| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Communications Voir |
| Editor-in-chief | Cormac Rea |
| Managing editors | Melissa Proulx |
| Founded | April 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
| Circulation | 40,000 (2005)[1] |
| Sister newspapers | Voir Hour |
| Official website | ottawaxpress.ca |
The Ottawa XPress, currently spelled (x)press on its cover, is an alternative weekly newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario.
The paper was initially launched in April 1993 by Jim Creskey, who also founded The Hill Times. In March 2001, the paper was sold to Voir's president and founder, Pierre Paquet. Xpress was the fifth paper to join the group, along with Montreal's Hour and the French-language cultural weeklies Voir Montréal, Voir Quebec, and Voir Gatineau, and was therefore part of the largest alternative newsweekly group in Canada. Its size changed from a 13.5-inch to a 15-inch tabloid in 2001.[2]
As of January 2010, Cormac Rea is editor-in-chief and Melissa Proulx is managing editor. Proulx, previously Voir Gatineau's editor, was initially appointed interim editor in late November 2007.[3][4]
The publication carried the syndicated Savage Love column until this was cancelled in January 2010.[5] The explicit content of this sex advice feature prompted the Loeb supermarket chain to discontinue distribution of the Xpress in its stores as of late 2005. Dan Savage said this action was another instance of a minority group trying to deprive a majority of people reading his column.[6]
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