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, 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 merged 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

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, father of journalist P. P. McGuinness, also played a role in launching the newspaper. Charles Buttrose, father 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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