Private company

The Herald and Weekly Times

Australian newspaper publisher

The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by News Pty Ltd, which as News Ltd, purchased the HWT in 1987.2 It is part of News Corp Australia.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • Legal formprivate company limited by shares1

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Herald and Weekly Times Building - 2004
Photo: Wapcaplet at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by News Pty Ltd, which as News Ltd, purchased the HWT in 1987.2

Corporate structure

The Herald and Weekly Times is part of a group headed by News Corp. 278 entities, 34 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1990Founded Founded1

Sources

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