Brisbane Times

Type News site
Format Online
Owner(s) Fairfax Digital
Editor Danielle Cronin
Editor-in-chief Simon Holt
Founded 7 March 2007
Political alignment Centre
Headquarters Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Website www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Brisbane Times is an online newspaper for Brisbane and Queensland, Australia.

History

The Brisbane Times was launched on 7 March 2007[1] by then-Queensland Premier Peter Beattie.[2] The publication started with 14 journalists in an attempt by Fairfax to break into the South East Queensland market, competing against the website of News Corporation's incumbent The Courier-Mail.

Ownership

It is owned and run by Fairfax Digital, the online subsidiary of Fairfax Media, publishers of Melbourne's The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and other mastheads, plus subject-focused websites and business-centered magazine titles. The founding managing editor was Mitchell Murphy;[3] the current managing editor is Simon Holt.[4]

Web traffic

According to third-party web analytics providers Alexa and SimilarWeb, the Brisbane Times is the 191st and 250th most visited website in Australia respectively, as of August 2015.[5][6] SimilarWeb rates the site as the 24th most visited news website in Australia, attracting more than 2 million visitors per month.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. Greg Roberts and Michael Sainsbury (8 March 2007). "Fairfax launches online in Brisbane". The Australian.
  2. Eric Shackle (11 March 2007). "Brisbane's Newest Newspaper Goes Online". OhMyNews.
  3. "Fairfax embraces Brisbane". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 2007.
  4. "Our Staff". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. "Brisbanetimes.com.au Site Overview". Alexa. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Brisbanetimes.com.au Analytics". SimilarWeb. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "Top 50 sites in Australia for News And Media". SimilarWeb. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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