Who owns Brisbane Times?
Brisbane Times is owned by Nine (Australia, ASX: NEC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nine Entertainment Co. Annual Report 2026, Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited, 26 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Sydney
- Origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Brisbane
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Newspapers & magazines
- Parent ticker
- ASX: NEC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times is Nine's digital-only masthead for Queensland, with no print edition of its own. It is one of the five mastheads that account for almost 90 per cent of Nine Publishing's revenue, and reaches its readers entirely through the web and apps rather than through newsagents.
Ownership timeline of Brisbane Times
Where Brisbane Times sits in Nine
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Nine
Nine controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in newspapers & magazines, and who owns them
The 70 brands in newspapers & magazines on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Reach, with 9; Nine has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BelfastLive | Reach | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Beobachter | Ringier | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aftenposten | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Condé Nast | Advance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Country Life | Future | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Car and Driver | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ARQ | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Dow Jones | News Corp | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Nine
Nine is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as ASX: NEC.
Nine is an Australian media group combining free-to-air television, the streaming services 9Now and Stan, three metropolitan newspapers and, since March 2026, outdoor advertising. It rebuilt its portfolio in a single year: it sold its 60 per cent of the property listings business Domain to CoStar in August 2025, sold Nine Radio on 30 April 2026 and the youth publisher Pedestrian Group on 15 June 2026, converted its regional stations NBN and Nine Darwin to affiliates, and bought the billboard operator QMS Media for $850 million on 31 March 2026. Continuing revenue for the year to June 2026 was $2,189.0 million.
🇦🇺 Brisbane Times and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 203 brands that began in Australia. 59 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Brisbane Times is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Brisbane Times?
The parent company of Brisbane Times is Nine, a publicly listed company headquartered in Australia.
Is Brisbane Times Australian?
Yes. Brisbane Times originated in Australia and its owner, Nine, is also headquartered in Australia.
Is Brisbane Times still owned by Nine?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Brisbane Times is still owned by Nine. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Nine Entertainment Co. Annual Report 2026 — Nine Entertainment Co. Holdings Limited, Annual report, published 26 August 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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