Postmedia Network

Postmedia Network Canada Corp.
FormerlyCanwest Limited Partnership (2000–2010)
Company typePublic
TSX: PNC.A, PNC.B
IndustryMass media
PredecessorCanwest
FoundedJuly 13, 2010 (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

  • Postmedia Flyer Force
  • Postmedia Parcel Services

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. 1 2 3 4 5 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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