Media in Melbourne
Relative to most other Australian cities, Melbourne media is unusual in its size and diversity. Newspapers Melbourne has two major daily newspapers, the compact format The Age owned by Nine Entertainment, and the News Corp Australia owned tabloid format Herald Sun. The Herald Sun was created from the merger of the morning tabloid newspaper The Sun and the afternoon broadsheet newspaper The Herald in 1990. A third major paper, The Argus was discontinued in 1957. The weekly Melbourne Observer newspaper was established in 1969. It is show business oriented. It is on sale and available free online. Melbourne is served by various newspapers published in languages other than English. These include newspapers published in Melbourne and those published elsewhere. There is also a wide variety of street press available in Melbourne. There are a variety of free, weekly newspapers focused on local suburban regions. These are usually distributed to households without subscription. The free afternoon tabloid format mX was a brief attempt at reviving the afternoon newspaper in Melbourne. Television Melbourne is served by six free-to-air television networks. The three commercial television providers, the Seven Network, the Nine Network and Network 10 have commenced broadcasting new sub-channels including 7HD, 7two,