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The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language
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Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
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Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place in downtown Toronto. The newspaper published its first edition in November 1971, after it had acquired the assets of the defunct '' Toronto Telegram'', and hired portions of the ''Telegram''s staff. In 1978, Toronto Sun Holdings and Toronto Sun Publishing were consolidated to form Sun Publishing (later renamed Sun Media Corporation). Sun Publishing went on to form similar tabloids to the ''Toronto Sun'' in other Canadian cities during the late 1970s and 1980s. The ''Sun'' was acquired by Postmedia Network in 2015, as a part of the sale of the ''Sun''s parent company, Sun Media.


History

In 1971, the Toronto Sun Publishing was created and purchased the syndication operations and newspaper vending boxes from the '' Toronto Telegram'', which ceased operations in the same year. The Toronto Sun also recruited staff from the former ''Telegram'' conservative broadsheet newspaper, and published its first edition on 1 November 1973. The ''Sun'' is considered a spiritual successor to the ''Telegram''. The ''Sun'' is the holder of the ''Telegram'' archives. Publisher Doug Chreighton was originally going to name the new newspaper the ''Toronto News'' but
Andy Donato Andy Donato is an editorial cartoonist and former art director for the ''Toronto Sun''. Life and career Donato graduated from Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the ''Toronto Telegram' ...
, who was asked to design the paper's first front page and decided to call the paper the ''Toronto Sun'' instead. Creighton decided it was too late to change it and renamed the paper. 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 The former Toronto Sun Building, at 333 King Street East at Sherbourne (now 333-351 King Street East) was built as the home of one of Toronto's daily English language newspapers, the ''Toronto Sun''. Built in 1975, with a sixth floor added subseq ...
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, and the Sun consolidated its operations onto the second floor and remained in the building until it relocated offices in 2016. In 1978, Toronto Sun Holdings and Toronto Sun Publishing were consolidated to form Sun Publishing. The corporation expanded its tabloid footprint, having established its second tabloid, the '' Edmonton Sun'' through a partnership agreement with Edmonton Sun Publishing in 1978. The ''Albertan'' was acquired in 1980 and made into the company's third tabloid, the '' Calgary Sun'' in 1980. In 1988, '' The Washington Post'' described the ''Sun'' as an example of tabloid journalism.


21st century

In 2004, the ''Sun'' began its annual George Gross/Toronto Sun Sportsperson of the Year award. By the mid-2000s, the word "The" was dropped from the paper's name and the newspaper adopted its current logo. 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. 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'' was acquired by Postmedia in 2015, with its purchase of
Sun Media Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media. On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the ...
from Quebecor. Following the acquisition of the Sun newspaper chain by PostMedia in 2015, the ''Toronto Sun'' staff and operations moved to 365 Bloor Street East, the same building that houses the '' National Post''. However, the two newspapers maintains separate newsrooms. The move occurred in March 2016.


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.


Circulation

The ''Toronto Sun'' has seen—like most Canadian daily newspapers—a decline in circulation. Its total circulation dropped by percent to 121,304 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. :::::::::Daily average Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.


Notable staff


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 Mike Strobel (born 1955) Indicates age 46 at that time. is a Canadian journalist, formerly a columnist for the ''Toronto Sun''. After attending the School of Journalism at Carleton University Strobel joined the ''Calgary Sun The ''Calgary Su ...
(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 Adrienne Batra (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian journalist and publicist. She has been editor-in-chief of the ''Toronto Sun'' since May 2015. Batra was born in Saskatchewan, the youngest daughter of Harbir and Deepi Batra. Her parents were te ...
(2015–present)


Current staff

*
Adrienne Batra Adrienne Batra (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian journalist and publicist. She has been editor-in-chief of the ''Toronto Sun'' since May 2015. Batra was born in Saskatchewan, the youngest daughter of Harbir and Deepi Batra. Her parents were te ...
, editor-in-chief, former comment editor and municipal affairs columnist * Mark Bonokoski, columnist, editorial writer *
Andy Donato Andy Donato is an editorial cartoonist and former art director for the ''Toronto Sun''. Life and career Donato graduated from Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute and worked at Eaton's as a layout artist. He joined the ''Toronto Telegram' ...
, editorial cartoonist * Tarek Fatah, columnist *
Brian Lilley Brian Lilley is a columnist, author, television show host, and was the senior correspondent for the now defunct Sun News Network in Ottawa, covering Parliament Hill. He has worked in radio, television and print across Canada. A former radio show o ...
, provincial, national affairs columnist * Steve Simmons, sports columnist


Former staff

* Charles Adler, QMI columnist *
David Akin David Akin is a Canadian reporter, currently the chief political correspondent for Global News. Akin's career began in 1993 with ''The Packet and Times'' in Orillia, Ontario, as the paper's city hall reporter. In 1995, he moved to ''The Chronic ...
, columnist * Barbara Amiel, editor and columnist * Joan Barfoot, reporter * Christie Blatchford, columnist (deceased) * Mark Bourrie, reporter * Jim Brown, manager (deceased) * Dalton Camp, columnist (deceased) *
Gordon Chong Gordon Joseph Chong (October 28, 1943 – July 13, 2018) was a Canadian politician and public servant active in Toronto. He served as a Toronto city councillor and was vice-chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission in the 1990s. He served on the ...
, columnist (deceased) *
Sheila Copps Sheila Maureen Copps (born November 27, 1952) is a former Canadian politician who also served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to April 30, 1996, and June 19, 1996, to June 11, 1997. Her father, Victor Copps, ...
, columnist *
Michael Coren Michael Coren (born 15 January 1959) is a British-Canadian writer and clergyman. A long-time television personality, Coren hosted '' The Michael Coren Show'' on the Crossroads Television System from 1999 to 2011 before moving to the Sun News Ne ...
, QMI columnist * Danielle Crittenden, reporter, columnist * John Downing, city hall columnist, editor-in-chief *
Mike Filey Mike Filey (October 11, 1941 – July 30, 2022) was a Canadian historian, radio host, journalist and author. He was awarded the Jean Hibbert Memorial Award in 2009 for promoting the city of Toronto and its history. Early life Born in 1941 in ...
, Toronto history columnist * Doug Fisher, Parliament Hill columnist (deceased) *
Allan Fotheringham Allan Fotheringham (August 31, 1932August 19, 2020) was a Canadian newspaper and magazine journalist. He styled himself Dr. Foth and "the Great Gatheringfroth". He was described as "never at a loss for words". Early life Fotheringham was born ...
, national affairs columnist (deceased) * David Frum, columnist * W. Gifford-Jones, M.D. (pseudonym for Ken Walker), medical columnist * Edward Greenspan, lawyer, columnist (deceased) * George Gross, corporate sports editor, columnist (deceased) * Max Haines, "Crime Flashback" feature (deceased) * Paul Hellyer, columnist and founding investor (deceased) * Jim Hunt, sports writer (deceased) *
Ajit Jain Ajit Jain (born 1951) is an Indian-American executive who is the Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway as of January 10, 2018. Ajit Jain is an older cousin of Anshu Jain, who was the former Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank. Educat ...
, columnist * George Jonas, columnist (deceased) * Warren Kinsella, political columnist * Linda Leatherdale, business editor, columnist * Ezra Levant, QMI columnist *
Sue-Ann Levy Sue-Ann Levy (born September 23, 1956) is a Canadian writer and former political columnist for the ''Toronto Sun'' and Postmedia, who focused on municipal and social issues in Ontario. She has been described as 'unapologetically conservative', and ...
, political columnist, former municipal affairs columnist * Bob MacDonald, columnist (deceased) * Heather Mallick, columnist *
Salim Mansur Salim Mansur is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He is a former columnist for the ''London Free Press'' and the '' Toronto Sun'', and has contributed to various publications including ...
, columnist * Eric Margolis, international affairs columnist, contributing editor *
Rachel Marsden Rachel Marsden (born December 2, 1974) is a Canadian conservative political columnist, television commentator and university lecturer, based in Paris. She is also the CEO of Rachel Marsden Associates, a PR and media consultancy firm. As of Mar ...
, columnist * Lois Maxwell ( Moneypenney), columnist (deceased) * Judi McLeod, education reporter * Ben Mulroney, columnist *
Ted Reeve Edward Henry Reeve (January 6, 1902 – August 27, 1983) was a multi-sport Canadian athlete and sports journalist. He was on two Grey Cup winning teams as a football player, a Mann Cup championship as a lacrosse player and three Yates Cup cham ...
, sports columnist (deceased) *
Sid Ryan Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan (born 1952) is a Canadian labour union leader and politician. Ryan is the former president of the Ontario Federation of Labour. Biography Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and third eldest of ten children, Ryan emigrat ...
, columnist * Paul Rimstead, columnist (deceased) * Laura Sabia, columnist (deceased) * Morton Shulman, columnist (deceased) *
Joey Slinger Joey Slinger (born John Edward Slinger, Jr. 1943 at Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and author, particularly known as a long-standing humour columnist for the ''Toronto Star''. He first studied at Queen's University but left there after ...
, columnist * Walter Stewart, columnist (deceased) * John Tory, mayor of Toronto, former Rogers executive *
Garth Turner John Garth Turner (born March 14, 1949) is a Canadian business journalist, best-selling author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor, and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue ...
, business editor * Sherri Wood, columnist (deceased) * Peter Worthington, columnist, former editor (deceased) *
Lubor J. Zink Lubor Jan Zink (September 20, 1920 – November 6, 2003) was a Czech-Canadian writer and columnist known for his anti-Communism. Early life Zink was born in Klapý, Czechoslovakia. He was a student of economics at Czech Technical University in P ...
, columnist (deceased)


See also

*
Media in Canada The media of Canada is diverse and highly regionalized. News media, both print and digital and in both official languages, is largely dominated by a handful of major media corporations. The largest of these corporations is the country’s nat ...
* List of media outlets in Toronto *
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 � ...
*
List of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation 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 ...


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