TheBendigo Advertiser (commonly referred to as"The Addy") is an Australian regional newspaper. It is the daily (Monday–Saturday) newspaper forBendigo, Victoria, and its surrounding region. The paper is published byAustralian Community Media with a circulation between 5,000 and 7,000 depending on the day of publication.

Bendigo Advertiser

Front page of theBendigo Advertiser on 3 April 2010
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Australian Community Media
Editor	Nicole Ferrie
Founded	1853; 172 years ago (1853)
Headquarters	67–71 Williamson Street,Bendigo,Victoria, Australia
Website	bendigoadvertiser.com.au

First published in 1853, theBendigo Advertiser has undergone many changes since its inception, including a move totabloid format and a change in name fromThe Bendigo Advertiser to justThe Advertiser before settling on its current name from 3 April 2010.

In November 1918 the paper was purchased by the proprietors of its competitorThe Bendigo Independent, which amalgamated the two titles under the banner ofThe Bendigo Advertiser.^[1]

TheBendigo Advertiser currently delivers news as a printed newspaper, digital paper and on its website and social media.

Currently, theBendigo Advertiser employs about 45 staff in Bendigo, however like all Australian Community Media publications some of the tasks are shared with staff across other locations.

The printing of the paper is now done in Wendouree, along withThe Courier,The Wimmera Mail-Times,The Age and other Australian Community Media publications.

TheBendigo Advertiser's discontinued sister paper, theBendigo Miner, was delivered free to most homes in Bendigo on Thursdays and was "old news" oriented.

TheBendigo Advertiser's parent company,Rural Press Limited, was taken over byFairfax Media in 2007. It is currently owned byAustralian Community Media.

• Official website
• Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 – 1918) atTrove
• DigitisedWorld War I Victorian newspapers from the State Library of Victoria