The Mercury (Hobart)
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The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The Sunday edition of the paper is called Sunday Tasmanian.
The newspaper was started in 1854 by John Davies, then published twice weekly and known as the Hobart Mercury. After Davies' death, it was carried on by his sons under the name of Davies Brothers Ltd.
At various stages in its history there have been limited experiments with regional papers - such as the The Westerner which succeeded the West Coast Miner in 1979 to serve the West Coast
In 1988, The Mercury was sold to News Corporation.
As of 2005 the paper reports its Monday-Friday circulation as 48,630 with readership of 130,000 and its Saturday circulation as 63,550 with readership of 155,000. The Sunday Tasmanian reports circulation of 60,720 with readership of 136,000.
Since November 2001 the editor of The Mercury and the Sunday Tasmanian has been Garry Bailey. [1]
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