The Timmins Daily Press is a newspaper in Timmins

Timmins

Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, which publishes six days a week. It is notable as the first paper bought by press baron Roy Thomson

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet

Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet GBE was a Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur.-Career:...

, who would eventually own more than 200 newspapers including The Times

The Times

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(London). In something of a strange twist of fate, the paper was later sold to Hollinger

Hollinger

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, a company founded by Noah Timmins

Noah Timmins

Noah Anthony Timmins was a Canadian mining developer and executive who is considered a founding father of Canada's mining industry.-Background and mining achievements:...

, after whom the city of Timmins is named.

The Daily Press is now owned by 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...

 through its Osprey Media

Osprey Media

Osprey Media was a Canadian newspaper regional chain that published 20 daily newspapers, 34 non-daily newspapers, and a number of shopping guides and magazines in the Canadian province of Ontario...

 division. Osprey bought the Daily Press from Hollinger in 2001.

The Daily Press had an average daily circulation

Newspaper circulation

A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day. Circulation is one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates. Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the...

 of 6,001 in the six-month period ending in March 2008, down from 9,522 in September 2005.

In January 2007 the Daily Press dropped Chapleau

Chapleau, Ontario

Chapleau is a township in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. It is home to one of the world's largest wildlife preserves. Chapleau has a population of 2,354 according to the Canada 2006 Census....

 and Hearst

Hearst, Ontario

Hearst is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in Northern Ontario, approximately west of Kapuskasing, approximately north of Toronto and east of Thunder Bay on Highway 11...

from its circulation routes. The paper's move to axe those towns from its regular circulation was a response to its dropping distribution levels. Those towns now receive the paper one day after its publication date.