Postmedia Network

Postmedia Network Canada Corp.
FormerlyCanwest Limited Partnership (2000–2010)
Company typePublic
TSXPNC.APNC.B
IndustryMass media
PredecessorCanwest
FoundedJuly 13, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-07-13)
Headquarters365 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3L4
ProductsNewspapers, media websites, news content
RevenueIncrease $458.2 million CAD (2022)[1]
Owner
  • Chatham Asset Management (66%)
Number of employees
2,006[2]
Websitepostmedia.com

Postmedia Network[3] is a Canadian media conglomerate[4] that owns many newspapers.[5] It is the largest media group in Canada.[6] It owns the Vancouver Sun, the National Post, the Financial Post, and more. The company is headquartered in Toronto.[7]

History

The conglomerate was formed by National Post CEO Paul Godfrey[8] in 2010.

Assets

Advertising

  • The Flyer Force
  • Go!Local

Publishing

Broadsheet dailies and weeklies

  • National Post
  • Financial Post (administratively part of the National Post)
  • Belleville Intelligencer
  • Brantford Expositor
  • Calgary Herald
  • Cornwall Standard Freeholder
  • Edmonton Journal
  • Kenora Daily Miner and News
  • Kingston Whig-Standard
  • London Free Press
  • Montreal Gazette
  • North Bay Nugget
  • Ottawa Citizen
  • Regina Leader-Post
  • The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)
  • Sault Star
  • Sudbury Star
  • Timmins Daily Press
  • Vancouver Sun (not related to the tabloid Sun newspapers also owned by Postmedia)
  • Windsor Star

Tabloid dailies

Community newspapers

Postmedia owns newspapers that serve smaller communities across Canada, including:

  • Airdrie Echo (tabloid)
  • Bow Valley Crag and Canyon (tabloid)
  • Brockville Recorder and Times (broadsheet)
  • Chatham This Week (tabloid)
  • Clinton News-Record (tabloid)
  • Cochrane Times (Alberta) (tabloid)
  • Cochrane Times-Post (tabloid)
  • Cold Lake Sun (tabloid)
  • Drayton Valley Western Review (tabloid)
  • Edson Leader (tabloid)
  • Elliot Lake Standard (tabloid)
  • Fort McMurray Today (tabloid)
  • Fort Saskatchewan Record (tabloid)
  • Goderich Signal-Star (tabloid)
  • Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune (tabloid)
  • Hanna Herald (tabloid)
  • High River Times (tabloid)
  • Hinton Parklander (tabloid)
  • Kincardine News (tabloid)
  • Kingston This Week (tabloid)
  • Lakeshore Advance (Grand Bend; tabloid)
  • Lloydminster Meridian Booster (tabloid) sold to Lloydminster Source Ltd
  • Mid-North Monitor (Espanola; tabloid)
  • Mayerthorpe Freelancer (tabloid)
  • Nanton News (tabloid)
  • Owen Sound Sun Times (broadsheet)
  • Peace River Record-Gazette (broadsheet)
  • Pincher Creek Echo (tabloid)
  • Red River Valley Echo (tabloid) closed 2020
  • Sherwood Park News (tabloid)
  • Simcoe Reformer (tabloid)
  • St. Thomas Times-Journal (tabloid)
  • Stratford Beacon Herald (broadsheet)
  • Vulcan Advocate (tabloid)
  • Vermilion Standard (tabloid)
  • Whitecourt Star (tabloid)
  • Winkler Times (tabloid)
  • Woodstock Sentinel-Review (broadsheet)

Former assets

  • 24 Hours (Toronto, Vancouver) sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[9]
  • Barrie Examiner (sold to Torstar and closed, 2017)[9]
  • Bradford Times (tabloid) sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[9]
  • Camrose Canadian (tabloid), closed 2018
  • Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[9]
  • Niagara Falls Review (broadsheet) sold to Torstar, 2017
  • Norwich Gazette, closed 2018
  • Orillia Packet & Times (broadsheet) sold to Torstar and closed, 2017[9]
  • Pembroke Daily Observer (broadsheet), ceasing print edition 2018
  • Peterborough Examiner (broadsheet) sold to Torstar, 2017
  • St. Catharines Standard (broadsheet) sold to Torstar in 2017
  • Strathmore Standard (tabloid), closed 2018

Magazines

  • Financial Post Business
  • Living Windsor
  • Muskoka Magazine
  • Kingston Life Magazine
  • Interiors Magazine
  • Backpack Magazine
  • Cannabis Post
  • Muskoka Visitor Guide
  • Ontario Farmer Magazines (Hog, Beef, Dairy)
  • Swerve
  • TVtimes

Online

  • Canada.com
  • Infomart.com
  • Canoe.com
  • celebrating.com
  • connecting.com
  • driving.ca
  • househunting.ca
  • remembering.ca
  • shoplocal.ca
  • SwarmJam.com

In addition, Postmedia Network owns all websites associated with all properties listed on this page either wholly or in partnership.

Software

  • QuickTrac
  • QuickWire

Other media groups in Canada include:

  • Torstar
    • Metroland Media Group
    • Star Media Group
  • Quebecor Media
  • SaltWire Network
  • The Woodbridge Company
  • TC Transcontinental

References

  1. "Postmedia Reports Fourth Quarter Results". Postmedia Network Canada Corp. October 21, 2022. section 14
  2. 2021 Annual Information Form (PDF), Postmedia Network Canada Corp., 2021
  3. "Federal Corporation Information". Corporations Canada. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. "You Must Be This Conservative To Ride: The Inside Story of Postmedia's Right Turn". canadalandshow.com. August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  5. "Postmedia revamps Ottawa Citizen's digital service". CBC News, May 20, 2014.
  6. "Postmedia Merges Newsrooms in Canada, Lays Off 90". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. "Contact Us | Postmedia". postmedia.com. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  8. Olive, David (January 23, 2015). "Postmedia and the heavy price it pays to survive: Olive". Toronto Star. Toronto, ON. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Telecom; Media (November 27, 2017). "'The alarm bells should go off:' Postmedia, Torstar deal will see 36 community papers closed - Financial Post".

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