Saturday Night (magazine)

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Saturday Night is a Canadian general interest magazine. It was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1887.

The publication was first established as a weekly broadsheet newspaper about public affairs and the arts, which was later expanded into a general interest magazine.^[1] The editor, Edmund E. Sheppard, was prevented from editing a daily newspaper due to an earlier libel action. Additionally, Sabbath laws in Toronto prevented publication on Sunday. So, in its first years, the paper was restricted to being a weekly publication, published on Saturdays.

Saturday Night has been through a number of owners, formats, and frequencies of publication. It has ceased publication altogether on a number of occasions. It is presently owned by St. Joseph Media. On October 20, 2005, the company announced that publication would be "suspended" due to insufficient advertiser support.^[2] The editor at the time of suspension was Gary Ross, who had been editor since 2004.^[3] It is unclear if publication will be resumed in the future.

Editors and contributors have included:

• Robertson Davies
• John Fraser
• Robert Fulford
• Peter Gzowski
• Michael Ignatieff
• Yousuf Karsh
• Alexander Fraser Pirie
• Mordecai Richler
• Bernard Keble Sandwell

[edit] See also

• Media in Canada

[edit] References

1. ^ Publisher shelves Saturday Night. CBC. Retrieved on February 17, 2007.
2. ^ Saturday Night magazine suspended again. Canadian Press. Retrieved on February 17, 2007.
3. ^ West Coast author-editor takes editorship of Saturday Night. CBC. Retrieved on February 17, 2007.