceased publication in June 2020
*''North Lakes Times'', online-only since June 2020
*''Northside Chronicle'' (also known as ''Bayside Star''), ceased publication in June 2020
*''Pine Rivers Press'', online-only since June 2020
*''Redcliffe & Bayside Herald'', online-only since June 2020
*''Redlands Community News'', online-only since June 2020
*''South-East Advertiser'', ceased publication in June 2020
*''
Southern Star'', ceased publication in June 2020
*''
South-West News
The ''South-West News'' is a suburban newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is one of 16 suburban newspapers published in Brisbane and surrounding areas by Quest Newspapers which is owned by News Corporation
News Corpo ...
'', online-only since June 2020
*''Springfield News'', online-only since June 2020
*''Westside News'', online-only since June 2020
*''Wynnum Herald'', online-only since June 2020
All Quest titles feature regular sections such as Motoring, Sport, Street-Watch and Lifestyle as well as local news and issues.
The Quest Newspaper Group was formed in July 1985 through an amalgamation of established weekly free-distribution newspapers across Brisbane.
Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned by
News Corp Australia
News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,00 ...
, the newspaper ceased print editions of a number of Quest Newspapers in June 2020 and made them online-only publications from 26 June 2020. Other Quest newspapers ceased publication entirely.
References
External links
Quest News website
{{News Corp Australia community newspapers
Newspapers published in Queensland
Weekly newspapers published in Australia
Companies based in Brisbane
Mass media companies established in 1985
Australian companies established in 1985