The Sudbury Star
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The Sudbury Star is a Canadian daily regional
History
The Sudbury Star began as a daily in January 1909 as the Northern Daily Star,[2] in competition with the city's established daily Sudbury Journal, but it was in immediate financial trouble and folded within just six months.[2] Staff took over ownership of the struggling newspaper, led by foreman William Edge Mason, who then found 10 prominent investors to provide financial backing to the paper.[3] W.E. Mason Equipment was created to take over management of the paper,[3] and by World War I the paper was flourishing and the Sudbury Journal was out of business.[2] In 1922 Mason acquired the North Bay Nugget in North Bay.[4]
In 1935, Mason launched the city's first commercial radio station, CKSO.[2]
In 1948, Mason died and ownership of the paper was taken over by his W.E. Mason Estate.
In 1955 the paper was acquired by
In the early 1960s, the city saw a "newspaper war" between two startup weekly newspapers, the Sudbury Sun and the Star-owned Sudbury Scene. The Sun, a publication of Northland Publishers, was out of business by 1962, and filed a competition lawsuit against the Scene, alleging that the Scene had deliberately undercut the Sun's advertising rates to protect Thomson's monopoly on English-language periodical publication in the city.[9] The federal trade practices commission ruled in Thomson's favour.[9]
The paper was sold to
In October 2013 the paper moved from its longtime home at 33 MacKenzie Street in Sudbury to new offices at 128 Pine Street.[14]
The current managing editor of the Sudbury Star is Don MacDonald, who assumed the role in 2014.
See also
References
- ^ Paid circulation cited in "Daily Newspaper Circulation Statement for the 12 Month Period Ended December 2011". Toronto: Canadian Circulations Audit Board. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ ISBN 1-55002-170-2.
- ^ a b "Sudbury Star Publisher William E. Mason Dead". The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1948.
- ^ "Harry S. Browning: Printer Joined Cobalt Rush, Founded Paper". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1963.
- ^ "Sudbury Star Owner's Estate Is $1,652,382". The Globe and Mail, August 25, 1948.
- ^ "Employees Buy North Bay Nugget; Publisher's Idea". The Globe and Mail, August 31, 1948.
- ^ "Manager, Businessmen Will Buy Sudbury Star, Other Assets of Estate". The Globe and Mail, December 21, 1950.
- ^ a b "Sudbury publisher, 60, later Chamber head". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1977.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southam buys 7 Ontario papers". Toronto Star, September 17, 1996.
- ^ "Bulk of Hollinger's Ontario papers sold to Sifton family". The Globe and Mail, August 1, 2001.
- ^ "Quebecor seeks Osprey to vault into first place; Takeover would create biggest newspaper firm". Toronto Star, June 2, 2007.
- ^ "Quebecor turns focus to wireless; Sale of English-language newspapers leaves it more Quebec-centric". Ottawa Citizen, October 7, 2014.
- ^ "Sudbury Star on the move to 128 Pine St.". Sudbury Star, October 24, 2013.
