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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | News Corp Australia |
| Founder(s) | Don Whitington, Eric White & John Coleman |
| Editor | Melanie Plane |
| Founded | 8 February 1952 |
| Political alignment | Centre-right[1] or syncretic[2][3] |
| Headquarters | Printers Place Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Sister newspapers | Centralian Advocate (online only) |
| ISSN | 1837-3909 |
| OCLC number | 1126462895 |
| Website | ntnews |
The Northern Territory News (also known and branded as the NT News) is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published every week from Monday to Saturday. It primarily serves Darwin and the rest of the Northern Territory and it covers local, national, and world news as well as sports and business. The paper currently has a Monday to Friday readership average of 44,000, reaching an average of 32,000 on Saturdays.[4]
News Corp Australia also publishes its local Sunday counterpart, The Sunday Territorian, which is also available throughout Darwin and the Northern Territory,[5][6] its online regional NT newspaper, the Centralian Advocate, as well as free weekly community newspapers (since December 2008) under the banner of Sun Newspapers (delivered in Darwin, Palmerston, and Litchfield).[7][8]
The paper has become well known around Australia for its front-page headlines, with then-Deputy Editor Paul Dyer winning a Walkley Award for his contributions in 2012.[9]
- ^ "NT News Editorial: Labor's grip on power under siege". Northern Territory News. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "The NT News says: Voting Labor is best hope for NT". Northern Territory News. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "NT News breaks ranks as only News Corp paper to endorse Bill Shorten". The Guardian. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "NT News". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Sunday Territorian". News Corp Australia. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Territory Stories: Sunday Territorian". www.territorystories.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Sun Newspapers". www.ntnews.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Territory Stories: Sun newspapers". www.territorystories.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ The Walkley Foundation. "Walkley Winners Archive".