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Dose (magazine)
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Dose is a daily Canadian news website and former daily print magazine.
Dose was a mixture of standalone features and coverage of daily news, sometimes from an irreverent perspective. Each daily issue had a theme, and the top margins of every page usually included trivia items related to the theme.
Dose magazine was launched on April 4, 2005, and was distributed in five major Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa. Different news articles from the five cities are still featured on the website. The magazine earned revenue through advertising and selling mobile content(via the website), and is aimed at the lucrative demographic of 18 to 34 year olds. The website targets this market too.
Dose was published by Noah Godfrey, son of CanWest board of directors member Paul Godfrey. The magazine was the product of CanWest Mediaworks Publications Inc. (originally the Calgary Herald Group), which is in turn part of the same corporate conglomerate, CanWest Global Communications, that publishes the National Post, among many other newspapers in Canada, including the Montreal Gazette and the Ottawa Citizen. CanWest also controls the Global Television Network in Canada.
On May 17, 2006, Canwest discontinued publication of the print edition of Dose, although they indicated that the magazine's online presence and selling of mobile content would continue.
The magazine was published 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) in a 23" × 12.5" format that is slightly smaller than a tabloid. (It is, when folded, 11.5" × 12.5", which is almost a square.) Although labelled a magazine, it was printed on newsprint like a newspaper and had the same dimensions as the type of advertising "pull-out" sections currently favored by the CanWest Global chain. The magazine was 20 pages from Monday through Thursday (daily edition) and 24 pages on Friday (weekend edition). Weekly editions included sections such as:
- Home—headlines, weather, etc., akin to the front page of newspapers
- News—the feature article, plus an assortment of news and editorials (including fashion news)
- Goods—new or interesting products to check out
- Rub—celebrity news and gossip
- the Spread—the centre spread (with one article)
- Fix—assorted entertainment reviews
- Go—local concert and events listings
- Working—employment advice and local job listings
- Play—sports
- Hey—featuring comments on a selected issue by random ordinary folks
- Overdose—the last page, with humorous horoscopes, a letter column, puzzles, Sex Advice from Strangers, etc.
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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 | Network Ten (Australia) • Original 106: Solent/Bristol/Aberdeen (UK) |
| 1 Co-owned with Quebecor, with CanWest having management responsibilities. | |
