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Oct 24, 2017 · Independent newspapers were first established in Canada between about 1800 and 1850. During that period, printing presses became less expensive to establish and operate, and literacy rates and an appetite for news and views developed.
- Star Weekly
The Toronto Star Weekly was founded on 9 April 1910 by...
- Print Industry
The first known press was established in Halifax by...
- Canadian Press
Canadian Press (CP), Canada's principal news agency, began...
- Winnipeg Free Press
Origins. Founded as the Manitoba Free Press by William...
- Politics
Politics have existed in Canada for thousands of years,...
- Censorship
Censorship. Censorship is the exercise of prior governmental...
- Padlock Act
Padlock Act. The Padlock Act (Act Respecting Communistic...
- State
The development of the new theory of the state in Canada...
- Star Weekly
Jun 19, 2017 · The first newspapers in what is now Canada were published in Nova Scotia and Québec in the early 1750s, followed by Upper Canada in the 1790s. Known as gazettes, they were instruments of colonial governments that were tightly controlled and monitored by the government officials who subsidized them.
- Professional Journalism
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tabloids and National Newspapers
- Types of Newspapers
- Media Concentration and Convergence
- Community Newspapers
- Electronic Publishing
A new type of newspaper, the “people’s journal,” developed in industrial cities during the early 20th century. Styles varied, but people’s journals abandoned direct political party affiliation and emphasized news coverage, especially sensational news. These papers were challenged by revamped, quality papers, such as the Montréal Gazette and the Tor...
The number of daily newspapers in Canada peaked at 143 in 1911. By then, the pressures to curb competition and concentrate ownership had already begun. During the First World War (1914–18) and immediately after, the number of newspapers began to fall. In each town and city, newspapers vied with each other to expand circulation and capture advertisi...
Mergers and closings of big-city dailies in the 20th century contrasted with the emergence of new dailies in growing cities (see Urbanization). An important new development after 1960 was the appearance of tabloid newspapers in the big cities. Until their arrival, nearly all big-city dailies were broadsheet newspapers or mergers of newspapers alrea...
These various developments provided Canadians, depending on where they lived, with roughly four types of daily newspapers: upscale, national dailies, represented by the Globe and Mail and National Post (established in 1998) in English and Le Devoir in French; tabloid newspapers; small-city dailies, such as the Thomson papers and the smaller Desmara...
The newspaper landscape changed gradually, with concentration of ownership increasing by the decade. Canada’s four largest newspaper owners controlled 36 per cent of circulation in 1960, 53 per cent in 1970 and 65 per cent in 1980. By the early 1980s, only one quarter of Canadian newspapers were independently owned. The concentration of ownership w...
As the number of big-city dailies declined and the remaining newspapers tended to drop unprofitable out-of-town circulation, community newspapers enjoyed a boom. From 1968 to 1978, for example, total circulation of all community newspapers more than doubled. During this period, there was a steady trend toward concentration of ownership of community...
By the late 1980s, most newspapers belonged to conglomerate enterprises with large holdings in other media or non-media businesses. Some leading publishers were again diversifying, this time into new electronic print media, including services that provided access to content on office or home computers or videotex services for access on adapted tele...
There were five important periods in the history of Canadian newspapers' responsible for the eventual development of the modern newspaper. These are the "Transplant Period" from 1750 to 1800, when printing and newspapers initially came to Canada as publications of government news and proclamations; followed by the "Partisan Period from 1800 ...
The history of the newspaper industry in Canada stretches back to the 18th century, when the first printing presses were brought to Halifax, Québec City and Montréal. That history is the subject of three survey entries: First Newspapers in Canada ; Newspapers in Canada: 1800s–1900s ; and Newspapers in Canada: 1900–1990s .
Canadian Journalism. Much of the following is a condensation of the book, A History of Journalism in Canada, by W. H. Kesterton, published by McClelland and Stewart Limited in 1967. The First Period, 1752-1807. Newspapers were transplanted to Canada from the New England colonies.
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Dec 11, 2021 · But what happens to “independence” when media are financially dependent on large organizations and journalists become wards of the state? Lifelong newspaperman, publisher and communications expert Peter Menzies explores the issue.
