''The StarPhoenix'' is a daily

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that serves

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, Canada, and is a part of

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. The ''StarPhoenix'' puts out six editions each week and publishes one weekly, ''Bridges''. It is also part of the canada.com

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History

The ''StarPhoenix'' was first published as ''The Saskatoon Phoenix'' on October 17, 1902 (following a short-lived attempt at a local newspaper, the ''Saskatoon Sentinel''). In 1909, it became a daily paper and, in 1910, was renamed the ''Saskatoon Capital''. The paper was sold and bought several times between its inception and the 1920s, at one point being owned by W. F. Herman, the future owner and publisher of the ''

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''The New York Times'' (Jan. 17, 1938). By 1927, there were two daily papers in Saskatoon: the ''Saskatoon Daily Star'' and the ''Daily Phoenix''. In January 1928, both papers were bought by the Sifton family of

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and amalgamated into the ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix''. In the early 1980s the spelling of the newspaper name was modified to ''StarPhoenix''. Between the 1928 amalgamation and the launch of the Saskatoon edition of ''

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'' in April 2012, the ''StarPhoenix'' was the city's only daily newspaper. In 1996, the ''StarPhoenix'' was bought by the Hollinger newspaper chain. It was subsequently sold to

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in 2000 and became part of its

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division, later called the

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. CanWest was acquired by Postmedia News, Inc., which is the current owner of ''The StarPhoenix''. In 2015, the ''StarPhoenix'' press began printing the ''

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'', in addition to its own print edition, after the Leader-Post's own press was shut down.

Circulation

Like most Canadian daily newspapers, ''The StarPhoenix'' has seen a decline in circulation. Its total circulation dropped by percent to 39,008 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. :::::::::Daily average Figures refer to the total circulation, print and digital combined, which includes paid and unpaid copies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:StarPhoenix, The Newspapers published in Saskatoon Postmedia Network publications Daily newspapers published in Saskatchewan

History

Circulation

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