The Globe and Mail bills itself as "Canada's national newspaper" and describes its mission as being "to inspire and inform Canadians through courageous, empathetic, and honest journalism." It is the highest circulation daily newspaper in Canada and is distributed across most the country. Its largest competitor for Canadian readership is The Toronto Star.
The newspaper was founded in 1844 by George Brown as The Globe. In 1936, George McCullagh bought The Globe and competitor the Mail and Empire and merged them to create The Globe and Mail. Since 2010 the newspaper has been owned by the Woodbridge Company, a privately controlled Canadian business which also owns information services company Thomson Reuters.
Circulation estimate: 299,929
This newspaper is owned by Woodbridge Company.
The website is presented in the English language.
Very Good (27 votes)Woodbridge Company Becomes Sole Owner of The Globe and Mail
-- August 14, 2015: The Woodbridge Company of Canada has acquired the 15 percent of The Globe and Mail it did not already own from BCE Inc., a leading Canadian telecommunications and media company.
Published in Toronto, The Globe and Mail is the biggest national newspaper in Canada. WoodBridge Company is an investment business controlled by Canada's Thomson family, which also owns a majority stake in news...
Canada's Globe and Mail Will Erect Paywall, Asks Staff to Take Unpaid Leave
-- Canada's second-largest newspaper, circulation-wise, announced that it would begin charging readers to access online content, beginning in the Fall of 2012.
In Globe to charge readers for online content, publisher and CEO Phillip Crawley also noted that staffers would need to take unpaid leaves this summer as a temporary cost-cutting measure.
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The Globe and Mail promotes Jill Borra to the position of executive editor, effective January 2012. She rises from managing editor for features there, having previously served as the newspaper's lifestyle editor, deputy city editor and travel editor. Globe and Mail Appoints First-Ever Public Editor
-- November 1, 2010 -- Craig Saila is now director of digital media at The Globe and Mail. He was previously foundry director at MSNBC.com. See all news about Globe and Mail. Write a Globe and Mail 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.
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorado USA, January 25, 2012
-- Sylvia Stead, currently serving as associate editor of the Globe and Mail, assumes the duties of public editor -- also known as ombudsman -- at one of Canada's largest-circulation national newspapers.
The Globe and Mail's editor in chief, John Stackhouse, announced the news via an internal memo dated January 16, 2011.
Stackhouse didn't mince many words when pointing out that, unlike a...
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