Northern Territory News
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.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| 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 or syncretic |
| Headquarters | Printers Place Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Sister newspapers | Centralian Advocate (online only) |
| ISSN | 1837-3909 |
| OCLC number | 1126462895 |
| Website | ntnews |
News Corp Australia also publishes its local Sunday counterpart, The Sunday Territorian, which is also available throughout Darwin and the Northern Territory, 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).
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.