Montreal Daily News
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The Montreal Daily News was a short-lived English language
Canadian
daily newspaper
in Quebec
. Quebecor
founder Pierre Péladeau
and British tabloid publisher Robert Maxwell
teamed up to launch a competing English-language newspaper against The Gazette
. The newspaper was published in a tabloid sized format, instead of broadsheet
sized.
Its first issue was distributed 15 March 1988.
The arrival of the paper resulted in the first publication of Sunday editions in the Montreal newspaper community, to compete against the Montreal Daily News Sunday edition, the Montreal Gazette started to publish one as well.
But late in 1989, reports of losses and failure to attain circulation goals led to rumours of the paper's impending demise. In November that year, Péladeau indicated that the paper's survival would depend on either a substantial increase in paid circulation, or a buyer. Original publisher George MacLaren had given way to James Duff, who in turn was dismissed in August. Quebecor finally closed the Montreal Daily News, with its last issue published 15 December 1989.
The legacy of the Montreal Daily News is the existence for some time of Sunday editions in Montreal, now past.
Montreal newspapers
English language
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Canadian
Canada
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daily newspaper
Newspaper
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in Quebec
Quebec
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. Quebecor
Quebecor
Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
founder Pierre Péladeau
Pierre Péladeau
Pierre Péladeau, was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media company centered in the province of Quebec.-Biography:...
and British tabloid publisher Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...
teamed up to launch a competing English-language newspaper against The Gazette
The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
. The newspaper was published in a tabloid sized format, instead of broadsheet
Broadsheet
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sized.
Its first issue was distributed 15 March 1988.
The arrival of the paper resulted in the first publication of Sunday editions in the Montreal newspaper community, to compete against the Montreal Daily News Sunday edition, the Montreal Gazette started to publish one as well.
But late in 1989, reports of losses and failure to attain circulation goals led to rumours of the paper's impending demise. In November that year, Péladeau indicated that the paper's survival would depend on either a substantial increase in paid circulation, or a buyer. Original publisher George MacLaren had given way to James Duff, who in turn was dismissed in August. Quebecor finally closed the Montreal Daily News, with its last issue published 15 December 1989.
The legacy of the Montreal Daily News is the existence for some time of Sunday editions in Montreal, now past.
See also
Montreal newspapers
- The GazetteThe Gazette (Montreal)The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
- La PresseLa Presse (Canada)La Presse, founded in 1884, is a French-language Monday-Saturday newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is owned today by Groupe Gesca, a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada. The Sunday version was dropped in 2009.-Description:...
- Le Journal de MontréalLe Journal de MontréalLe Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is the largest-circulation French-language newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Media. It is also Canada's largest tabloid...
- Le DevoirLe DevoirLe Devoir is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and the rest of Canada. It was founded by journalist, politician, and nationalist Henri Bourassa in 1910....
- Montreal Daily News
- The Montreal Star