The Sudbury Staris a Canadian daily regionalnewspaperpublished inSudbury,Ontario.It is owned by the media company,Postmedia.It is the largest daily paper inNortheastern Ontarioby circulation.
 Front page of the May 30, 2020 edition | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network |
| Publisher | Andre Grandchamp |
| Editor | Don MacDonald |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Headquarters | 888 Regent Street, Suite 103 Sudbury,Ontario P3E 6C6 |
| Circulation | 14,934 weekdays 15,423 Saturdays (as of 2011)[1] |
| ISSN | 0839-2544 |
| Website | www |
History
editTheSudbury Starbegan as a daily in January 1909 as theNorthern Daily Star,[2]in competition with the city's established dailySudbury Journal,but it was in immediate financial trouble and folded within just six months.[2]Staff took over ownership of the struggling newspaper, led by foreman William Edge Mason, who then found 10 prominent investors to provide financial backing to the paper.[3]W.E. Mason Equipment was created to take over management of the paper,[3]and byWorld War Ithe paper was flourishing and theSudbury Journalwas out of business.[2]In 1922 Mason acquired theNorth Bay NuggetinNorth Bay.[4]
In 1935, Mason launched the city's first commercial radio station,CKSO.[2]
In 1948, Mason died and ownership of the paper was taken over by his W.E. Mason Estate.[5]TheNuggetwas almost immediately sold in anemployee buyout,[6]but theSudbury Starremained under the ownership of Mason's estate until 1950, when J. R. Meakes, Mason's successor as publisher and general manager, bought the paper with co-investors George Miller,Jim Cooperand Bill Plaunt.[7]The same investment group launchedCKSO-TV,the city's first television station and the first television station in Canada not owned by theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,in 1953.[2]
In 1955 the paper was acquired byThomson Newspapers.[8]Meakes remained as publisher and general manager until his retirement in 1975.[8]
In the early 1960s, the city saw a "newspaper war" between two startup weekly newspapers, theSudbury Sunand theStar-ownedSudbury Scene.TheSun,a publication of Northland Publishers, was out of business by 1962, and filed a competition lawsuit against theScene,alleging that theScenehad deliberately undercut theSun's advertising rates to protect Thomson's monopoly on English-language periodical publication in the city.[9]The federal trade practices commission ruled in Thomson's favour.[9]
The paper was sold toSoutham Newspapersin 1996,[10]toOsprey Mediain 2001,[11]and toSun Mediain 2007.[12]In 2015Postmedia Networkacquired Sun Media.[13]
In October 2013 the paper moved from its longtime home at 33 MacKenzie Street in Sudbury to new offices at 128 Pine Street.[14]In 2020, the paper moved again, to an office building on Regent Street in the Lily Creek neighbourhood.[15]
The current managing editor of theSudbury Staris Don MacDonald, who assumed the role in 2014.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Paid circulation cited in"Daily Newspaper Circulation Statement for the 12 Month Period Ended December 2011".Toronto:Canadian Circulations Audit Board.RetrievedApril 2,2012.
- ^abcdeC.M. Wallace and Ashley Thomson,Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital.Dundurn Press,1993.ISBN1-55002-170-2.
- ^ab"Sudbury Star Publisher William E. Mason Dead".The Globe and Mail,June 23, 1948.
- ^"Harry S. Browning: Printer Joined Cobalt Rush, Founded Paper".The Globe and Mail,April 6, 1963.
- ^"Sudbury Star Owner's Estate Is $1,652,382".The Globe and Mail,August 25, 1948.
- ^"Employees Buy North Bay Nugget; Publisher's Idea".The Globe and Mail,August 31, 1948.
- ^"Manager, Businessmen Will Buy Sudbury Star, Other Assets of Estate".The Globe and Mail,December 21, 1950.
- ^ab"Sudbury publisher, 60, later Chamber head".The Globe and Mail,February 12, 1977.
- ^ab"News Publisher Wins Monopoly Charge Case".Brandon Sun.25 March 1964. p. 13.RetrievedAugust 5,2014– viaNewspapers.
- ^"Southam buys 7 Ontario papers".Toronto Star,September 17, 1996.
- ^"Bulk of Hollinger's Ontario papers sold to Sifton family".The Globe and Mail,August 1, 2001.
- ^"Quebecor seeks Osprey to vault into first place; Takeover would create biggest newspaper firm".Toronto Star,June 2, 2007.
- ^"Quebecor turns focus to wireless; Sale of English-language newspapers leaves it more Quebec-centric".Ottawa Citizen,October 7, 2014.
- ^"Sudbury Star on the move to 128 Pine St.".Sudbury Star,October 24, 2013.
- ^Harold Carmichael,"The Sudbury Star is on the move".Sudbury Star,February 24, 2020.