The "Townsville Bulletin" is the dominant newspaper in North Queensland with daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and liftouts covering health, real estate, youth, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The "Bulletin" has a $1.40 cover price on weekdays, increasing to $2.40 for the weekend edition, and is in tabloid format. In 2006 the "Bulletin" had a readership (average) Monday to Friday of 84,000 (up 15.5% on 2005) and weekend readership (average) of 104,000 (up 1.96% on 2005) and circulation (avg) of 27 187 Monday to Friday, weekend circulation (avg) of 41 814. The Townsville Bulletin is owned by News Limited, a subsidiary of News Corporation, and employs over 100 people.