Maclean's
| Maclean's
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| description | newsmagazine |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Rogers Communications ( Canada ) |
| First edition | 1905 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly |
| Sold edition | 350,000 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Kenneth Whyte |
| editor | Kenneth Whyte |
| Web link | Maclean's |
| ISSN |
0024-9262 |
Maclean’s is Canada's only national news magazine . It is published by Rogers Communications in English and has a weekly circulation of 350,000 copies. Kenneth Whyte (* 1960) has been the publisher and editor-in-chief since 2005.
Maclean's is known for its annual university ranking, which is a counterpart to the American news magazine US News & World Report . Since 1999, Maclean's has also published a Canadian Top 100 list of the best places to work.
history
Founded in 1905 by the Canadian publisher John Bayne Maclean , the paper initially appeared under the name The Business Magazine with an initial print run of 6,000 copies and was in paperback format with a bright blue cover. It included a compilation of articles from Canadian, US and UK magazines - "the Cream of the World's magazines reproduced for Busy People" (The best of the world's magazines, compiled for busy people). Shortly thereafter, Maclean renamed the paper The Busy Man's Magazine and in the following years endeavored to deal more and more with Canadian topics and perspectives in the newspaper world dominated by American publications. He gave more and more Canadian authors a stage, so that the proportion of these articles over reprints increased. Topics included, for example, intra-Canadian news, immigration, national defense, domestic life and women's suffrage. In addition, there were short stories, short stories and serial novels by national and international authors.
In 1911 the magazine was renamed MacLean's (the capitalized "L" disappeared in 1931). In 1917, the later bestselling author Thomas B. Costain became editor-in-chief and animated the magazine with reports on the First World War , eyewitness accounts of life as a soldier on the Western Front and critical articles about Canada's participation in the war. This led to conflict with the Canadian government; even an article by Maclean himself fell victim to censorship . Costain also promoted the literary sector and printed short stories and essays by Robert W. Service , Lucy Maud Montgomery and O. Henry , commentaries by Stephen Leacock and illustrations by Charles William Jefferys , FS Coburn and members of the Canadian group of known as the Group of Seven Landscape painters.
In 1919 the magazine's circulation had grown to 70,000. The frequency of publication was changed from monthly to bi-weekly and the format from paperback to a larger format (14.4 inches by 11 inches). A series of articles by Canadian suffragette Emily Murphy on drug trafficking and abuse brought the magazine nationwide attention.
After J. Vernon Mackenzie , H. Moore Napier took over the management and was replaced by Arthur W. Irwin in 1925 , who had a strong influence on the paper and further increased the Canadian influence in the magazine. The publisher organized an annual short story competition and intensified sports reporting .
During the Second World War , Maclean's printed a special edition for the Canadian troops stationed abroad, which in 1946 reached a circulation of 800,000 copies. War reporting was illustrated with works by the renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh , with correspondents including John Clare and Leonard Schapiro . The authors of the period included Pierre Berton , WO Mitchell , Scott Young , Ralph Allen and Blair Fraser . In 1950 Ralph Allen took over the editor-in-chief after Irwin had accepted a diplomatic assignment. The magazine now focused on articles about the Canadian countryside, its cities, the population and urban life. Articles by Pierre Berton promoted national interest in the Arctic . Other prominent authors of this time were Robert Fulford , Peter Gzowski , Peter C. Newman , Edna Staebler and Christina McCall .
On the occasion of the Canadian general election in 1957 , Allen made a serious mistake: in order to be able to appear the day after the election, he finished his editorial before the votes were counted and congratulated Louis Saint-Laurent on his Liberal Party's win . In reality, John Diefenbaker and his progressive-conservative party won the election.
From the 1960s, the magazine struggled with a drop in sales; from 1971 Peter C. Newman tried to revive the magazine as editor-in-chief. He has published reports by authors such as Barbara Frum and Michael Enright and poems by Irving Layton . Walter Stewart , correspondent and eventually editor-in-chief, often clashed with Newman during this period. In 1975 Allan Fotheringham began his column, The Back Page , which he wrote for 27 years. Maclean's became known for its readers opening the back first to read the page back to front.
Today's orientation
In 1975 the magazine changed its frequency to bi-weekly, only to switch to weekly three years later. News offices across the country and international offices in Great Britain (London) and the United States (Washington) opened.
In 2001 Anthony Wilson-Smith became the magazine's fifteenth editor-in-chief, followed by Kenneth Whyte in 2005. In 1994 the MacLean-Hunter publishing house became part of Rogers Communications , where Maclean's has been published ever since.
French language edition
In 1961 Maclean's launched a French-language edition, Le Magazine Maclean , which appeared until 1976 when it was merged with L'Actualité .
University Ranking Guide
Maclean's University Ranking Guide is published annually in March and is a counterpart to the American news magazine US News & World Report. Maclean's evaluates universities that offer predominantly undergraduate programs, universities with a high level of research activity, undergraduate and graduate programs, and universities that offer a variety of doctoral programs or medical degrees.
The evaluation includes the academic performance of the students, the size of the seminar groups, the accessibility and quality of the lecturers, the budget and the reputation of the universities.
Human rights violations and Islamophobia complaints
In December 2007, the Canadian Islamic Congress appealed against Maclean's to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, British Columbia Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Human Rights Commission, accusing the paper of publishing 18 Islamophobic articles between January 2005 and July 2007, including one Article by Mark Steyn entitled “The Future Belongs to Islam”, which contained excerpts from his book “America Alone”.
The complaints have since been dismissed. The Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissed the complaint on June 26, 2008 without further trial. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal dismissed the complaint by decision of October 10, 2008 after a hearing in June 2008. At the same time, the Ontario Human Rights Commission declared itself legally incompetent.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ e-fellows.net: Study in Canada
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2007/04/c7400.html
- ↑ http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/resources/news/en/resources/news/statement
- ↑ http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=433915
