About Us: The Express Newspaper is locally owned and proudly independent, it all began with our first edition in April 2010 with just 4 staff .
The Express Newspaper was the brainchild of Carl Portella when he resurrected an earlier publication of the same name in the region from 1897.
The Express is delivered and distributed across our great far northern region including the major hinterland towns of Mareeba and Atherton. We distribute to more than 70 communities including remote cattle stations in Cape York. With a distribution of 9,000, you can be guaranteed to pick up The Express where ever your travels take you. The Express is available through newsagents and numerous outlets, this coverage allows your message to get to a large and diverse audience. The secret is keeping it local. with this in mind The Express has become the paper locals prefer. Covering local issues, events, sport and the residents and families that make our region so great.
With the ever changing environment in the news media, The Express Newspaper is preparing for the future and will announce our new plans in the coming months.
Suburb: Walkamin
Publication Day: Wednesday
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Newspaper Name : The Courier-Mail
About Us: Welcome to Brisbane and Queensland’s No.1 source of news, sport and analysis of the big issues affecting our state.
An influential voice in Queensland politics and the state’s first newspaper, The Courier-Mail was founded in 1846 as the Moreton Bay Courier, as it was known then.
In 1861 it became a daily newspaper and in 1864 was renamed the Brisbane Courier.
One of the paper’s many competitors over the years, The Daily Mail was launched in Brisbane in 1903. It did not remain a competitor for long; in 1933 The Courier-Mail was formed through the merger of The Courier and The Daily Mail, and Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd was born.
In 1987, News Corp acquired Queensland Newspapers.
The Courier-Mail website was launched in 1998 and in 2006 the paper moved from a broadsheet to compact format.
The paper’s online and print operations merged in 2008.