The StarPhoenix
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Circulation 38,763 weekdays | 40,230 Saturdays (as of 2015)[1] | |
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The StarPhoenix is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a part of Postmedia Network. It has been referred to as a "sister newspaper" to the Leader-Post.[2] The StarPhoenix puts out six editions each week and publishes one weekly, Bridges. It is also part of the canada.com web portal.
History
The StarPhoenix was first published as The Saskatoon Phoenix on October 17, 1902 (following a short-lived attempt at a local newspaper, the Saskatoon Sentinel). In 1909, it became a daily paper and, in 1910, was renamed the Saskatoon Capital.
The paper was sold and bought several times between its inception and the 1920s, at one point being owned by W. F. Herman, the future owner and publisher of the Windsor Star.[3]
By 1927, there were two daily papers in Saskatoon: the Saskatoon Daily Star and the Daily Phoenix. In January 1928, both papers were bought by the Sifton family of Winnipeg and amalgamated into the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. In the early 1980s the spelling of the newspaper name was modified to StarPhoenix. Between the 1928 amalgamation and the launch of the Saskatoon edition of Metro in April 2016, the StarPhoenix was the city's only daily newspaper.
In the early-1990s, the paper was owned by Armadale, CanWest was acquired by Postmedia News, Inc., which is the current owner of The StarPhoenix.
In 2015, the StarPhoenix press began printing the Regina Leader-Post, in addition to its own print edition, after the Leader-Post's own press was shut down.[10] In 2023, Postmedia announced that the StarPhoenix press would be shut down and the building be put up for sale. Both the StarPhoenix and Leader-Post were to continue publication, but printed at a facility in Estevan. The reporting staff, working from home since March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, were to continue doing so on a permanent basis.[11]
Circulation
Like most
- Daily average[13]
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).
- ^ a b Winter 1997, p. 33.
- ^ "W. F. Herman, Editor of the Windsor Star," The New York Times (Jan. 17, 1938).
- OCLC 243485939– via Internet Archive.
- ^ Winter 1997, p. 21.
- ^ Winter 1997, p. 175.
- ^ Winter 1997, p. 34.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55420-121-1– via Internet Archive.
- ^ OCLC 243485939– via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Leader-Post to stop printing its newspaper in Regina". CBC News. October 6, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Kruger, Brooke (2022-01-19). "StarPhoenix building for sale after serving Saskatoon for 56 years". Global News. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "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.
Sources
- Winter, James (1997). Democracy's Oxygen. ISBN 1-55164-060-0– via Internet Archive.
Further reading
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix Group Inc. v. Noton, a Canadian court case used to illustrate the legal concept of passing off in the context of cybersquatting.
- Davis, D'Anne; Koroneos, Maria (2003). "VIII. Property". Business Law in Canada Casebook (4th ed.). Toronto: ISBN 9780131225701– via Internet Archive.
- ISBN 1-55322-047-1– via Internet Archive.
- Davis, D'Anne; Koroneos, Maria (2003). "VIII. Property". Business Law in Canada Casebook (4th ed.). Toronto: