Black Press
| Black Press | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1975 |
| Seat | Victoria , British Columbia |
| genus | Daily newspapers, local newspapers |
| Website | blackpress.ca |
Black Press Group Ltd. is a Canadian - and privately owned - publisher that publishes popular daily newspapers in Hawaii and Ohio in the United States, as well as a number of non-daily newspapers in Alberta and British Columbia , Canada and Washington state . Black Press is based in Victoria, British Columbia .
He is currently managed by David Holmes Black (unrelated to Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black ) who is also the majority shareholder in the company. Torstar, who publishes the Toronto Star and was a former employee of David Black, owns 20% of the company .
history
After David Holmes Black had worked as a junior business analyst for the Toronto Star , he acquired the Williams Lake Tribune in Williams Lake, British Columbia from his father Alan in 1975 . He then bought a family-run newspaper near Ashcroft in 1979 . In the years that followed, his stake in ownership expanded exponentially. Although Black Press had primarily focused its acquisitions on building a provincial network of local newspapers in British Columbia and followed a similar approach across the border in Washington State ("Sound Publishing"), the company also invested in " individual marquee daily products ”. In 2000, Black Press bought the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in Hawaii (this was later merged with the rival Honolulu Advertiser , which Black bought in 2010). In 2006 the company acquired the Akron Beacon Journal , the former flagship of Knight Ridder in northeast Ohio.
On June 27, 2007, Black Press announced a takeover of Osprey Media for $ 405 million , in a bidding competition with Quebecor Media . Later, however, Quebecor made a higher offer, which eventually came into the possession of Osprey.
In 2011, David Black was one of several veterans of the newspaper industry who joined forces as investors to invest in the San Francisco Newspaper Company . The aim was to purchase Hearst Corporation's former flagship product, The San Francisco Examiner , which is currently a free daily newspaper. Although this transaction was reported as a purchase of Black Press, David Black also participated as a private investor, so his shares are separate from those of Black Press.
In 2013, there were between Black Press and the company Glacier Media Inc . in an exchange deal with four local British Columbia newspapers. This led to the discontinuation of the Abbotsford Times. In 2014, Black Press negotiated a deal with Glacier Media Inc. that went into effect in March 2015, swapping a dozen British Columbia newspapers in an effort to reorganize the ownership of competing local newspapers in Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland . Black Press received Harbor City Star, Cowichan Citizen, Parksville Oceanside Star, Tofino / Ucluelet Westerly News, Comox Valley Echo, Campbell River Courier, Surrey Now, and Langley Advance.
Daily newspapers
Black Press owns three national daily newspapers in US metropolises as well as some daily newspapers as part of a local newspaper chain in Canada and in the northwest of the USA.
National daily newspapers
- Akron Beacon Journal of Akron, Ohio
- Honolulu Star Advertiser from Honolulu, Hawaii
- The Herald from Everett, Washington
Local newspapers
- Cranbrook Daily Townsman from Cranbrook, British Columbia : part of the BC Interior Division
- Kimberley Daily Bulletin from Kimberley, British Columbia : Part of the BC Interior Division
- Peninsula Daily News from Port Angeles , Washington: Part of Sound Publishing
- Red Deer Advocate from Red Deer , Alberta: Flagship of the Prairie Division
- Trail Daily Times in Trail, British Columbia : Part of the BC Interior Division
- The Garden Island from Lihue, Hawaii : Part of the Oahu Publications Incorporated
- Maple Ridge News , British Columbia
Discontinued daily newspapers
- Honolulu Advertiser : Acquired in February 2010, merged with the Star Advertiser four months later
- Honolulu Star Bulletin : Acquired in 2001, merged with Advertiser in 2010
- King County Journal of Kent, Washington: acquired November 2006, discontinued two weeks later
- Nelson Daily News of Nelson, British Columbia : acquired July 2010, discontinued two weeks later
- Prince Rupert Daily News of Prince Rupert , British Columbia: acquired July 2010, discontinued two weeks later
Local newspapers
Black Press is the largest newspaper publisher in British Columbia and Washington State. The company owns several weeklies affiliated with daily newspapers in Alberta and Hawaii.
Alberta
Black Press owns the daily Red Deer Advocate and several neighboring weeklies in central Alberta , in addition to the various publications in the fields of tourism and lifestyle. The Black's Prairie Division newspapers are: Bashaw Star , Castor Advance , Eckville Echo , Ponoka News , Red Deer Advocate , Red Deer Express , Rimbey Review , Stettler Independent , Sylvan Lake News .
British Columbia
Black's original acquisition ( Williams Lake Tribune ) forms the core of the BC Interior Division group , which has a total circulation of 320,552 copies and whose holdings stretch 1,360 km from Trail , near the Washington BC border, to Smithers near the southern tip of Alaska . The publications Grapes to Wine and Wine Trails in the Okanagan Valley wine-growing region also belong to this group. The following is a list of the group's local newspapers, most of them appearing twice a week, weekly, weekly, every two weeks, every three weeks. But there are also three small daily newspapers in Trail, Cranbrook and Kimberley :
- 100 Mile House Free Press
- Arrow Lakes News
- Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal
- Barrier Star Journal
- Boundary Creek Times
- Burns Lake Lakes District News
- Caledonia Courier
- Cariboo Advisor
- Castlegar News
- Clearwater Times
- Coast Mountain News
- Cranbrook Daily Townsman
- Creston Valley Advance
- Eagle Valley News
- The Free Press
- Golden Star
- Grand Forks Gazette
- Houston Today
- Invermere Valley Echo
- Kamloops This Week
- Kelowna Capital News
- Keremeos Review
- Kimberley Daily Bulletin
- Kitimat Northern Sentinel
- Kootenay News Advertiser
- Lake Country Calendar
- Lakeshore News
- Merritt Herald
- Nelson Star
- The Northern View
- Penticton Western News
- Prince George Free Press
- Quesnel Cariboo Observer
- Revelstoke Times Review
- Rossland News
- Salmon Arm Observer
- Similkameen Spotlight
- Smithers Interior News
- Summerland Review
- Terrace standard
- Trail Daily Times
- The Valley
- Vanderhoof Omineca Express
- Vernon Morning Star
- West Kootenay Advertiser
- Williams Lake Tribune
Blacks BC Lower Mainland Division's publications have a combined circulation of 568,200 weekly in the Vancouver area . These groups also include Chilliwack Progress , which was founded in 1891 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in Canada and was published under the same name. This also includes the lifestyle and real estate magazines Indulge Magazine , New Home Living , New Local Home , North Shore Real Estate , and the following local times:
- Abbotsford News
- Agassiz Harrison Observer
- Aldergrove Star
- Bowen Island Undercurrent
- Chilliwack Progress
- Chilliwack Times
- Cloverdale reporter
- Hope standard
- Langley Times
- Langley Advance
- Maple Ridge Times
- Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News
- Mission City Record
- The North Shore Outlook
The BC Vancouver Island Division comprises the weekly entertainment magazines Where Magazine and Real Estate Victoria , both covering Victoria, British Columbia and the surrounding area, as well as the following local newspapers (including the Alberni Valley Times and the Nanaimo Daily News ):
- Outlook North Vancouver
- Outlook West Vancouver
- Peace Arch News
- Richmond Review
- Surrey North Delta Leader
- Surrey Now
- WestEnder Vancouver
Hawaii and California
In addition to the Honolulu Star Advertiser , the largest daily newspaper in Hawaii, Black Press' subsidiary Oahu Publishing Inc. also publishes a local newspaper, the weekly entertainment magazines MidWeek and HILuxury, as well as the printed military newspaper for the US base in Hawaii. O ahu Publishing took over all shares in the San Francisco Media Company in 2014.
- The Garden Island
- Hawaii Army Weekly
- Hawaii Marine
- Hawaii Tribune Herald
- Ho'okele - Pearl Harbor-Hickam News
- Honolulu Star Advertiser
- MidWeek
- The San Francisco Examiner
- SF Weekly
- West Hawaii Today
Washington
Sound Publishing Inc. , a subsidiary of Black Press, headquartered in Everett, Washington , is the highest-circulation publisher of local newspapers in Washington state. The company has shares in four daily newspapers: The Herald , the Peninsula Daily News , The Daily World and the Tacoma Daily Index, a government publication. All Sound Publishing products are printed at Everett's central print facility, Washington . Sound Publishing's local newspapers are:
- Auburn reporter
- Bellevue reporter
- Bothell / Kenmore reporters
- The Courier-Herald
- Covington, Maple Valley & Black Diamond Reporter
- Eastside Scene Magazine
- Federal Way Mirror
- Issaquah / Sammamish reporter
- Kent reporter
- Kirkland reporter
- Mercer Island reporter
- Redmond reporter
- Renton reporter
- Seattle Weekly
- Snoqualmie Valley Record
- Tukwila reporter
- Tacoma Daily Index
- Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
- The (Aberdeen) Daily World
- The Vidette
- North Coast News
- South Beach Bulletin
- Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune
- Bainbridge Island Review
- Bremerton patriot
- Central Kitsap reporter
- Kitsap Military Times
- Kingston Community News
- North Kitsap Herald
- Peninsula Daily News
- Port Orchard Independent
- Sequim Gazette
- Forks forum
- Islands' sounder
- Islands' Weekly
- Journal of the San Juan Islands
- Arlington Times
- The Herald (Everett)
- Marysville Globe
- South Whidbey Record
- Whidbey Crosswind
- Whidbey Examiner
- Whidbey News-Times
Online classifieds markets
Used approx
In 2007, Black Press acquired Used.ca, a Canadian online classified ad market that operates popular sites like Victoria, BC , PEI , and Ottawa , ON.
Controversy
The Nisga'a Treaty editorials
In 1998, owner David Black directed his British Columbia newspapers to publish a series of editorials opposing the Nisga'a Treaty, one of the first modern treaties in British Columbia's history. Editorials in favor of the agreement could not be published.
In January 1999, the NDP government filed a complaint against Black Press with the BC Press Council. The publisher's policy would represent a breach of duty, as it would not act in the public interest and thus violate the press code. Black Press replied that the coverage would not have been affected and the editors would have been free to post their opinions on their pages.
The Press Council agreed with the Press Council's argument that their newspapers “in fact published the most diverse opinions on the Nisga'a Treaty, including those of Prime Minister Glen Clark , Liberal leader Gordon Campbell , and Reform Party President Bill Vander Zalm , just like that of the common citizen of British Columbia ”.
The advertising affair
In August 2007, an article in Victoria News led to a complaint from an advertiser, which in turn led to the firing or resignation of three senior Black Press employees. The Victoria News -Journalist Brennan Clarke announced the newspaper, after he wrote a story about the sale of cheaper cars in the US, came in followed a complaint from the residents in Victoria car dealer "Dave Wheaton Pontiac Buick GMC". Black Press claimed that the article was not sufficiently weighted and that the reporters and editors should not jeopardize advertising revenues with their stories because those revenues are used to pay their salaries. The company also fired long-time Victoria News editor Keith Norbury, in part because of the complaint, which Black Press's Vancouver Island newsgroup regional editor Brian Lepine resigned in protest.
The Canadian Association of Journalists then publicly questioned the credibility and independence of Victoria News, and that one would wonder how many behind-the-scenes stories Black Press would prevent because of the ad revenue threat.
See also
Web links
- Black Press Community News Media
- Sound Publishing - Washington State Black Press Subsidiary
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Don Ward: Betting on David Black. July 16, 2008, archived from the original on July 20, 2008 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 .
- ^ San Francisco Examiner Sold to Black Press Group. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ James Bradshaw: Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap BC community newspapers. December 17, 2014, accessed October 31, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Allison Schaefers: Star Advertiser owner known for embracing risk. July 6, 2010, accessed October 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Andrea James: King County Journal to close. December 28, 2006, accessed October 31, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Terry Field: Closing of two small BC dailies is good business, neww owner say. (No longer available online.) July 15, 2010, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Black Picks up Two BC Dailies. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
- ^ Black Press Acquires More Central Alberta Publications. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Black Press / BC Interior North & South. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 30, 2011 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Black Press / Lower Mainland. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 6, 2011 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Black Press / Vancouver Island. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 2, 2011 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sequim Newspaper Sells to Sound Publishing. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
- ^ Sound Publishing Products. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2012 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ In the beginning ... Accessed October 31, 2016 .
- ^ History. In: used.ca. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
- ^ Charlie Smith: Black Press-owned web site upsets Grand Chief David Harper with racist ad. (No longer available online.) March 4, 2010, archived from the original on July 20, 2014 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Public Eye Online - Black on Black. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Travis Lupick: Black press dogged by ad controversy. (No longer available online.) August 29, 2007, archived from the original on July 20, 2014 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Public Eye Online - A question of credibility. Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
