SaltWire Network

SaltWire Network is a Canadian newspaper publishing company, which owns and publishes 35 daily and weekly newspapers in the Atlantic Canada region.^[1] The company was formed in 2017, when Halifax's independently-owned The Chronicle Herald acquired 27 newspapers in the region from Transcontinental Media.^[2] Combined with the Chronicle Herald's existing community newspaper holdings, the new company will publish 35 titles overall.^[1]

The exact purchase price was not disclosed, although business analysts estimated that the publications were worth approximately $30 million in total.^[3]

The transaction was criticized by a number of analysts,^[4] as it occurred in the middle of a strike by Chronicle Herald employees during which the paper had claimed declining revenues as its reason for demanding major concessions including wage reductions, reduced pension contributions and the removal of several staff divisions from the bargaining unit.^[5]

Publications

New Brunswick

• Sackville Tribune Post (Sackville)

Newfoundland and Labrador

• The Advertiser (Grand Falls-Windsor)
• The Aurora (Labrador City)
• The Beacon (Gander)
• The Compass (Carbonear)
• The Gulf News (Channel-Port aux Basques)
• The Labradorian (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)
• The Northern Pen (St. Anthony)
• The Nor'wester (Springdale)
• The Packet (Clarenville)
• The Pilot (Lewisporte)
• The Southern Gazette (Marystown)
• The Telegram (St. John's)
• The Western Star (Corner Brook)

Nova Scotia

• Amherst News (Amherst)
• Annapolis Valley Register (Windsor)
• Cape Breton Post (Sydney)
• The Casket (Antigonish)
• The Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
• The Citizen Record (Amherst)
• Colchester Weekly News (Truro)
• The News (New Glasgow)
• Nova News Now (Kentville)
• The Queens County Advance (Liverpool)
• The Tri-County Extra (Yarmouth)
• The Tri-County Vanguard (Yarmouth)
• Truro Daily News (Truro)
• Valley Journal Advertiser (Windsor)

Prince Edward Island

• The Guardian (Charlottetown)
• The Journal-Pioneer (Summerside)

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