The News (Adelaide) 476032 224288288 2008-07-08T04:38:43Z 165.69.2.1 [[Image:KeithMurdoch.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Keith Murdoch, one time owner of ''The News'']] '''''The News''''' was an afternoon daily [[newspaper]] in the city of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. It was established in 1869 as the ''Evening Journal''. It was at the time of his death owned by [[Keith Murdoch|Sir Keith Murdoch]] and was the main asset passed to his son [[Rupert Murdoch|Rupert]]. It was the latter's first media interest and commenced the foundation of what was to become the international media conglomerate, [[News Corporation]]. Later Murdoch acquired the city's other local newspaper, ''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|The Advertiser]]''. Rupert Murdoch sold ''The News'' in 1987 and many of its journalists moved to ''The Advertiser''. ''The News'' closed in 1992. == See also == * [[List of newspapers in Australia]] {{Adelaide-stub}} {{newspaper-stub}} [[Category:Newspapers published in South Australia|News, The]] [[Category:Media in Adelaide|News, The]] [[Category:Defunct newspapers of Australia|News, The]]