Based in Toronto, the National Post is a Canadian newspaper with national distribution, published Monday through Saturday. Its main competitors are The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star.
The National Post was founded in 1998 by media magnate Conrad Black to provide a voice for Canadian conservatives. It was patterned on the Financial Post, an established financial newspaper which Black purchased from Sun Media in 1997. Financial Post was retained as the name of the new paper's business section.
Conrad Black sold his Canadian media holdings, including the National Post and the Southam newspaper chain, to CanWest Global Communications Corp. in 2000. Canwest was a major Canadian broadcaster and newspaper publisher which entered creditor bankruptcy protection in late 2009, leading to the sale of the company's assets. Postmedia Network, a company formed by National Post CEO Paul Godfrey, acquired the majority of Canwest's newspapers.
This newspaper is owned by Postmedia Network Canada Corp.
The website is presented in the English language.
National Post Is First Canadian Newspaper to Publish New Circulation Report
-- Consolidated Media Report (CMR) provides a more complete picture of the publication's true audience, the Audit Bureau of Circulations announced on March 28, 2011. Because all of the data will be audited by the ABC, media buyers can review trusted figures that represent a publication's total media footprint.
"The National Post's CMR release is a first for Canadian newspaper media," said Joan Brehl, ABC Canada vice...
National Post Rolls Out Digital "Welcome Mats"
-- Specialized greetings an attempt to convert nomads into natives, Nieman Journalism Lab reported on January 13, 2011:
"On Monday, Canada's National Post published an article about a local school instituting a ban on gay-straight alliance groups. It's a good local story with broad cultural relevance, and, not surprisingly, it got linked on the web-curiosities aggregator Fark. Which led to a...
-- August 25, 2010 -- Alvin Brouwer is now president of business ventures at Postmedia Network, which publishes Canada's National Post. He was previously vice president of advertising and product development at Metroland Media.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, August 25, 2010
National Post Columnist Conrad Black Writes About the Day He Got His Freedom Back
-- July 30, 2010 -- Following his release from a Florida prison, Conrad Black has filed an exclusive column to this Saturday's National Post. It's Conrad Black, in his own words, writing for the first time about the day he got his freedom back.
In an excerpt from the column, Mr. Black says, "Of course, I was glad, jubilant, to leave, but also grateful for many of the relationships I had formed; enlightened by my observation of...
Two National Post Photographers Arrested at G20 Protest in Toronto
-- The newspaper reported on June 26, 2010:
"Two National Post photographers were arrested Saturday night during anti-G20 demontrations in downtown Toronto.
Brett Gundlock, a staff photographer for the Post, was tackled and taken away by several police officers in riot gear as they attempted to disperse protesters hanging around near the Ontario legislature.
Kier Gilmour, a photographer for Canwest News...
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