New weekly newspaper, The Saturday Paper, hits stands in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra

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A fresh newspaper will hit the stands in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra today, hoping to prove that print media can still thrive in the digital age.

The Saturday Paper is produced by Morry Schwartz, publisher of The Monthly, and edited by 25-year-old former Fairfax journalist Erik Jensen.

The paper is coming out each weekend in print and will also be published on a website and mobile app.

At the publication's launch in Sydney last night, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull wished the publishers luck in bucking the revenue trades plaguing the newspaper industry.

"The internet has smashed the business model of those papers by providing a more cost-effective platform for advertising," he said.

"But the launch of The Saturday Paper today shows rumours of the death of newspapers, even printed ones, appear to be exaggerated.

"Even though I expect to disagree with a lot of things in your paper, I probably agree with quite a few too. I welcome that diversity.

"We should rejoice in our democracy and the diversity of our news and our journalism."

Take a look at how social media reacted to the launch of the paper.

Topics: media, journalism, information-and-communication, australia

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