Talk:Guelph Mercury

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BetacommandBot 00:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article says:

The Guelph Mercury was founded in 1854 as the Guelph Advertiser.... In 1862, Toronto newspaperman James Innes took over the editorship of the 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.

Why is the Guelph Advertiser considered the founding paper? Surely the Guelph Mercury has the better claim, given that its name is the one still in use today. Pburka (talk) 20:20, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great Question.

Researching the ownership now. will post description later . Modified secion about Innes. Inness is named as a U of T College in Toronto, and probably had some influence in the schools naming. Richard416282 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:42, 24 September 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Found an Answer

I found this part of text on the Guelph Mercury Website ^[1], as a 'Fair use' passsage, I am including the whole quote to review for the context of the article in question.

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History of the Guelph Mercury

The Guelph Mercury is an important recorder of the events that have shaped our local community. We've been here to watch, comment on, photograph and provide a physical record of the region for almost 150 years.

There is no better snapshot of this community than revisiting the pages of the old Mercury, Daily Mercury and Mercury-Advertiser. Different names, but the same paper and the same job – to tell the stories of residents.

The newspaper, in many incarnations, has been a part of the community since 1854. In fact we're one of the oldest broadsheet newspapers in Ontario.

The Mercury began as a weekly founded by George Keeling. In 1862 James Innes, a Toronto newspaperman came to Guelph to assume the editorship of the Guelph Advertiser. He formed a partnership with John C. McLagan and purchased the Guelph Mercury (another weekly) from George Palmer. The two newspapers were combined to become the Mercury and Advertiser.

In the Confederation year, 1867, the Mercury was expanded to a daily newspaper by owner James Innes. Innes sold his interest in the newspaper to J. Innes McIntosh in 1905.

McIntosh further increased the size of the newspaper by buying a competing daily, the Guelph Herald in 1924. He then sold out to James Playfair in 1929. Less than 20 years later, Thomson Newspapers Corp bought the Mercury, where it remained until being bought in 1995 by Hollinger Inc. In the summer of 1999 the paper was owned briefly by Sun Media.

Currently, the Guelph Mercury is owned by Torstar Corporation, and is part of a group called Grand River Valley Newspapers which also publishes the The Record.

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So according to their own website it was Palmer who founded the Guelph Mercury, date unknown, and began publishing, until he sold to Inness and McLagan. Richard416282 (talk) 18:55, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to the website 'electricscotland.com' http://www.electricscotland.com/canada/guelph/guelphbook.pdf , the Guelp newspaper that was founded was the 'Wellington Mercury' as a weekly in 1854, and the reason for its name is proably due to the county name being 'Wellington'.

So the previous quote by 'TorStar' should read The Wellington Mercury was founded etc... lousy reporting by TOrstar on their own history. ( IMHO).

Richard416282 (talk) 19:28, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]