The Age

The Age is a newspaper made in Melbourne, Australia.^[1] It is owned by an Australian company called Nine, and its first edition was on 17 October 1854.^[2]

The newspaper was first made by John and Henry Cooke. They also had a merchant business called Francis Cooke and Co.. They said they would use the newspaper to help miners in the Australian Gold Rush.^[3] The newspaper has become very popular since then. According to its website, it gets up to 957,000 on Saturdays.^[2] The editor, Andrew Jaspan, who got the job in 2004,^[4] got in trouble in 2008 when The Age journalists agreed that he had been making it hard for them to make news reports independently.^[5] In 2023, Patrick Elligett was appointed as Editor.

1. ↑ Paddy Manning (27 January 2007). "Fairfax CEO considered selling The Age, SMH". The Australian. Retrieved 2008-07-07.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "About The Age". The Age. Archived from the original on 2003-01-17. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
3. ↑ "The Story of The Age". The Age. Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
4. ↑ "Andrew Jaspan appointed editor in chief of The Age" (PDF). Fairfax. 22 July 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
5. ↑ Margaret Simons (11 April 2008). "Andrew Jaspan? 235 Age journalists can't be wrong". Crikey. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-07-07.