Toronto Sun
Toronto Sun
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Postmedia |
| Editor-in-chief | Adrienne Batra |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Political alignment | Right-wing Conservative[1] |
| Headquarters | 365 Bloor Street East3rd FloorToronto,OntarioM4W 3L4 |
| Circulation | 119,048 weekdays 111,515 Saturdays 142,376 Sundays in 2015[2] |
| ISSN | 0837-3175[10] |
| OCLCnumber | 66653673[11] |
| Website | torontosun.com[12] |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Postmedia |
| Editor-in-chief | Adrienne Batra |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Political alignment | Right-wing Conservative[1] |
| Headquarters | 365 Bloor Street East3rd FloorToronto,OntarioM4W 3L4 |
| Circulation | 119,048 weekdays 111,515 Saturdays 142,376 Sundays in 2015[2] |
| ISSN | 0837-3175[10] |
| OCLCnumber | 66653673[11] |
| Website | torontosun.com[12] |
History
The former Toronto Sun building at 333 King Street East in 2007.
A Toronto Sun newspaper vending machine
The Sun was first published on November 1, 1971, the Monday after the demise of the Toronto Telegram, a conservative broadsheet.[3] As there was no publishing gap between the two papers and many of the Tely's writers and employees moved to the new paper, it is today generally considered as a direct continuation of the Telegram. The Sun is the holder of the Telegram archives.
As of the end of 2007, the Sun had a Monday through Saturday circulation of approximately 180,000 papers and Sunday circulation of 310,000.
The Sun is owned by Postmedia following the 2015 purchase of Sun Media from Quebecor. Torstar, the parent company of the Toronto Star, once attempted to purchase the Sun. The paper, which boasts the slogan "Toronto's Other Voice" (also once called "The Little Paper that Grew") acquired a television station from Craig Media in 2005, which was renamed SUN TV and later was transformed into the Sun News Network until its demise in 2015. By the mid-2000s (decade), the word "The" was dropped from the paper's name and the newspaper adopted its current logo.
The *Toronto Sun'*s first editor was Peter Worthington. He assumed the title "editor-in-chief" in 1976, resigned in 1982 to protest the newspaper's takeover by Maclean-Hunter but remained a columnist for the paper until his death in 2013. He was succeeded by Barbara Amiel who, in turn, was succeeded by John Downing (as editor). Other senior editors have included Lorrie Goldstein (city editor, editorial page editor), Linda Williamson (senior associate editor), Rob Granatstein (editorial page editor), and as editors-in-chief: Peter O'Sullivan, Mike Strobel, Jim Jennings, Glenn Garnett (2006–2007), Lou Clancy (2007–2009), James Wallace (2008–2013) and Wendy Metcalfe (2013-2015). The current editor-in-chief is Adrienne Batra; the publisher is Mike Power.
The Toronto Sun was originally published out of leased space at the Eclipse White Wear Company Building at 322 King Street West. In 1975, the newspaper moved into the Toronto Sun Building at 333 King Street East which was eventually expanded to six storeys to house all of the newspaper's operations. In 2010, the building was sold to property development company First Gulf, the Sun consolidated its operations onto the second floor and remained in the building until 2016.
Following the acquisition of the Sun newspaper chain by PostMedia in 2015, it was announced that the Toronto Sun staff and operations will move to 365 Bloor Street East, the same building that houses the National Post, but that the two newspapers will maintain separate newsrooms. The move occurred in March 2016.[4]
Editorial position
Editorially, the paper frequently follows the positions of traditional Canadian/British conservatism and neo-conservatism in the United States on economic issues.
Editorials typically promote individualism, self-reliance, the police, and a strong military and support for troops.
Editorials typically condemn high taxes and, most of all, perceived government waste.
Sportsperson of the Year award
In 2004, the Sun began its annual George Gross/Toronto Sun Sportsperson of the Year award.[5]
Circulation
The Toronto Sun has seen—like most Canadian daily newspapers—a decline in circulation. Its total circulation dropped by 36 percent to 121,304 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.[6]
Sister papers
The *Toronto Sun'*s format has given rise to sister Sun newspapers in major markets across Canada, namely the Edmonton Sun, the Calgary Sun and the Ottawa Sun. The Winnipeg Sun was originally launched by independent interests, only later coming under common ownership to the Toronto Sun, which subsequently elicited a redesign in Sun Media style.
The Vancouver Sun is a broadsheet and was never a Sun Media newspaper. Due to the acquisition of Sun Media by the Postmedia Network, the Vancouver Sun now shares the same owner as the other Sun newspapers; The Province
Editors-in-chief
The Toronto Sun originally had several editors with various responsibilities, none with the title "editor-in-chief"; however, from 1971 to 1976, Peter Worthington was listed on the newspaper's masthead immediately under the publisher, Doug Creighton.
Peter Worthington (1976–1982)
Barbara Amiel (1983–1985)
John Downing editor (1985–1997), no editor-in-chief until 1995
Peter O'Sullivan (1995–1999)
Mike Strobel (1999–2001)
Mike Therien (2001–2004)
Jim Jennings (2004–2006)
Glenn Garnett (2007)
Lou Clancy (2007–2009)
James Wallace (2009–2013)
Wendy Metcalfe (2013-2015)
Adrienne Batra (2015–present)
Current staff, columnists and writers
Adrienne Batra, editor-in-chief, former comment editor and municipal affairs columnist
Kevin Hann, Deputy Editor
Jonathan Kingstone, City Editor
Cynthia McLeod (journalist), Assistant City Editor
Zenon Ruryk, Assistant City Editor
Bill Pierce (journalist), Sports Editor
Derek Tse (journalist), Deputy Sports Editor
Mark Daniell, Entertainment Editor
Antonella Artuso, Queen's Park bureau chief
Kevin Connor (journalist), news reporter
Chris Doucette, crime reporter
Sam Pazzano, courts reporter
Jenny Yuen, news reporter
Bryan Passifiume, news reporter
Brad Hunter (journalist), news reporter
Sue-Ann Levy, political columnist, former municipal affairs columnist
Michele Mandel, justice columnist
Joe Warmington, city columnist
Steve Buffery, Basketball reporter
Mike Ganter, Baseball reporter
Lance Hornby, Hockey reporter
Terry Koshan, Hockey/CFL reporter
Rob Longley, Hockey/NFL/Horse Racing reporter
Ryan Wolstat, Basketball reporter
Steve Simmons, sports columnist
Frank Zicarelli, basketball/CFL columnist
Robin Robinson (journalist), National Travel Editor
Rita DeMontis, National Food/Life Editor
Liz Braun, Movies, News reporter
Jane Stevenson, Music, News reporter
Mark Bonokoski, columnist, editorial writer
Andy Donato, editorial cartoonist
Tarek Fatah, columnist
Mike Filey, Toronto history columnist
Anthony Furey (journalist), columnist, national comment editor
W. Gifford-Jones, medical columnist
Lorrie Goldstein, columnist, former senior associate editor
Dave Abel (photojournalist)|Dave Abel, photojournalist
Craig Robertson, photojournalist
Stan Behal, photojournalist
Veronica Henri, photojournalist
Ernest Doroszuk, photojournalist
Jack Boland, photojournalist
Jim Warren, national political columnist
Former Sun staff
Charles Adler, QMI columnist
David Akin, columnist
Barbara Amiel, editor and columnist
Joan Barfoot, reporter
Ray Biggart, city editor
Christie Blatchford, columnist
Christina Blizzard, Queen's Park columnist (1994–2016), previously covered school board and city hall
Mark Bourrie, reporter
Jim Brown, manager
Dalton Camp, columnist (deceased)
Bob Carroll, columnist
Gordon Chong, columnist (deceased)
Sheila Copps, columnist
Michael Coren, QMI columnist
J. Douglas Creighton, founding publisher (deceased)
Danielle Crittenden, reporter, columnist
Yvonne Crittenden, book reviewer, columnist
John Downing, city hall columnist, editor-in-chief
Gary Dunford, Page Six columnist (humour and gossip)
Doug Fisher, Parliament Hill columnist (deceased)
Allan Fotheringham, national affairs columnist
David Frum, columnist
Rob Granatstein, editorial page editor, columnist, reporter
Brian Gray, assistant city editor
Edward Greenspan, lawyer, columnist
George Gross, Corporate Sports Editor, columnist (deceased)
Max Haines, "Crime Flashback" feature (deceased)
Paul Hellyer, columnist and founding investor
Claire Hoy, Queen's Park columnist
Jim Hunt, sports writer (deceased)
Ajit Jain, columnist
Jim Jennings, editor-in-chief
George Jonas, columnist
Warren Kinsella, political columnist
Robert Lamberti, Crime Reporter
Linda Leatherdale, business editor,columnist
Ezra Levant, QMI columnist
Brian Lilley, national affairs columnist
Bob MacDonald, columnist (deceased)
Heather Mallick, columnist
Salim Mansur, columnist
Eric Margolis, international affairs columnist, contributing editor
Rachel Marsden, columnist
Lois Maxwell (Moneypenney), columnist (deceased)
Rachel Marsden, columnist
Judi McLeod, education reporter
Cal Millar, reporter
Ben Mulroney, columnist
Joe O'Donnell, columnist (deceased)
McKenzie Porter, columnist
Les Pyette, publisher
Ted Reeve, sports columnist (deceased)
Sid Ryan, columnist
Paul Rimstead, columnist (deceased)
Ken Robertson, reporter-photographer
Laura Sabia, columnist (deceased)
John Sakamoto, music writer ("Anti-Hit List")
Morton Shulman, columnist (deceased)
Joey Slinger, columnist
Jim Slotek, Movies/TV
Michael Smee, reporter
Mark Stewart, crime writer (deceased)
Walter Stewart, columnist (deceased)
Mike Therrien, editor-in-chief
John Tory, mayor of Toronto, former Rogers executive
Garth Turner, business editor
Gord Walsh, managing editor
Greg Weston, columnist
Sherri Wood, columnist (deceased)
Peter Worthington, columnist, former editor (deceased)
Lubor J. Zink, columnist (deceased)