The Globe (Toronto newspaper)
Founder(s) | George Brown |
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Founded | 1844 |
Ceased publication | 1936 |
The Globe was a newspaper in
History
The Globe is pre-dated by a title of the same name, which ran from 1840 to 1841; they are of no relation.[1]
The Globe began as a weekly newspaper on March 5, 1844, edited by
The Globe was popular for providing information on the
The Globe was also known for having some of the most current news of the time. During the Crimean War, before the era of the Atlantic cable, the Globe boasted great sales on European mail days. When the cable was established a reporter for the Globe, a Mr. Houston, was able to get the scoop on the England elections and release a special edition.[6]
After the death of George Brown in 1882, John Cameron took over as editor.[5]
Radical alignment and expansion
By the 1850s, The Globe was an independent newspaper and moved toward a radical,
Emergence of The Globe and Mail
In 1936 it absorbed The Mail and Empire to form The Globe and Mail.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Biography – CAREY, JOHN – Volume VIII (1851-1860) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ Peppiatt, Liam. "Chapter 18: The Old Globe Office". Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto Revisited.
- ^ Library and Archives Canada acknowledgement of The Globe
- ^ J.M.C. Careless, Brown of the Globe: Volume One: Voice of Upper Canada 1818-1859 (1959) 1:172-74
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- ^ Peppiatt, Liam. "Chapter 18: The Old Globe Office". Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto Revisited.
- ^ "A list of early Toronto newspapers created by edunetconnect.com". Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
Further reading
- Bélanger, Claude. "George Brown", in L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia. (Marianopolis College, March 2006) online
- Careless, J.M.C. Brown of the Globe: Volume One: Voice of Upper Canada 1818-1859 (1959) online
- Careless, J.M.C. Brown of the Globe: Volume Two: Statesman of Confederation 1860-1880. (Vol. 2. Dundurn, 1996) excerpt
- Careless, J. M. S. "BROWN, GEORGE," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 10, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 18, 2015, online
- Careless, J.M.C. "George Brown and Confederation," Manitoba Historical Society Transactions, Series 3, Number 26, 1969-70 online
- Careless, J.M.C. "The Toronto Globe and Agrarian Radicalism, 1850–67." Canadian Historical Review 29#1 (1948): 14–39.
- Creighton, Donald G. "George Brown, Sir John Macdonald, and the “Workingman”." Canadian Historical Review (1943) 24#4 pp: 362-376.
- Gabriele, Sandra, and Paul Moore. "The Globe on Saturday, The World on Sunday: Toronto Weekend Editions and the Influence of the American Sunday Paper, 1886-1895." Canadian Journal of Communication 34#3 (2009). online
- Gauvreau, Michael. "Reluctant Voluntaries: Peter and George Brown: The Scottish Disruption and the Politics of Church and State in Canada." Journal of religious history 25.2 (2001): 134–157.
- Stabile, Julie. "The Economics of an Early Nineteenth-Century Toronto Newspaper Shop." Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada 41#1 (2003).
- Zerker, Sally. "George Brown and the printers' union." Journal of Canadian Studies 10#1 (1975): 42+