WA Community News Group to shut five titles

Western Australia’s Community News Group will shut the Midland Kalamunda Reporter, Comment News, Hills Avon Valley Gazette, The Advocate and the North Coast Times citing ongoing commercial and competitive pressures in the Australian media landscape.

The Western Australian titles, which are owned by News Corp Australia and Seven West Media owned WA Newspapers, will finish deliveries on the week of September 3, with a spokesperson telling Mumbrella the print editions were ‘not sustainable’. At this stage, while consultation and re-deployment processes are underway, it is unclear how many roles are affected.

Five titles in Western Australia have been axed