Western Magazine folds after 50 years

The Western Magazine will no longer be published after this week. Photo TWH

The Western Magazine, a regional newspaper that has circulated throughout western New South Wales for 50 years has closed it doors. Its last edition is inserted in The Western Herald today.

Published weekly in Dubbo by Australian Community Media (ACM) with a claimed circulation of around 50,000, and a readership of over 100,000 the Western Magazine is inserted into 25 local newspapers, including The Western Herald.

But like many newspapers in the bush, the Western Magazine will be no more.

Chief Financial Officer at ACM Chris Hitch said that with challenging market conditions facing all regional media, he had to address ‘the unfortunate continuous financial losses’ incurred by the Western Magazine publication. []

Read more in the printed edition of The Western Herald.

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