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The Nightly

The Nightly is an Australian daily digital newspaper, published by Seven West Media. Based in Western Australia, it is freely available and publishes on weekdays at 6 p.m. AEST (or AEDT during daylight savings).

The Nightly
FormatDigital
Owner(s)Seven West Media
Editor-in-chiefChristopher Dore
EditorSarah-Jane Tasker
Founded26 February 2024
Political alignment
Headquarters50 Hasler Road,
Osborne Park, Western Australia
Sister newspapersThe West Australian
Websitethenightly.com.au
Free online archivesthenightly.com.au/editions

History and operations

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Headquarters of The West Australian, where The Nightly is also produced

The Nightly is targeted at the east coast market, but unlike Seven West's eastern products, it is edited and produced in Western Australia.[1] Reportedly, Seven West owner Kerry Stokes was dissatisfied with the influence of the Seven Network in the eastern states, which is substantially lesser than that delivered by The West Australian, which is the only daily newspaper in that state.[1][2] By September 2024, eight-tenths of The Nightly's 2.84 million readers came from outside Western Australia.[3] The Nightly aimed to compete for readers of The Australian and Australian Financial Review.[4] Gina Rinehart, Chris Ellison, and Katie Page were early backers of the paper.[5][6]

The paper operates from The West Australian's offices, although at launch half of its team worked from Sydney.[7][4] This is in order to take advantage of the time zone difference between Perth and the east coast to publish later in the day:[8] Seven West argued that audiences are now free during the evening rather than the morning.[5] The paper's website and app were developed with Google,[6] who also had input into the paper's design.[9] On its launch day, The Nightly's app was the most downloaded free app in Australia.[8]

Seven West trademarked the paper's name in November 2023.[10] Staff were drawn from other Seven West publications and headhunted from News Corp Australia.[11] Reportedly, The Nightly attempted to secure child journalist Leonardo Puglisi as a political columnist.[12] The paper was launched on 26 February 2024.[9] At launch, its editor-in-chief was Anthony De Ceglie, and Sarah-Jane Tasker was its editor.[11] De Ceglie moved to Seven West's television division and was replaced by Christopher Dore on an acting basis from May 2024,[13] until Dore was permanently appointed in August.[14]

Industry commentators expressed skepticism at the decision to launch a new digital publication in a crowded market with weakening advertising revenue.[1][15][11] However, De Ceglie claimed that the paper was profitable as of April 2024.[11] Ipsos data found that 1.808 million people had read The Nightly in April, more than doubling its audience in March.[16]

The Nightly was the only department of Seven West Media not to have jobs cut in a mid-2024 round of redundancies.[17]

Content

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The paper has an agreement to republish articles from The New York Times, The Economist, and CNBC.[1][18] The Nightly also includes content from the Daily Mail, The Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, as well as newswires PA Media and Australian Associated Press.[1]

Editorship

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Editor-in-chief

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Editor

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  • Sarah Jane-Tasker (February 2024 – present)[14]

Editorial stance

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De Ceglie claimed that The Nightly targets the "mainstream middle" of Australian politics, but it has been described as a right-leaning publication.[5] The paper professes itself to be "economically conservative, socially progressive",[6][9] but its stance in practice has been unclear.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Buckingham-Jones, Sam (10 March 2024). "Two halves of the Seven empire are at war over The Nightly". Australian Financial Review. Sydney: Nine Entertainment. ISSN 1444-9900. OCLC 1131035760. Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ Keane, Bernard; Dyer, Glenn (26 February 2024). "A Nightly vote of no confidence in Seven's influence". Crikey. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ Jolly, Nathan (25 September 2024). "Seven West storms the east coast while just 20% of The Nightly's readers live in WA". Mumbrella. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b Jaspan, Calum (9 February 2024). "Stokes' Seven takes on News Corp with nightly newspaper, supported by Gina Rinehart". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. ISSN 0312-6315. OCLC 226369741. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Meade, Amanda (1 March 2024). "The Nightly: Kerry Stokes and his billionaire mates take a punt on 'mainstream middle' journalism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Buckingham-Jones, Sam (25 February 2024). "The three billionaires backing Kerry Stokes' new free newspaper". Australian Financial Review. Sydney: Nine Entertainment. ISSN 1444-9900. OCLC 1131035760. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Seven Launches New Perth-Based Nightly Newspaper Targeting AFR & Oz Readers With Gina Rinehart As Early Backer". B&T. Sydney. 12 February 2024. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b Johns, David (27 February 2024). De Ceglie, Anthony (ed.). "The Nightly: Seven West Media's new digital publication most downloaded free app in Australia on day one". The West Australian. Perth: Seven West Media. ISSN 0312-6323. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Manning, James (25 February 2024). "Launch day for The Nightly: Seven West Media's daily paper aimed at "mainstream middle"". Mediaweek. Sydney. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  10. ^ Pownall, Mark (9 November 2023). "The West trade marks The Nightly". Business News. Perth. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e Saeed, Daanyal (22 April 2024). "How is Seven's new venture The Nightly going?". Crikey. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  12. ^ Saeed, Daanyal (11 March 2024). "Seven West's The Nightly tried to recruit teen columnist". Crikey. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. ^ a b Johns, David (29 April 2024). De Ceglie, Anthony (ed.). "Seven West Media unveils major changes at top". The Nightly. Perth: Seven West Media. p. 11. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  14. ^ a b c "The West Australian secures Christopher Dore as editor-in-chief, first female editor in senior appointments". The West Australian. Perth: Seven West Media. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  15. ^ Jaspan, Calum (25 February 2024). "Seven launches 'highbrow' online news publication despite downturn". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. ISSN 0312-6315. OCLC 226369741. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  16. ^ Shaw, Adam (23 May 2024). "The Nightly digital-only newspaper more than doubles audience in second month". Campaign Brief WA. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  17. ^ Saeed, Daanyal (27 June 2024). "The Nightly set to avoid pain of $100m Seven West job cuts". Crikey. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  18. ^ Shaw, Kim (26 February 2024). "SWM launches digital news platform, The Nightly". Campaign Brief WA. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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