Winnipeg Free Press
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | FP Canadian Newspapers |
| Publisher | Andrew Ritchie |
| Editor | Bob Cox |
| Founded | November, 1872 |
| Headquarters | 1355 Mountain Avenue , Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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| Website: winnipegfreepress.com | |
The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founded in 1872, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada. Its weekly circulation is 128,000, making it the newspaper with the largest readership in the province.
The Free Press is regarded as the newspaper of record for Winnipeg and Manitoba. It also provides coverage of national, international, sports, business, and entertainment news. Various consumer-oriented features such as homes and automobiles appear on a weekly basis. The newspaper's main competition is the Winnipeg Sun, a daily tabloid.
The newspaper was for many years a prominent banner in the Thomson Corporation's stable of Canadian newspapers. It was acquired from Thomson in 2001 by FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership, which also owns the Brandon Sun.
Since 1991, the newspaper's offices and printing facilities have been located in the Inkster Industrial Park. Prior to the opening of its current complex, the Free Press occupied a prominent downtown building on Carlton Street.
On January 7, 2005, Nicholas Hirst, editor-in-chief of the Free Press, resigned. The current editor is Bob Cox.
[edit] Free Press Archive
Various databases exist that provide past editions of the Free Press:
- ProQuest — May 1, 2006–current (full text), 1981–April 30, 2006 (index only)
- NewspaperArchive.com — 1874–1981 - (newspaper image)
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