Guelph Mercury

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Guelph Mercury
Circulation
12,863 weekdays
13,028 Saturdays in 2010[1]
Websiteguelphmercury.com

The Guelph Mercury was an

daily newspaper published in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It published a mix of community, national and international news and is owned by the Torstar Corporation. The newspaper, in many incarnations, was a part of the community since 1854. It was one of the oldest broadsheet newspapers in Ontario.[2]
Publication was discontinued in late January 2016.

History

The Wellington Mercury was founded in 1853, and published weekly by owner George Keeling.

A competing paper was started in 1854, named the Guelph Advertiser. It was published weekly as well.

In 1862, Toronto newspaperman and

MP James Innes took over the editorship of the Guelph Advertiser and shortly thereafter formed a partnership with John McLagan
, owner of the competing weekly newspaper the Guelph Mercury.

The two papers merged to form the Mercury and Advertiser. The Mercury was expanded into a daily newspaper in 1867. Among its editors was the future best-selling novelist Thomas B. Costain who worked there from 1908 to 1910. The Guelph Mercury has since had numerous owners. Innes sold his share in the newspaper in 1905 to J. Innes McIntosh, who also bought the Guelph Herald, a competing daily newspaper, in 1924. McIntosh then sold his share in 1929 to James Playfair, who sold the paper in the late 1940s to Thomson Newspapers. Thomson remained owner for half a century, until Hollinger Inc. purchased the paper in 1995. Sun Media purchased the paper in 1998 and then resold it to Torstar.

The Guelph Mercury was then published six days a week by

Guelph Tribune
and Guelph Mercury are owned and published by Metroland Media Group but keep separate newsrooms and operations. The Guelph Mercury's Goss Urbanite Press was shut down on February 7, 2014, at which time printing moved to the Hamilton Spectator.

Publication discontinued

On January 25, 2016,

Guelph Tribune which is distributed free of charge. As well, the Mercury's real estate section, Guelph and District Homes, would continue to be printed and distributed.[6]

By April 2016, the Guelph Tribune had increased its coverage of local news and rebranded with a new title, Guelph Mercury Tribune. At the same time, the Guelph Mercury Tribune started using the website www.guelphmercury.com as its main location for online local news, information and advertising.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Canadian Circulations Audit Board Circulation Report for the year ending December 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012. (registration required)
  2. ^ Grant, Amanda (January 25, 2016). "Guelph Mercury stops publishing print edition, all staff cut". CBC News. CBC/Radio Canada. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  3. ^ "GuelphMercury.com - BreakingNews - Torstar's Mercury, Spectator, Record announce layoffs". Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  4. ^ "Guelph Mercury newspaper to close amid financial pressures". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ Grant, Amanda (January 25, 2016). "Guelph Mercury stops publishing print edition, all staff cut". CBC News. CBC/Radio Canada. Retrieved January 26, 2016. Luelo said the Mercury will continue to have a web presence, but that it's too early to say where that content will come from.
  6. ^ The Canadian Press (January 25, 2016). "Guelph Mercury quits print editions". Guelph Mercury. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved January 26, 2016. A regional digital team would continue to put out a web version.
  7. ^ "Welcome to the new Guelph Mercury Tribune!".

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