"the daily advertiser", published monday to friday and its sister publication, "the weekend advertiser", service wagga and much of the surrounding region. the newspaper was established by two wealthy local pastoralists, auber george jones and thomas darlow and first printed on 10 december 1868 by editor frank hutchison, an oxford graduate. originally printed bi-weekly, by 1880 it was tri-weekly and finally became 'daily' on 31 december 1910. in 1962 the newspaper reduced in size from a broadsheet to a tabloid format. "the riverina leader", the local free community newspaper was launched in may 1979.