• Source: Sun Media

Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49% owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media.
On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the sale of the remaining English-language print assets of Sun Media to rival Postmedia. The sale included neither the Sun News Network, which subsequently closed when a buyer was not found, nor Quebecor's French-language papers Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec. The sale was approved by the federal Competition Bureau on March 25, 2015, and closed on April 13. Canoe Sun Media merged with Postmedia rather than being maintained as a separate division.
Quebecor had previously sold its community newspapers in Quebec to TC Transcontinental in June 2014, under a deal first announced in December 2013.




History


Sun Publishing was formed on February 4, 1978 through the amalgamation of Toronto Sun Holdings Ltd and Toronto Sun Publishing Ltd. The two companies had been formed in 1971 with the launch of the Toronto Sun by former staffers of the defunct Toronto Telegram. On February 14, 1978, the Edmonton Sun, the second member of what would become the Sun chain, was announced through a partnership of Sun Media and Edmonton Sun Publishing Ltd. The paper was launched on April 2, 1978. In 1981, the outstanding shares of Edmonton Sun Publishing Ltd were acquired by Sun Media. The company purchased the Calgary Albertan on July 31, 1980 for $1.3 million and relaunched it days later as the Calgary Sun, with the same format and appearance as its sister papers.
In 1979, it purchased the United Press International's Canadian subsidiary, the former British United Press. It ran the news agency for several years before selling it to Canadian Press in 1985.
In 1983, 50% of Sun Media was acquired by Maclean-Hunter for $55 million. That same year, Sun Media, with Maclean-Hunter's backing, acquired the Houston Post for $100 million in an attempt to expand into the United States. It was sold for $150 million four years later. In 1987, Maclean-Hunter's Financial Post weekly was sold to Sun Media for $46 million and was relaunched as a daily tabloid financial newspaper the following year. In 1988, Sun Media acquired the Ottawa Sunday Herald which it would relaunch as the daily Ottawa Sun.
In 1994, Maclean-Hunter was purchased by Rogers Communications. Two years later, on October 4, 1996, the management of the Sun chain under the leadership of Paul Godfrey purchased Rogers' share of the Sun Publishing and renamed the company Sun Media. In 1998, the Financial Post was sold to Southam Inc. in exchange for the Hamilton Spectator, the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, the Guelph Mercury, and the Cambridge Reporter. Also in 1998, Sun Media was purchased by Quebecor and maintained as a wholly owned subsidiary of it. Godfrey had sought out Quebecor as a "white knight" in order to frustrate an attempted hostile takeover by the Sun's longtime rival, the Toronto Star. In 1999, Quebcor sold the four recently acquired southern Ontario newspapers to the owners of the Toronto Star and became part of its Metroland Media Group. Southam, owned by Conrad Black, would relaunch the Financial Post as the National Post. In 2007, Sun Media acquired and absorbed the Osprey Media chain of small English language newspapers mostly based in Ontario. In 2014, after years of cuts and restructuring, Quebecor sold its Sun Media division to Postmedia which, ironically, had former Sun Media CEO Paul Godfrey as its chief executive. The sale was completed in April 2015 and Sun Media was dissolved with its newspapers being absorbed by the Postmedia chain.




Sun Media publications






= Sun newspapers

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Calgary Sun
Edmonton Sun
Ottawa Sun
Toronto Sun
Winnipeg Sun




= Le Journal newspapers

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Le Journal de Montréal
Le Journal de Québec (Quebec City)




= 24hrs newspapers

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24heures Montreal
24hrs Toronto
24hrs Vancouver




= Local daily newspapers

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Alberta

The Daily Herald-Tribune - Grande Prairie
Fort McMurray Today - Fort McMurray



Manitoba

Portage Daily Graphic - Portage la Prairie



Ontario

Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville
Brantford Expositor - Brantford
Chatham Daily News - Chatham
Cornwall Standard Freeholder - Cornwall
Kingston Whig Standard - Kingston
London Free Press - London
Niagara Falls Review - Niagara Falls
North Bay Nugget - North Bay
Northumberland Today - Cobourg
Orillia Packet and Times - Orillia
Owen Sound Sun Times - Owen Sound
Pembroke Daily Observer - Pembroke
Peterborough Examiner - Peterborough
Sarnia Observer - Sarnia
Sault Star - Sault Ste. Marie
Simcoe Reformer - Simcoe
St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines
St. Thomas Times-Journal - St. Thomas
Sudbury Star - Sudbury
The Barrie Examiner - Barrie
The Beacon Herald - Stratford
The Recorder & Times - Brockville
Timmins Daily Press - Timmins
Welland Tribune - Welland
Woodstock Sentinel-Review - Woodstock




= Weekly newspapers

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Alberta

Airdrie Echo - Airdrie
Bow Valley Crag & Canyon - Banff
Camrose Canadian - Camrose
Cochrane Times - Cochrane
Cold Lake Sun - Cold Lake
County Market - Leduc
Devon Dispatch - Devon
Drayton Valley Western Review - Drayton Valley
Edmonton Examiner - Edmonton
Edson Leader - Edson
Fairview Post - Fairview
Fort Saskatchewan Record - Fort Saskatchewan
Hanna Herald - Hanna
High River Times - High River
Hinton Parklander - Hinton
Lacombe Globe - Lacombe
Leduc Representative - Leduc
Mayerthorpe Freelancer - Mayerthorpe
Meridian Booster - Lloydminster
Nanton News - Nanton
Peace Country Sun - Grande Prairie
Peace River Record-Gazette - Peace River
Pincher Creek Echo - Pincher Creek
Sherwood Park News - Sherwood Park
Spruce Grove Examiner - Spruce Grove
Stony Plain Reporter - Stony Plain
Strathmore Standard - Strathmore
The Beaumont News - Beaumont
Vermilion Standard - Vermilion
Vulcan Advocate - Vulcan
Wetaskiwin Times - Wetaskiwin
Whitecourt Star - Whitecourt



Manitoba

Altona Red River Valley Echo - Altona
Carman Valley Leader - Carman
Interlake Spectator - Gimli
Morden Times - Morden
Selkirk Journal - Selkirk
Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times - Stonewall
Winkler Times - Winkler



Ontario

Bancroft This Week - Bancroft
Barry's Bay This Week - Barry's Bay
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times - Bradford
Chatham This Week - Chatham
Clinton News-Record - Clinton
Cochrane Times-Post - Cochrane
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin - Collingwood
County Weekly News - Prince Edward County
Elliot Lake Standard - Elliot Lake
Fort Erie Times - Fort Erie
Frontenac This Week - Kingston
Gananoque Reporter - Gananoque
Goderich Signal Star - Goderich
Haliburton Echo - Haliburton
Hanover Post - Hanover
Ingersoll Times - Ingersoll
Innisfil Examiner - Innisfil
InPort News - Port Colborne
Kapuskasing Times - Kapuskasing
Kenora Daily Miner and News - Kenora
Kincardine News - Kincardine
Kingston This Week - Kingston
Lakeshore Advance - Grand Bend
Lake of the Woods Enterprise - Kenora
Leader-Spirit - Dresden
Lucknow Sentinel - Lucknow
Mid-North Monitor - Espanola
Petrolia Topic - Petrolia



Saskatchewan

Melfort Journal - Melfort
Nipawin Journal - Nipawin




= Other publications

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Magazines

Biz Magazine
Business London
Hamilton Halton Weddings
Hamilton Magazine
Kingston Life
Muskoka Cottage Home Property
Muskoka Magazine
Muskoka Trails
Niagara Magazine
Ontario Farmer
Sault Good Life
Simcoe Life
Vines Magazine
What's Up Muskoka




Former assets


The following publications have been closed by Sun Media:

24 Hours in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton
Canmore Leader, Canmore, Alberta (merged to become the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon in 2013)
Banff Crag & Canyon, Banff, Alberta (merged to become the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon in 2013)
The Beausejour Review, Beausejour, Manitoba
The Lac du Bonnet Leader, Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
The Lindsay Daily Post, Lindsay, Ontario
Midland Free Press, Midland, Ontario
L'Action Régionale Montérégie, Montérégie, Québec
Le Magazine Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Le Progrès de Bellechasse, Bellechasse, Quebec
The Meadow Lake Progress, Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
The Crowsnest Pass Promoter, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta
CKXT-DT - closed 2011
Sun News Network




= Sold

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Houston Post, Houston, Texas (acquired in 1983, sold in 1987)
The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
Guelph Mercury, Guelph, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
Cambridge Reporter, Cambridge, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999)
CP24 - 29.9% interest sold to CHUM Limited in 2004. Now owned by Bell Media.
United Press Canada - 80% interest purchased in 1979 from United Press International, sold to Canadian Press in 1985




References






External links


Official Sun Media website
• Source: SunMedia

SunMedia is a media company in Tauranga, New Zealand. Founded by Claire and Brian Rogers in 2000, the company was acquired by NZME in 2024. SunMedia's assets consist of the SunLive website, The Weekend Sun, Coast & Country News and New Farm Dairies newspapers, and Waterline and MySpace magazines.




History


SunMedia was founded around 2000 by Tauranga couple Claire and Brian Rogers. Their SunLive platform and newspapers operate in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island. Following Brian's death in 2022, his wife Claire continued managing the company.
On 5 March 2024, SunMedia and its assets were acquired by the media company NZME. As part of the purchase, SunMedia's 28 employees including 17 permanent/fixed term staff received conditional employment offers from NZME. Rogers said that the NZME acquisition would preserve the viability of local journalism and advertising in Tauranga and the surrounding region. NZME CEO Michael Boggs said that the acquisition demonstrated NZME's commitment to local journalism and its publishing strategy of serving local communities and advertisers, and providing a digital news offering.
Between 2008 and 2024, SunMedia's office was based at the historic Bond Store on 1 Strand Street, Tauranga. The Category 1 heritage building was first built as a storage and customs facility in 1883. Following NZME's acquisition, SunMedia relocated its operations to NZME's office on 405 Cameron Road. SunMedia also donated its newspaper archives to the Tauranga City Library.




Assets and organisation


As of June 2024, SunMedia's assets consists of the SunLive and Rotorua Now websites, the newspapers The Weekend Sun, Coast & Country News and New Farm Dairies, and the magazines Waterline and MySpace. The company also had 28 employees including 17 permanent/fixed term staff as of March 2024.
The Weekend Sun is a free weekend newspaper while Coast & Country News is a rural news publication targeting farmers, orchardists, lifestylers, suppliers, contractors and rural service industries. New Farm Dairies is a building guide aimed at new dairy farmers. Waterline is a watersports and boating magazine while MySpace is a free magazine targeting builders and renovators.




Notes and references






External links


Official website

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