The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is a
newspaper publishing company based in
Melbourne,
Australia
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. It is owned and operated by
News Pty Ltd, which as News Ltd, purchased the HWT in 1987.
Newspapers
The HWT's newspaper interests date back to 1840 and the launch of ''The Port Phillip Herald''. The company publishes the morning daily
tabloid
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* ''Ta ...
''
Herald Sun
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'', which was created in 1990 from a
merger
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of the company's morning tabloid paper, ''
The Sun News-Pictorial'', with its afternoon
broadsheet
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paper, ''
The Herald''. ''The Herald'' had a 150-year history, and ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' a 68-year history, in Melbourne. The HWT had bought ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' in 1925.
The HWT also publishes ''The Weekly Times'', aimed at farmers and rural business.
The HWT bought a controlling stake in ''
The Advertiser'' of
Adelaide in 1929. From 1929 until 1987, HWT owned and operated Melbourne radio station
3DB. In 1929, 3DB along with
3UZ
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participated in experimental television broadcasts using the ''Radiovision'' system. ''The Advertiser'' took a stake in ''
The News'' two years later. ''The News'' was sold in 1949.
The HWT bought ''
The West Australian'' in 1969, but sold it to
Robert Holmes à Court
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A great- ...
in 1987, as part of the News Limited takeover.
See also
*
HSV-7 - owned and operated by the HWT from 1956 to 1986
References
Organisations based in Melbourne
News Corp Australia
Publishing companies established in 1990
Newspaper companies of Australia
1990 establishments in Australia
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