| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Brunswick News |
| Publisher | J.K Irving |
| Editor | Neil Reynolds |
| Founded | 1862 |
| Headquarters | 210 Crown St Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 3V8 |
| Official website | telegraphjournal.com |
The Telegraph-Journal is a daily newspaper published in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It publishes a hybrid newspaper, serving as a provincial daily while catering to the Saint John audience in its City and Sports sections. The newspaper is published by Brunswick News, owned by J. K. Irving. The Telegraph-Journal is the only New Brunswick-based newspaper to be distributed province wide and has a paid circulation of approximately 32,000 and a daily readership of approximately 75 000 (2007).[1]
By the late-1990s the Irving family owned all major newspapers within New Brunswick.[2] In 2005, J.K. Irving bought the Brunswick News newspaper division from the rest of the family, making it solely owned by him. The broadcast portion of BNI was not purchased and is operated independently from BNI newspapers. By 2006, most print media outlets in New Brunswick, outside of several university campus newspapers, were owned by J.K. Irving.
In 2009, the newspaper was involved in a controversy about an alleged pocketing of a wafer in a Catholic church by Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper. Editor Shawna Richer was fired, Publisher Jamie Irving suspended for three months and the newspaper was forced to apologize after it was revealed the story turned out to have been invented [3]. (Shortly after, Richer joined the staff of the Toronto Star, where she is currently working as a national editor.)