''The Daily Mirror'' was an afternoon paper established by

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, Australia in 1941, gaining a licence from the Minister for Trade and Customs, Eric Harrison, despite wartime paper rationing. In October 1958, Norton and his partners sold his newspapers to the Fairfax Group, which immediately sold it to

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. It was

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with its morning sister paper ''

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'' on 8 October 1990 to form ''The Daily Telegraph-Mirror'', which in 1996 reverted to ''The Daily Telegraph'', in the process removing the last vestige of the old ''Daily Mirror''.Sydney's Top Papers Unite ''

'' 4 October 1990 page 1 Frank McGuinness, father of journalist P. P. McGuinness, also played a role in launching the newspaper. Charles Buttrose, father of

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(launch editor of ''Cleo'' magazine and subsequently editor of ''

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''), was a journalist on, and then the editor of, ''The Daily Mirror''.

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Defunct newspapers published in Sydney News Corp Australia Publications established in 1941 Publications disestablished in 1990 1941 establishments in Australia 1990 disestablishments in Australia Daily newspapers published in Australia {{australia-newspaper-stub

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