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| Type | Weekly suburbannewspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | News Limited |
| Editor-in-chief | Matt Deighton |
| News editor | Chris Day |
| Staff writers | John Stokes & Rob Greenwood |
| Founded | 3 July 1968 |
| Headquarters | 23 Wiltshire Street,Salisbury, SA,Australia |
| Sister newspapers | Messenger Newspapers |
| Website | www.nrmessenger.com.au |
News Review Messenger is a weekly suburbannewspaper inAdelaide,South Australia, part of theMessenger Newspapers group. The paper's area stretches from Pooraka in the south, through to Gawler in the north, and covers Adelaide's northern suburbs.[1]
The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs ofElizabeth,Salisbury,Gawler andPooraka. It also covers theCity of Playford,City of Salisbury andTown of Gawler councils.
It has a circulation of 89,618 and a readership of 81,000.[2]
TheSalisbury, Elizabeth and Gawler News-Review, as it was originally known, was first published on 3 July 1968. The creation of the paper reflected the growing population of Adelaide's northern suburbs in the 1960s. In 1977, the paper added Munno Para to its name to become theSalisbury, Elizabeth, Gawler and Munno Para News-Review, In addition to the Wednesday edition, a Friday edition, known asThe Weekender, was established on 7 July 1978.The Weekender ceased production on 16 May 1980.[3] From 6 June 1984 to 13 February 1985, the paper was known as theSalisbury, Elizabeth, Gawler Messenger. The News Review named was revived from 20 February 1985, with the paper renamed theNews Review Messenger.[4] In 2008, the paper was split in two, with dedicated Salisbury and Elizabeth/Gawler editions.