Ottawa Citizen
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 The February 1, 2016 front page of the Ottawa Citizen | |
| Type | Daily (Sundays discontinued in mid-2012) |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network |
| Editor | Michelle Richardson |
| Founded | 1845 (1845) (as The Bytown Packet) |
| Political alignment | Centre-right |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1101 Baxter Road Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3M4 |
| Circulation | 93,277 weekdays 84,394 Saturdays in 2015[1] |
| ISSN | 0839-3222 |
| Website | ottawacitizen.com |
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Contents
1 Circulation
2 History
3 Sections
3.1 Daily
3.2 Weekly
4 See also
5 References
6 Sources
7 External links
Circulation
Like most Canadian daily newspapers , the Ottawa Citizen has seen a decline in circulation. Its total circulation dropped by 26 percent to 91,796 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.[2]
Daily average[3]
History
Former logo.
Established as The Bytown Packet in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the Citizen in 1851. The newspaper's original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was Fair play and Day-Light.
The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846, Harris sold the paper to John Bell and Henry J. Friel. Robert Bell bought the paper in 1849. In 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh, the editor under Robert Bell, became publisher. In 1879, it became one of several papers owned by the Southam family. It remained under Southam until the chain was purchased by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc.. In 2000, Black sold most of his Canadian holdings, including the flagship National Post to CanWest Global.
The editorial view of the Citizen has varied with its ownership, taking a reform, anti-Tory position under Harris and a conservative position under Bell. As part of Southam, it moved to the left, supporting the Liberals largely in opposition to the Progressive Conservative Party's support of free trade in the late 1980s. Under Black, it moved to the right and became a supporter of the Reform Party. It endorsed the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2006 federal election.[citation needed]
In 2002, its publisher Russell Mills was dismissed following the publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and an editorial calling for Chrétien's resignation.[4]
It published its last Sunday edition on July 15, 2012. The move cut 20 newsroom jobs, and was part of a series of changes made by PostMedia.[5]
The logo used to depict the top of the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. In 2014 it was rebranded, with a new logo showing the paper's name over an outline of the Peace Tower on a green background.
Sections
Daily
- News
- World
- City
- Sports
- Arts
- Business
Weekly
- Food
- Driving
- Technology
- Homes & Condos
See also
- List of newspapers in Canada
- Ottawa Citizen TV
References
^ "2015 Daily Newspaper Circulation Spreadsheet (Excel)". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em Numbers are based on the total circulation (print plus digital editions).
^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2017. Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.
^ "Fired publisher named Nieman Fellow", Harvard University Gazette. 2002.
^ [1] Archived June 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
Sources
- Adam, Mohammed. (January 2, 2005). "When we began 1845: For 160 years, the Citizen has been the 'heartbeat of the community". Ottawa Citizen.
- Bruce, Charles. News and the Southams. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1968.
- Kesterton, W. H. A History of Journalism in Canada. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University Press, 1984.
ISBN 978-0-88629-022-1. - Rutherford, Paul. A Victorian authority: the daily press in late nineteenth-century Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982.
ISBN 978-0-8020-5588-0. DDC 71.1. LCC PN4907.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ottawa Citizen. |
- Official website
- Official mobile version
- Canadian Newspaper Association
- The Ottawa Citizen Birth Marriage, Anniversary, Death and Memoriam Notices 1879-1885
- Google News Archive microfilm archive 1853–1987