Draft:The Daily Network (news network)
Global network of AI-assisted local-news websites
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The Daily Network is a global network of online local-news websites established in 2026 and operated by Canberra property developer Shane Anderson. The network uses artificial intelligence to produce city-focused news and related content.[1] By July 2026, the ABC's Media Watch said the network had expanded to more than 180 cities internationally.[2]
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Operations
In July 2026, The Canberra Times reported that the network had launched websites in more than 19 Australian locations, including Canberra and Melbourne. It identified The Daily Canberra, The Daily Newcastle, The Daily Geelong, The Daily Wollongong and The Daily Tasmania among sites connected to Anderson or his company.[1] The network's own directory later listed city-branded mastheads in Australia and numerous other countries.[3]
The network has described its material as generated with AI assistance from named public sources, with editorial policy and accountability assigned to the publisher.[1] Anderson told The Canberra Times that his aim was to use technology for suitable tasks while retaining human judgment where it was needed. He described the publications as independent of major media groups, political organisations and institutional investors.[1]
Mastheads
The publisher's official directory listed 207 primary city and regional mastheads across 56 countries on 29 July 2026. The table reflects the public directory on that date and excludes neighbourhood pages, category pages and auxiliary weather or tourism sites.[3]
| Country | Masthead |
|---|---|
| Argentina | The Daily Buenos Aires |
| Australia | The Daily Adelaide |
| Australia | The Daily Ballarat |
| Australia | The Daily Bendigo |
| Australia | The Daily Brisbane |
| Australia | The Daily Cairns |
| Australia | The Daily Canberra |
| Australia | The Daily Central Coast |
| Australia | The Daily Darwin |
| Australia | The Daily Geelong |
| Australia | The Daily Gold Coast |
| Australia | The Daily Melbourne |
| Australia | The Daily Newcastle |
| Australia | The Daily Perth |
| Australia | The Daily Sunshine Coast |
| Australia | The Daily Sydney |
| Australia | The Daily Tasmania |
| Australia | The Daily Toowoomba |
| Australia | The Daily Townsville |
| Australia | The Daily Wollongong |
| Bangladesh | The Daily Dhaka |
| Belgium | The Daily Brussels |
| Brazil | The Daily Rio de Janeiro |
| Brazil | The Daily São Paulo |
| Canada | The Daily Toronto |
| Chile | The Daily Santiago |
| China | The Daily Beijing |
| China | The Daily Shanghai |
| Colombia | The Daily Bogotá |
| Colombia | The Daily Medellín |
| Czech Republic | The Daily Prague |
| Denmark | The Daily Copenhagen |
| Egypt | The Daily Cairo |
| Finland | The Daily Helsinki |
| France | The Daily Nice |
| France | The Daily Paris |
| France | The Daily Saint-Tropez |
| Germany | The Daily Berlin |
| Germany | The Daily Frankfurt |
| Germany | The Daily Munich |
| Greece | The Daily Athens |
| Hong Kong | The Daily Hong Kong |
| India | The Daily Bangalore |
| India | The Daily Delhi |
| India | The Daily Kolkata |
| India | The Daily Mumbai |
| Indonesia | The Daily Jakarta |
| Iran | The Daily Tehran |
| Ireland | The Daily Dublin |
| Israel | The Daily Tel Aviv |
| Italy | The Daily Milan |
| Italy | The Daily Rome |
| Japan | The Daily Osaka |
| Japan | The Daily Tokyo |
| Kenya | The Daily Nairobi |
| Kuwait | The Daily Kuwait City |
| Luxembourg | The Daily Luxembourg |
| Malaysia | The Daily Kuala Lumpur |
| Mexico | The Daily Mexico City |
| Netherlands | The Daily Amsterdam |
| New Zealand | The Daily Auckland |
| New Zealand | The Daily Wellington |
| Nigeria | The Daily Lagos |
| Norway | The Daily Oslo |
| Pakistan | The Daily Karachi |
| Philippines | The Daily Manila |
| Poland | The Daily Warsaw |
| Portugal | The Daily Lisbon |
| Qatar | The Daily Doha |
| Russia | The Daily Moscow |
| Russia | The Daily St Petersburg |
| Saudi Arabia | The Daily Riyadh |
| Singapore | The Daily Singapore |
| Slovenia | The Daily Ljubljana |
| South Africa | The Daily Johannesburg |
| South Korea | The Daily Seoul |
| Spain | The Daily Barcelona |
| Spain | The Daily Madrid |
| Sweden | The Daily Stockholm |
| Switzerland | The Daily Geneva |
| Switzerland | The Daily Lugano |
| Switzerland | The Daily Zurich |
| Thailand | The Daily Bangkok |
| Tunisia | The Daily Tunis |
| Turkey | The Daily Istanbul |
| Ukraine | The Daily Kyiv |
| United Arab Emirates | The Daily Abu Dhabi |
| United Arab Emirates | The Daily Dubai |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Birmingham |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Bristol |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Coventry |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Glasgow |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Leeds |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Liverpool |
| United Kingdom | The Daily London |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Manchester |
| United Kingdom | The Daily Sheffield |
| United States | The Daily Akron |
| United States | The Daily Albuquerque |
| United States | The Daily Amarillo |
| United States | The Daily Anchorage |
| United States | The Daily Atlanta |
| United States | The Daily Augusta |
| United States | The Daily Aurora, CO |
| United States | The Daily Aurora, IL |
| United States | The Daily Austin |
| United States | The Daily Bakersfield |
| United States | The Daily Baltimore |
| United States | The Daily Baton Rouge |
| United States | The Daily Billings |
| United States | The Daily Birmingham |
| United States | The Daily Boston |
| United States | The Daily Buffalo |
| United States | The Daily Cape Coral |
| United States | The Daily Charlotte |
| United States | The Daily Chattanooga |
| United States | The Daily Chicago |
| United States | The Daily Cincinnati |
| United States | The Daily Cleveland |
| United States | The Daily Columbus, GA |
| United States | The Daily Columbus, OH |
| United States | The Daily Corpus Christi |
| United States | The Daily Dallas |
| United States | The Daily Dayton |
| United States | The Daily Denver |
| United States | The Daily Des Moines |
| United States | The Daily Detroit |
| United States | The Daily Durham |
| United States | The Daily El Paso |
| United States | The Daily Eugene |
| United States | The Daily Evansville |
| United States | The Daily Fargo |
| United States | The Daily Fort Wayne |
| United States | The Daily Fort Worth |
| United States | The Daily Fresno |
| United States | The Daily Grand Rapids |
| United States | The Daily Green Bay |
| United States | The Daily Greensboro |
| United States | The Daily Hartford |
| United States | The Daily Hollywood |
| United States | The Daily Houston |
| United States | The Daily Huntsville |
| United States | The Daily Indianapolis |
| United States | The Daily Kansas City, KS |
| United States | The Daily Kansas City, MO |
| United States | The Daily Killeen |
| United States | The Daily Lansing |
| United States | The Daily Laredo |
| United States | The Daily Las Cruces |
| United States | The Daily Las Vegas |
| United States | The Daily Little Rock |
| United States | The Daily Long Beach |
| United States | The Daily Los Angeles |
| United States | The Daily Louisville |
| United States | The Daily Lubbock |
| United States | The Daily Macon |
| United States | The Daily Madison |
| United States | The Daily Memphis |
| United States | The Daily Miami |
| United States | The Daily Milwaukee |
| United States | The Daily Minneapolis |
| United States | The Daily Nashville |
| United States | The Daily New Orleans |
| United States | The Daily New York |
| United States | The Daily Oakland |
| United States | The Daily Orlando |
| United States | The Daily Oxnard |
| United States | The Daily Philadelphia |
| United States | The Daily Phoenix |
| United States | The Daily Pittsburgh |
| United States | The Daily Portland |
| United States | The Daily Providence |
| United States | The Daily Pueblo |
| United States | The Daily Raleigh |
| United States | The Daily Reno |
| United States | The Daily Richmond |
| United States | The Daily Rochester, MN |
| United States | The Daily Rochester, NY |
| United States | The Daily Rockford |
| United States | The Daily Sacramento |
| United States | The Daily Salem |
| United States | The Daily Salinas |
| United States | The Daily Salt Lake City |
| United States | The Daily San Antonio |
| United States | The Daily San Diego |
| United States | The Daily San Francisco |
| United States | The Daily Santa Ana |
| United States | The Daily Santa Maria |
| United States | The Daily Scottsdale |
| United States | The Daily Seattle |
| United States | The Daily Shreveport |
| United States | The Daily Syracuse |
| United States | The Daily Tallahassee |
| United States | The Daily Tampa |
| United States | The Daily Toledo |
| United States | The Daily Topeka |
| United States | The Daily Tucson |
| United States | The Daily Victorville |
| United States | The Daily Virginia Beach |
| United States | The Daily Waco |
| United States | The Daily Washington DC |
| United States | The Daily Waterbury |
| United States | The Daily West Palm Beach |
| United States | The Daily Wichita |
| Venezuela | The Daily Caracas |
| Vietnam | The Daily Ho Chi Minh City |
Reception and criticism
The Canberra Times reported that The Daily Canberra carried outdated or AI-generated material and an advertisement for a property development managed by Anderson's company. Anderson said the advertisement had been used to test sponsored-content functionality and acknowledged that wording which could imply local authorship needed correction.[1]
In July 2026, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Media Watch featured the network in a segment titled "Pink Slime". The program criticised factual and grammatical errors in The Daily Canberra, including recommendations involving locations that were closed or where swimming was prohibited. It also alleged that reports on network sites drew from work by The Sydney Morning Herald and The West Australian, and said the network had expanded to more than 180 cities internationally.[2]
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