Sun Media
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Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media.
On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the sale of the remaining English-language print assets of Sun Media to rival
Quebecor had previously sold its community newspapers in Quebec to
History
Sun Publishing was formed on February 4, 1978 through the amalgamation of Toronto Sun Holdings Ltd and Toronto Sun Publishing Ltd. The two companies had been formed in 1971 with the launch of the
In 1983, 50% of Sun Media was acquired by Maclean-Hunter for $55 million. That same year, Sun Media, with Maclean-Hunter's backing, acquired the Houston Post for $100 million in an attempt to expand into the United States. It was sold for $150 million four years later. In 1987, Maclean-Hunter's Financial Post weekly was sold to Sun Media for $46 million and was relaunched as a daily tabloid financial newspaper the following year.[7] In 1988, Sun Media acquired the Ottawa Sunday Herald which it would relaunch as the daily Ottawa Sun.[8]
In 1994, Maclean-Hunter was purchased by
Sun Media publications
Sun newspapers
Le Journal newspapers
24hrs newspapers
Local daily newspapers
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
- Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville
- Brantford
- Chatham
- Cornwall Standard Freeholder - Cornwall
- Kingston Whig Standard - Kingston
- London Free Press - London
- Niagara Falls Review - Niagara Falls
- North Bay Nugget - North Bay
- Northumberland Today - Cobourg
- Orillia Packet and Times - Orillia
- Owen Sound Sun Times - Owen Sound
- Pembroke Daily Observer - Pembroke
- Peterborough Examiner - Peterborough
- Sarnia
- Sault Star - Sault Ste. Marie
- Simcoe Reformer - Simcoe
- St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines
- St. Thomas Times-Journal - St. Thomas
- Sudbury
- The Barrie Examiner - Barrie
- The Beacon Herald - Stratford
- Brockville
- Timmins Daily Press - Timmins
- Welland Tribune - Welland
- Woodstock Sentinel-Review - Woodstock
Weekly newspapers
Alberta
- Airdrie Echo - Airdrie
- Bow Valley Crag & Canyon - Banff
- Camrose Canadian - Camrose
- Cochrane Times - Cochrane
- Cold Lake Sun - Cold Lake
- County Market - Leduc
- Devon Dispatch - Devon
- Drayton Valley Western Review - Drayton Valley
- Edmonton Examiner - Edmonton
- Edson Leader - Edson
- Fairview Post - Fairview
- Fort Saskatchewan Record - Fort Saskatchewan
- Hanna Herald - Hanna
- High River Times - High River
- Hinton Parklander - Hinton
- Lacombe Globe - Lacombe
- Leduc Representative - Leduc
- Mayerthorpe
- Meridian Booster - Lloydminster
- Nanton News - Nanton
- Peace Country Sun - Grande Prairie
- Peace River Record-Gazette - Peace River
- Pincher Creek Echo - Pincher Creek
- Sherwood Park News - Sherwood Park
- Spruce Grove Examiner - Spruce Grove
- Stony Plain Reporter - Stony Plain
- Strathmore Standard - Strathmore
- The Beaumont News - Beaumont
- Vermilion Standard - Vermilion
- Vulcan Advocate - Vulcan
- Wetaskiwin Times - Wetaskiwin
- Whitecourt Star - Whitecourt
Manitoba
- Altona Red River Valley Echo - Altona
- Carman Valley Leader - Carman
- Interlake Spectator - Gimli
- Morden Times - Morden
- Selkirk Journal - Selkirk
- Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times - Stonewall
- Winkler Times - Winkler
Ontario
- Bancroft This Week - Bancroft
- Barry's Bay This Week - Barry's Bay
- Bradford West Gwillimbury Times - Bradford
- Chatham
- Clinton News-Record - Clinton
- Cochrane Times-Post - Cochrane
- Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin - Collingwood
- County Weekly News - Prince Edward County
- Elliot Lake
- Fort Erie
- Frontenac This Week - Kingston
- Gananoque Reporter - Gananoque
- Goderich Signal Star - Goderich
- Haliburton
- Hanover Post - Hanover
- Ingersoll Times - Ingersoll
- Innisfil
- Port Colborne
- Kapuskasing Times - Kapuskasing
- Kenora
- Kincardine News - Kincardine
- Kingston This Week - Kingston
- Grand Bend
- Lake of the Woods Enterprise - Kenora
- Leader-Spirit - Dresden
- Lucknow Sentinel - Lucknow
- Mid-North Monitor - Espanola
- Petrolia Topic - Petrolia
Saskatchewan
- Melfort Journal - Melfort
- Nipawin
Other publications
Magazines
- Biz Magazine
- Business London
- Hamilton Halton Weddings
- Hamilton Magazine
- Kingston Life
- Muskoka Cottage Home Property
- Muskoka Magazine
- Muskoka Trails
- Niagara Magazine
- Ontario Farmer
- Sault Good Life
- Simcoe Life
- Vines Magazine
- What's Up Muskoka
Former assets
The following publications have been closed by Sun Media:[9]
- 24 Hours in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton
- Canmore Leader, Canmore, Alberta (merged to become the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon in 2013)
- Banff Crag & Canyon, Banff, Alberta(merged to become the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon in 2013)
- The Beausejour Review, Beausejour, Manitoba
- The Lac du Bonnet Leader, Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
- The Lindsay Daily Post, Lindsay, Ontario
- Midland Free Press, Midland, Ontario
- Québec
- Saint-Lambert, Quebec
- Bellechasse, Quebec
- The Meadow Lake Progress, Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
- The Crowsnest Pass Promoter, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta
- CKXT-DT - closed 2011
- Sun News Network
Sold
- Houston, Texas(acquired in 1983, sold in 1987)
- The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
- Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
- Guelph, Ontario(acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
- Cambridge Reporter, Cambridge, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
- CP24 - 29.9% interest sold to CHUM Limited in 2004. Now owned by Bell Media.
References
- ^ "Quebecor sells 175 Sun Media newspapers and websites to Postmedia - Business - CBC News". Cbc.ca. 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Postmedia gets OK from Competition Bureau to buy Sun Media newspapers". Toronto Star. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ "Postmedia buys Sun Media's English titles for $316-million — including flagship Toronto Sun". National Post. October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ "Postmedia-Sun Media deal officially closes". The Globe and Mail. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Canoe | Celebs - Trends - Travel - News - Tech | Videos | Autos". En.canoe.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ TC Transcontinental (2014-06-02). "Transcontinental Inc. completes transaction with the Sun Media Corporation in Quebec". Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ^ "Maclean Hunter increases its stake in Sun". The Toronto Star. Toronto. 8 January 1988. p. E3.
- ^ Jessica Potter. "Sun Media Corporation". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ Sun Media cutting 360 jobs, closing 8 publications, 3 free dailies. 680News (2013-07-16). Retrieved on 2013-08-17.