The Now (newspaper)

The Surrey Now News Leader
Type Bi-weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Black Press
Publisher Dwayne Weidendorf[1]
Editor Beau Simpson
Founded 1984
Headquarters 102 - 5460 152 St., Surrey, B.C., Canada V3S 5J9
ISSN 0841-8764
Website www.thenownewspaper.com

The Now newspaper, also referred to as Surrey Now, is a tabloid established in 1984 that publishes twice a week with local news on Surrey, North Delta and White Rock in the Canadian province of British Columbia.[2]

In 2015, Glacier Media sold The Now to Black Press.[3] Also in 2015, Now reporter Amy Reid received the S. Tara Singh Hayer journalism award due to work highlighting needs of homeless people.[4]

In March 2017, it was announce by Black Press, publisher of The Now and The Surrey Leader, that the two papers would be merged into a single paper as of April 5, 2017. The merged paper was announced as The Surrey Now News Leader.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Surrey Now - Our Team". thenownewspaper.com. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ glaciermedia.ca
  3. ↑ Bradshaw, James (2014-12-17). "Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap B.C. community newspapers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Now reporter Amy Reid receives S. Tara Singh Hayer Journalism Award in Surrey". The Now. Oct 30, 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Pablo, Carlito (March 23, 2017). "Surrey Now and Surrey–North Delta Leader folding into one newspaper". The Georgia Straight.

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