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Calgary Herald
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | CanWest Global Communications Corp. |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta |
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| Website: www.calgaryherald.com | |
The Calgary Herald is a daily newspaper published in the Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta . Its major competitor is The Calgary Sun.
It was first published on August 31, 1883 by Andrew Armour and Thomas Braden as The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser. It started as a weekly paper with only four pages created on a handpress. The operation was small, with a tent by the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers serving as the office. In 1885 the Herald became a daily but it wasn't until fall 1983 that it was published 7 days a week. Until April 1985 it was an afternoon paper but it is now delivered in the mornings. In November 2000, the Herald became part of the Southam Newspapers (now Canwest News Service division of CanWest Global Communications.
The Herald also publishes Neighbours, a weekly community newspaper that is distributed with the Herald in some (but not all) parts of Calgary. In the spring of 2005, the Herald joined several other CanWest Global affiliates in launching Dose, a free daily newspaper targeted at 20-something commuters.
On November 8, 1999, recently-unionized staff at the Herald, including reporters, went on strike. The strike lasted until July 2000, during which many longtime Herald reporters left the newspaper. While some accepted a severance package, others returned to work on the condition that the union be dissolved.[1] Many seasoned journalists were replaced by inexperienced staff and it took several years for the Herald to rebuild its readership after the strike. Former Herald staff who left during or as a result of the strike can be found working for other publications, most notably the weekly business-oriented publication Business Edge.
The Herald also publishes a weekly arts/entertainment/local issues magazine supplement called Swerve (not to be confused with the Winnipeg-based LGBT publication of the same title).
In September, 2007, Martha Stewart announced that her new MONDAYS WITH MARTHA, would get Calgary readers to enjoy Martha Stewart quality cooking sytles.
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| Corporate Directors | David Asper • Gail Asper • Leonard Asper • Lloyd Barber • Derek Burney • Ronald Daniels • David Drybrough • Paul Godfrey • Frank King • Lisa Pankratz |
| Newspapers | Calgary Herald • Dose • Edmonton Journal • Montreal Gazette • National Post • Ottawa Citizen • Regina Leader-Post • Saskatoon StarPhoenix • The Province (Vancouver) • Vancouver Sun • Victoria Times-Colonist • Windsor Star |
| Television Assets | E!: CHBC • CHCA • CHCH • CHEK • CJNT Global: CFRE • CFSK • CHAN • CICT • CIHF • CIII • CISA • CITV • CKMI • CKND CoolTV • DejaView • Fox Sports World Canada • Lonestar • mentv1 • Mystery TV1 • TVtropolis • X-Treme Sports |
| Assets outside of Canada | Original 106: Solent/Bristol/Aberdeen (UK) |
| 1 Co-owned with Quebecor, with CanWest having management responsibilities. | |
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