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The Toronto Daily Telegraph
''The Toronto Daily Telegraph'' was a conservative newspaper founded by John Ross Robertson in 1866 after he left '' The Globe'', a Liberal-leaning paper, to establish a Conservative-leaning paper. Launched on May 21, 1866, it initially ran a daily and evening version and was a pro-British voice against increasing American influence a year before Confederation. The paper was never profitable and debt led to the folding of the morning edition in May 1872. The paper's debt woes continued; unable to obtain financial support from the Conservative elite in Toronto, the broadsheet folded in June 1872. Robertson returned to ''The Globe'' and later established the successor to the ''Telegraph'', '' Toronto Telegram'', in 1876. See also Other conservative papers before and after the Telegraph: * ''The Mail and Empire'' 1895– ** ''The Toronto Mail'' 1872–1895 ** ''Toronto Empire'' 1887–1895 * ''The Toronto World'' 1880–1924 * ''Toronto Leader'' * '' Toronto Telegram'' 1876–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ross Robertson
John Ross Robertson (December 28, 1841 – May 31, 1918) was a Canadian newspaper publisher, politician, and philanthropist in Toronto, Ontario. Career Born in 1841, in Toronto, the son of John Robertson, a Scottish wholesale merchant, and Margaret Sinclair, Robertson was educated at Upper Canada College, a private high school in Toronto. As a young man, he started a newspaper at UCC called ''Young Canada'' and a satirical weekly magazine, '' The Grumbler''. The Grumbler was published in 1864 in a building on the corner of King Street and Toronto Street in Toronto. The Grumbler was one of Robertson's more well known publications. He was hired as a reporter and then city editor at '' The Globe'' in Toronto, but left ''The Globe'' to found '' The Toronto Daily Telegraph'' in 1866. That paper lasted five years, and Robertson went to England as a reporter for ''The Globe''. He returned to Toronto in 1876 and convinced his friend and former colleague, Goldwin Smith, to loan hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |