The Toronto Star is one of Canada's highest circulation newspapers, along with The Globe and Mail. The broadsheet paper covers news, opinion, business, sports, entertainment in the Toronto area. The newspaper is liberal in the Candian context, usually endorsing the Liberal Party federally.
Founded in 1892, The Star was originally known as The Evening Star and then The Toronto Daily Star. The newspaper where Clark Kent, Superman's alter ego, worked was called the Daily Star and was so named because Superman co-creator Joe Shuster once worked as a paperboy for The Toronto Star.
On August 5, 2020, The Star and owner Torstar Corporation were sold to NordStar Capital, a private investment company controlled by entrepreneurs Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett. They paid $60 million in Canadian dollars for the business, which publishes the Toronto Star and six other daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator and Waterloo Region Record, along with 70 community newspapers.
Circulation estimate: 193,050
This newspaper is owned by Torstar Corporation.
The website is presented in the English language.
Very Good (24 votes)Toronto Star Sold to NordStar Capital
-- One of Canada's leading newspaper companies will have a new owner. NordStar Capital, a private company controlled by entrepreneurs Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett, will pay about $52 million in Canadian dollars to buy Torstar Corporation. Torstar publishes the Toronto Star and six other daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator and Waterloo Region Record, along with...
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-- December 16, 2010: Andrew Phillips has been named the editorial page editor at the Toronto Star, effective January 11, 2011. He was previously business editor there. See all news about Toronto Star. Write a Toronto Star review. Log in now if you are a Mondo Times member. If you are not a member, register for a free Mondo Times basic membership.
-- Publishers and unions are asking the Canadian government to make Facebook and Google pay to show newspaper headlines and snippets. Jerry Dias, president of the Canadian union Unifor, wrote that "they have scooped up the vast majority of the revenue in Canada's $6-billion-plus online advertising market."
Dias wrote the story in the Toronto Star on April 30, 2020:
Ottawa must take on Facebook and Google now
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, May 7, 2020
-- Acknowledging that editorial cartoons "often evoke strong reactions," the editors of the Toronto Star issued an apology for running Michael de Adder's cartoon in the newspaper's July 20, 2012 edition:
"In the wake of the Scarborough shooting, de Adder drew an image of a young girl with the caption "Injuries to expect before they are two," with a "boo boo" from a high chair as well as an injury from a...
-- That was the sentiment expressed by Toronto Star editor Michael Cooke when, on behalf of his newspaper, he accepted the Excellence in Journalism Award (large media category) at the Canadian Journalism Foundation's (CJF) 14th Annual Awards Gala. The announcement of the awards was made on June 7, 2011.
The awards ceremony was held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel and was hosted by Global TV Toronto...
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