''Montreal Mirror'' or just ''Mirror'' was a free
English language
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alternative newsweekly
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based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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which was distributed every Thursday.
It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week.
First published on June 20, 1985, the publication became a weekly in September 1989. It was bought by media giant
Quebecor in 1997. It was published by ''Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée''.
On June 22, 2012,
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 ...
(the division of Quebecor that the Mirror belonged to) announced that the paper would be ceasing publication effective immediately.
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 â ...
*
Ken Hechtman
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References
External links
''Montreal Mirror'' (official website)(via the Internet Archive)
Company profile-
Verified Audit Circulation (via the Internet Archive)
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Alternative weekly newspapers published in Canada
Newspapers published in Montreal
English-language newspapers published in Quebec
Publications established in 1985
Publications disestablished in 2012
Weekly newspapers published in Quebec
1985 establishments in Quebec
2012 disestablishments in Quebec