The ''North Bay Nugget'' is a newspaper published in
North Bay, Ontario
North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing. North Bay developed as a railroad centre, and its airport was an important military ...
, Canada. The paper is currently owned by
Postmedia
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.
The paper was launched in 1907 as the ''Cobalt Nugget'', during the silver boom at
Cobalt, Ontario
Cobalt is a town in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 1,118 at the 2016 Census.
In the early 1900s, the area was heavily mined for silver; the silver ore also contained cobalt. By 1910, the community was the fourth h ...
. It was acquired by businessmen Harry Browning and W. G. Ferguson within a few months.
["Harry S. Browning: Printer Joined Cobalt Rush, Founded Paper"]. '']The Globe and Mail
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'', April 6, 1963. Initially a weekly, it was expanded into a daily paper in 1909,
[ and Browning was a founding member of ]Canadian Press
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when that cooperative was founded in 1917.[ Following the end of the Cobalt boom, Browning moved the paper to North Bay in 1921;][ he then sold it to W. E. Mason, the owner of the '']Sudbury Star
''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media company, Postmedia. It is the largest daily paper in Northeastern Ontario by circulation.
History
The ''Sudbury Star'' began as ...
'', in 1922, and moved to Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
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* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
in 1927 to become managing editor of the ''Star''.[ Mason remained the ''Nugget's'' owner until his death in 1948, following which an ]employee buyout
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purchased it from his estate. It was acquired by Southam Newspapers
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in 1956.
Southam acquired the Thomson Newspapers
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chain in 1996, reuniting the ''Nugget'' and the ''Star'' under common ownership. The papers were both sold to Osprey Media
Osprey Media L.P. 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. Formerly an independent income trust, it was ...
in 2001, and to Sun Media
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On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the sal ...
in 2007. In 2015, Postmedia acquired Sun Media.["Quebecor turns focus to wireless; Sale of English-language newspapers leaves it more Quebec-centric". '']Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...
'', October 7, 2014.
See also
*List of newspapers in Canada
This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers
Local weeklies
Alberta
* Airdrie – ''Airdrie Echo''
* Bashaw – '' Bashaw Star''
* Bassano – ''Bassano Times''
* Beaumont – ...
References
External links
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Mass media in North Bay, Ontario
Postmedia Network publications
Daily newspapers published in Ontario
Publications established in 1907
1907 establishments in Ontario