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      • 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), who renamed it The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser.
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  2. 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.

  3. The London Free Press was founded in February 1827 by William Spencer Northhouse, who was also the editor of the Glasgow Free Press (1821-1868). As its title suggests, one of the key focusses of the paper was on the issue of the freedom on the press.

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  4. Sep 23, 2024 · Founded in 1849, The London Free Press is a daily newspaper based in London, Ontario, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southwestern Ontario. Read our profile on Canadian government influence on media.

  5. Feb 5, 2024 · From 1863 to 1936 the London Free Press competed with another local paper named London Advertiser which ran a daily evening print. The LFP was a morning paper but from the 1950s until 1981, ran both morning and evening editions.

    • When did the London Free Press become a newspaper?1
    • When did the London Free Press become a newspaper?2
    • When did the London Free Press become a newspaper?3
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    • When did the London Free Press become a newspaper?5
  6. Jul 4, 2008 · 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), who renamed it The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser.

  7. From 1663 until the expiry of the act in 1679, then again at its restoration from 1685 to the Revolution of 1688, that man was the Royalist journalist Sir Roger L’Estrange, who had no problem with the news so long as it was reported by the government; he regarded a free press as tantamount to “making the Coffee-Houses, and all the Popular ...