The Evening News was founded in 1867 by Samuel Bennett[2] and was regarded as a "less serious read" than other Sydney newspapers.

[3] In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge another of his papers, The Empire into The Evening News.

[4] In November 1918 the firm of S. Bennett Ltd, capital £200,000, was established to acquire the assets of the late Samuel Bennett, including the Evening News, Town and Country Journal, and Woman's Budget.

[3] The Evening News office was located at 47 Market Street, Sydney in a grand four storey Victorian building in the heart of Sydney.

In 1926 the building was sold to Union Theatres Limited for the construction of the new State Theatre that was to become the majestic centrepiece for the new technology 'talkie' films that commenced screening in 1929, signalling an end to the silent movie period.