Australian Community Media

Australian Community Media

Formerly	Rural Press
Industry	Media
Headquarters	Sydney , Australia
Area served	Regional Australia
Products	Regional newspapers Websites
Owner	Antony Catalano (50%) Alex Waislitz (50%)

Australian Community Media (ACM) is a media company in Australia responsible for over 160 regional publications. Its mastheads include the Canberra Times, Newcastle Herald, The Examiner, The Border Mail, The Courier and the Illawarra Mercury along with more than one hundred community-based websites across Australia and numerous agricultural publications including The Land and Queensland Country Life.

The entity was formerly owned by Fairfax Media prior to its merger with Nine Entertainment in 2018. In April 2019, Nine sold the business to former chief executive of real estate platform Domain Antony Catalano and billionaire Alex Waislitz.

In May 2024, one of the lawyers employed by ACM became associated with a plagiarism scandal involving the use of AI.^[1] It was discovered that articles from other publications had been rewritten, but not attributed to the original journalists.