The London Free Press

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The London Free Press
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The London Free Press is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southwestern Ontario.

History

The London Free Press began as the Canadian Free Press, founded by William Sutherland. It first began printing as a weekly newspaper on January 2, 1849. In 1852, it was purchased for $500 by Josiah Blackburn (and Stephen Blackburn),[3] who renamed it The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser. In 1855 Blackburn turned the weekly newspaper into a daily.

From 1863 to 1936 The London Free Press competed for readership with the

London Advertiser
, which was a daily evening newspaper. The Free Press has usually been a morning paper, but for many years, it also published an evening paper. Both morning and evening editions were published from the 1950s through to 1981, when the evening edition was permanently retired.

The Blackburn family was also involved in other forms of media in London. They established CFPL in 1933, CFPL-FM in 1948 and CFPL-TV in 1953. The radio stations are now owned by Corus Entertainment, and the television station is owned by Bell Media as a CTV 2 station.

The sudden death of publisher Martha Blackburn in the summer of 1992, due to a heart attack after water skiing on

Quebecor Inc.

In late August 2005, Quebecor announced that, starting in 2007, The London Free Press would no longer be printed locally at its press at 369 York Street; instead it would be printed at a new press facility to be built north of

Metroland Media
Group's printing facility in Hamilton.

Circulation

The London Free Press has seen like most

circulation. Its total circulation dropped by 10 percent to 60,426 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.[4]

Daily average[5]
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

Notable former staff

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Newspapers and Magazines: Canada". Worldpress.org. 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "2015 Daily Newspaper Circulation Spreadsheet (Excel)". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017. Numbers are based on the total circulation (print plus digital editions).
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  4. ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017. Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.
  6. ^ Reaney, James Stewart (2005). "Blackburn, Victoria Grace". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  7. ^ Scanlan, Wayne (June 7, 1996). "There ain't nothing like an old-time sports writer". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 15.Free access icon
  8. ^ "Morley Safer Biography". Yahoo!tv. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.

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