| Founded | 1863; 162 years ago (1863) |
|---|---|
| Ceased publication | April 8, 2024 (2024-04-08) |
| City | Tanunda, South Australia |
TheHerald (also styled asBarossa Herald,Barossa and Light Herald, orBarossa & Light Herald) was a weekly newspaper published inTanunda, South Australia. With its earliest beginnings in 1860, it has been published under theHerald banner since 2005. It was later sold toRural Press, previously owned byFairfax Media, later an Australian media company trading asAustralian Community Media. TheHerald appeared to cease on 8 April 2020.[1]
TheBarossa and Light Herald began publication on 10 May 1951 after Leslie Tilbrook (who had owned theKapunda Herald since September 1923) sold the newspaper.[2] A new publication was then created by the merger of:
In 1981, the newspaper then absorbed theEudunda Courier (9 February 1922 – 15 April 1981).[7] The newspaper was later taken over by the Rural Press in the 1990s and was a part of the Fairfax Media group.[6] In May 2005 the title was again shortened, this time to simplyHerald, though the longer variants of the previous name (Barossa Herald,Barossa and Light Herald, orBarossa & Light Herald) are commonly used as well.
TheHerald appeared to cease on 8 April 2020, with a note of not being published on 15 April due to Easter,[1] however further issues are not apparent. However, there has been some coverage of potentially syndicated articles attached to this title, during 2021 in other databases such asNewsBank.
In 2012, theHerald claimed the largest circulation for a country newspaper in South Australia at 21,400 copies distributed weekly.[6] By 2018, the average issue readership for the print version was calculated to be 29,000[8] Like other Rural Press publications, during its life dates, the newspaper was then available online.[9]