The Sydney Morning Herald
| Independent. Always. | |
The front page on 9 May 2016, the start of the 2016 federal election campaign | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Nine Entertainment Co. (since 2018) |
| Founder(s) |
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| Publisher | Nine Entertainment Co. |
| Editor | Bevan Shields |
| Deputy editor | Liam Phelan |
| Associate editor | Deborah Snow |
| Managing editor | Monique Farmer |
| Sports editor | Ben Coady |
| Photo editor | Mags King |
| Staff writers | 700+ |
| Founded | April 1831 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, Australia |
| Circulation | 231,232 (2018) |
| Readership | 808,000 (weekly) |
| Sister newspapers | |
| ISSN | 0312-6315 |
| OCLC number | 226369741 |
| Website | smh.com.au |
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the Herald is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia.
The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as The Sydney Morning Herald and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, The Sun-Herald and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. The print edition of The Sydney Morning Herald is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland.