The Western Star (Corner Brook)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | TC Transcontinental |
| Publisher | Trina Burden |
| Editor | Troy Turner |
| Founded | April 4, 1900 |
| Headquarters | 106 West Street, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Circulation |
6,341 weekdays 6,807 Saturdays in 2010[1] |
| Website | thewesternstar.com |
The Western Star is a daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and also serving Stephenville and the Bay of Islands, Bay St. George and Humber Valley areas.
The paper was founded in 1900 in Curling, as a weekly newspaper. It became a daily in 1954. It has been owned since 2002 by the Montreal publishing company TC Transcontinental and is the only daily newspaper in western Newfoundland, and also has readers outside its main coverage area in Labrador.[2]
The Western Star is a sister publication to The Telegram of St. John's.
See also
References
- ↑ Canadian Circulations Audit Board Circulation Report for January to December 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012. (registration required)
- ↑ "History of The Western Star". thewesternstar.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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