The Age

The first edition of The Age

The Age is a newspaper made in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It is owned by an Australian company called Nine, and its first edition was on 17 October 1854.[2]

The newspaper was first made by John and Henry Cooke. They also had a merchant business called Francis Cooke and Co.. They said they would use the newspaper to help miners in the Australian Gold Rush.[3] The newspaper has become very popular since then. According to its website, it gets up to 957,000 on Saturdays.[2] The editor, Andrew Jaspan, who got the job in 2004,[4] got in trouble in 2008 when The Age journalists agreed that he had been making it hard for them to make news reports independently.[5] In 2023, Patrick Elligett was appointed as Editor.

The Age Media

References

  1. Paddy Manning. Fairfax CEO considered selling The Age, SMH. The Australian (27 January 2007). Retrieved 2008-07-07.[dead link]
  2. 2.0 2.1 About The Age. http://about.theage.com.au/about.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-07. 
  3. The Story of The Age. http://150.theage.com.au/story.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-07. 
  4. Andrew Jaspan appointed editor in chief of The Age (22 July 2004)Fairfax. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  5. Margaret Simons. Andrew Jaspan? 235 Age journalists can't be wrong (11 April 2008)Crikey. Retrieved 2008-07-07.

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