Nanaimo Daily News
| Nanaimo Daily News
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| description | daily newspaper |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Black Press (Canada) |
| Headquarters | Nanaimo , British Columbia |
| First edition | 1874 |
| attitude | January 29, 2016 |
| Frequency of publication | initially twice a week, later on weekdays |
The Nanaimo Daily News was a Canadian daily newspaper that was published in Nanaimo , on Vancouver Island , British Columbia , on weekdays for 141 years until it was discontinued in January 2016 .
The last owner of the newspaper was Black Press , which also published the Alberni Valley Times and currently publishes several other weekly papers on Vancouver Island.
history
George Norris founded the twice-weekly Nanaimo Daily Free Press in 1874 . From 1888 it was published daily. In the late 1990s, the Nanaimo Daily News became part of the Southam chain, which in turn belonged to the Hollinger Inc. holding company . The chain belonged to the leading newspaper publisher in British Columbia at the time, which also published the Alberni Valley Times , the Times Colonist and several other weekly newspapers.
Together with the rest of the Southam newspapers, ownership of the Vancouver Island newspapers passed to Canwest in 2000 , followed by Postmedia Network in 2010 .
Postmedia sold its stake in Vancouver Island Newspapers and Weekly Newspapers on the Lower Mainland to Glacier Media in 2011 for $ 86.5 million .
In 2013, the Nanaimo Daily News became the subject of controversy and was criticized for possible racism for publishing a letter to the publisher directed against the First Nations . Over 100 people including the mayor protested against this publication. Finally, the Nanaimo Daily News apologized for publishing the letter, only to do so again later in the year for a second letter criticizing the First Nations again.
In 2015, Glacier Media sold all of the island's newspapers to Black Press, with the exception of the Times Colonist .
In January 2016, Black Press announced that the Nanaimo Daily News would be discontinued, while the Nanaimo Daily Bulletin , which it owned , would remain.
See also
Web links
- Nanaimo Daily News - Official website (still operational, news will no longer be discontinued)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nanaimo Daily News stops the presses after 141 years of publishing . In: CBC News . January 23, 2016 ( cbc.ca ).
- ^ Nanaimo Daily News fund: Biographical history - Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo Free Press. ( memorybc.ca ).
- ^ A b c Nanaimo Daily News Closing After 141 Years. In: Huffington Post. January 22, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016 .
- ^ Canadian Media Giants Announce Landmark Convergence Deal. TheFreeLibrary.com, July 31, 2000, accessed June 7, 2012 .
- ^ Postmedia Network Announces the Closing of the Sale of the Times Colonist in Victoria and British Columbia-Based Community Newspapers. Postmedia.com, December 1, 2011, accessed June 7, 2012 .
- ^ Susan Quinn: AV Times, Pennyworth Sold to Glacier Media. Alberni Valley News, October 18, 2011, accessed June 7, 2012 .
- ^ James Bradshaw: Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap BC community newspapers. In: The Globe and Mail. December 17, 2014, accessed May 17, 2015 .
- ^ Three Island Weekly Newspapers To Close. In: Nanaimo Business News. March 30, 2015, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved May 17, 2015 .