Toronto Star
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daily newspaper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key facts
- Type
- Daily newspaper
- Format
- Broadsheet
- Owner
- Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. (subsidiary of Torstar )
- Publisher
- Jordan Bitove
- Editor
- Nicole MacIntyre
- Founded
- 1892 ; 134 years ago ( 1892 ) (as Evening Star )
- Political alignment
- Social liberalism
- Headquarters
- 8 Spadina Avenue , Toronto , Ontario, M5V 0S8
- Issn
- 0319-0781
- Website
- www .thestar .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- daily newspaper
- Country
- Canada
- Headquarters
- Toronto
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Official website
- www.thestar.com
- Image
- Toronto Star Building.JPG
- Political ideology
- social liberalism
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- Commons category
- Toronto Star
- topic's main category
- Category:Toronto Star
- title
- Toronto Star
- inception
- 1892-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- newspaper format
- broadsheet
- political alignment
- centre-left
- place of publication
- Canada
- publication interval
- 1
- social media followers
- 1190249
- start time
- 1892-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Torstar Corporation, previously a publicly traded company from 1958 until it was acquired by private investment firm NordStar Capital LP in 2020. The newspaper is operated by Daily News Brands, a Torstar division.
Established in 1892 as the Evening Star, the newspaper was renamed the Toronto Daily Star in 1900 under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson significantly influenced the paper's editorial stance, with the publication reflecting his social liberal principles even after his death in 1948. His son-in-law, Harry C. Hindmarsh, continued these principles as the paper's longtime managing editor while also increasing circulation through sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photographs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Toronto Star” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.