Ottawa Citizen
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The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as The Bytown Packet in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the Citizen in 1851. The newspaper's original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was Fair play and Day-Light.[2]
The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846, Harris sold the paper to
The editorial view of the Citizen has varied with its ownership, taking a
It published its last Sunday edition on July 15, 2012. The move cut 20 newsroom jobs, and was part of a series of changes made by Postmedia.[5]
The pre-2014 logo depicted the top of the Peace Tower of the city's Parliament Buildings. In 2014, the newspaper adopted a new logo showing the paper's name over an outline of the Peace Tower roof on a green background.
Circulation
Like most
- Daily average[7]
Sections
Daily
- News
- World
- City
- Sports
- Arts
- Business
Weekly
- Food
- Driving
- Technology
- Homes & Condos
Notable people
- Scott Keir Anderson
- Robert Bell
- Conrad Black
- Peter Calamai (1943–2019), editorial pages editor[8]
- Randall Denley
- Bob Ferguson (1931–2014), sports journalist and writer[9]
- Henry J. Friel
- Terry Glavin
- Charles Gordon
- John Honderich
- Kelvin Kirk
- Eddie MacCabe (1927–1998), journalist, sports editor and writer[10][11]
- Roy MacGregor
- Charles Herbert Mackintosh
- Russell Mills
- George Matheson Murray
- Gerry Nott
- Andrew Potter
- Jane Taber
- James Travers
See also
References
- ^ "2015 Daily Newspaper Circulation Spreadsheet (Excel)". News Media Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2017. Numbers are based on the total circulation (print plus digital editions).
- ^ Cobb, Chris (July 16, 1992). "Comedy of Errors". Ottawa Citizen. p. A2. Retrieved July 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Parry, David (April 9, 1977). "To buy dying paper he needed $4,000". Edmonton Journal. p. 105. Retrieved July 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Harvard Gazette. 2002.
- ^ [1] Archived June 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2017. Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.
- ^ Boswell, Randy (January 23, 2019). "Remembering Peter Calamai: Journalist, Teacher and 'Advocate for Science, Literacy and Journalistic Professionalism' (1943-2019)". Carleton University. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Scanlan, Wayne (June 7, 1996). "There ain't nothing like an old-time sports writer". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 15.
- ^ Chwialkowska, Luiza (May 24, 1998). "Eddie MacCabe: A glimpse it the city's soul". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 7.
- ^ Brown, Dave (May 23, 1998). "Eddie MacCabe: A local legend lost". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 27.; Brown, Dave (May 23, 1998). "MacCabe did it well or didn't bother with it at all". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 28.
Sources
- Adam, Mohammed. (January 2, 2005). "When we began 1845: For 160 years, the Citizen has been the 'heartbeat of the community". Ottawa Citizen.
- Bruce, Charles (1968). News and the Southams. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. pp. 70–72.
- Kesterton, Wilfred H. (1984). A History of Journalism in Canada. Ottawa: Carleton University Press. ISBN 978-0-88629-022-1.
- Rutherford, Paul (1982). A Victorian authority: The Daily Press in Late Nineteenth-Century Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-5588-0. DDC 71.1. LCC PN4907.