The ''Financial Post'' was an English

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business newspaper, which published from 1907 to 1998. In 1998, the publication was folded into the new ''

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'',"Black says Post to merge with new paper". ''

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'', July 23, 1998. although the name ''Financial Post'' has been retained as the banner for that paper's business section and also lives on in the ''Post''s monthly business magazine, ''Financial Post Business''. The ''Financial Post'' started publication in 1907 by

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."Publishing Inc. on the move". ''The Globe and Mail, April 9, 1983. It was a weekly publication, and one of the core assets of Maclean's media business, which eventually became

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. The paper was purchased by

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in 1987, and expanded into a daily tabloid on February 1, 1988, and added home delivery newspaper in 1990, with a reformatted ''Financial Post Magazine'' following shortly after. In 1998, Sun Media sold the ''Financial Post'' to Hollinger, whose CEO

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had been seeking a way to establish a national newspaper."Black snaps up ''Financial Post''". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 21, 1998. Sun Media acquired the ''

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'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' from Hollinger in exchange, but has since sold all four papers. The Hollinger transaction was finalized in July 1998. Originally slated to launch on October 5, 1998, the ''National Post''s launch was delayed until October 27 by the financial complications of the ''Financial Post'' purchase."Black's newspaper delayed". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 8, 1998. The ''Financial Post'' retains a loyal audience of English business readers in Canada, offering coverage similar to the '' Report on Business'' by ''

''. Though there has been frequent speculation that the ''Financial Post'' would be merged into the business sections of the regional newspapers owned by the ''National Post''s parent,

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, much of the ''Post''s editorial content is now syndicated to other Postmedia newspapers through the Postmedia News Service. The ''Financial Post'' publishes several popular editorial features throughout the year, including the annual competition Financial Post's Ten Best Companies to Work For. Editors of the paper included

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"Francis replacing Godfrey as Post editor". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 5, 1991. and

Diane Francis Diane Marie Francis (born 1946) is an US-born British people, British-Canadian journalist, author and editor-at-large for the ''National Post'' newspaper since 1998. She is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D. ...

, who was the paper's last editor prior to the launch of the ''National Post''.

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