Ottawa Citizen
| Ottawa Citizen
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|---|---|
| description | daily newspaper |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Postmedia Network ( Canada ) |
| First edition | 1845 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Sold edition | 113,859 working days 112,928 Saturday edition 103,585 Sunday edition (2011) copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Gerry Nott |
| editor | James Orban |
| Web link | Ottawa Citizen |
| ISSN |
0839-3222 |
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper in Ottawa , Canada . The newspaper is published in broadsheet format .
history
The newspaper was founded in 1845 by William Harris as The Bytown Packet . In 1851 the newspaper was renamed The Ottawa Citizen . The newspaper has been with different owners over the years. In 1846 Harris sold the newspaper to Bell and Henry J. Friel. In 1849, Robert Bell bought the paper in 1849. In 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh, became the chief author under Robert Bell. In 1879 the Southam took over the newspaper and added it to its portfolio. Until Southam itself was taken over by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. The newspaper was with Black's Hollinger Inc. until 2000 when it was sold to CanWest Global . After CanWest Global went bankrupt, Postmedia Network bought CanWest Global's newspaper division.
Web links
- The Ottawa Citizen (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alliance for Audited Media ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved April 20, 2013
