subsidiary of public company industry publishing founded february 1981 merger of metrospan community newspapers and inland publishing company headquarters 3715 laird road mississauga on canada key people ian oliver president products newspapers websites commercial printing online marketing parent torstar website www.metroland.com metroland media group is a large media publishing and distribution company operating in the southern part of the canadian province of ontario . in june 2014 metroland reported publishing 116 local newspapers . 1 three of these are daily papers and the rest are weekly community newspapers . metroland has a substantial market presence in its geographic area but has considerable competition from other large media and publishing organisations . in addition to printing most of its own publications metroland is a commercial printer of flyers and magazines . metroland media group is owned by torstar corporation of toronto which also owns the toronto star newspaper . contents 1 history 2 business areas 3 distribution 4 digital media 5 printing 5.1 newspapers 5.2 magazines 6 consumer marketing 6.1 digital marketing production 6.2 consumer shows 7 competition 8 awards 9 references 10 external links history edit metroland is the publisher of three daily and 113 weekly community newspapers in southern ontario . 1 metroland also publishes local news classified and shopping websites and operates nine printing operations . the company is a distributor of flyers and circulars . it produces specialty print products magazines and newspaper inserts which are geared toward specific market segments . metroland produces and manages a handful of consumer shows . 2 in february 1981 metrospan community newspapers a unit of torstar and inland publishing company formerly owned by the telegram corporation owned by the eaton and bassett families merged to become metroland . 3 4 metroland publishing was combined with citymedia group to create metroland media group on september 11 2006 . 5 it is a wholly owned subsidiary of torstar corporation . 6 in october 2011 it was announced that metroland acquired performance printing of smiths falls ontario . 7 the acquisition greatly expanded metroland s community newspaper coverage in eastern ontario . 8 in 2013 the company cut the frequency of three toronto suburban newspapers scarborough mirror north york mirror and etobicoke guardian from twice a week to once a week . 9 business areas edit metroland s regional and specialized business units can be grouped into five categories newspapers printing distribution digital media and consumer marketing . distribution edit metroland maintains a distribution network separate from the canada post . the total number of pieces distributed annually has increased substantially to more than 4 billion in 2014 . there are 20 000 delivery persons province wide performing door to door delivery of flyers papers and print materials . digital media edit metroland media entered into digital media and the internet with the migration of their community newspaper sites online in the mid 1990s . subsequently metroland has built or acquired numerous online properties including wagjag a group buy deals site ; save.ca a website offering coupons and flyers ; and gottarent.com a canadian apartment rentals listing site . metroland s 39 community and daily newspaper sites are located in cities and regions across south and central ontario brampton guardian brant news brantford and area caledon enterprise cambridge times durham region oshawa whitby pickering ajax clarington port perry uxbridge flamborough review guelph mercury guelph tribune hamilton community news ancaster dundas hamilton mountain stoney creek inside belleville belleville brighton hastings quinte west inside brockville inside halton burlington milton oakville inside ottawa valley kemptville renfrew smiths falls inside toronto kingston region frontenac kingston kitchener post markham economist and sun mississauga news muskoka region bracebridge gravenhurst and huntsville kawartha lakes this week peterborough kawartha lakes and brock township new hamburg independent niagara this week niagara region including st. catharines and thorold norfolk news norfolk county including simcoe and port dover north bay nipissing news north bay and almaguin northumberland news northumberland county including port hope and cobourg orangeville banner ottawa community news kanata nepean ottawa stittsville our london our perth stratford st marys listowel our windsor parry sound sachem & glanbrook gazette haldimand including glanbrook and dunnville simcoe simcoe county including barrie orillia alliston stayner wasaga southwestern ontario arthur exeter minto mount forest wingham walkerton the ifp georgetown acton the record waterloo region including kitchener waterloo and cambridge the hamilton spectator hamilton the weekly news st. thomas and elgin county waterloo chronicle york region york region including aurora east gwillimbury georgina king markham newmarket richmond hill stouffville thornhill vaughan printing edit metroland media owns six printing plants in ontario . the presses print metroland media s newspapers but also provide commercial printing to other clients . the combined print capacity of these print facilities is reported as more than 16 million tabloid pages per hour in full colour approximating 250 000 newspapers per hour . 10 newspapers edit metroland publishes 116 local and community newspapers . 1 three of these are daily newspapers ; the hamilton spectator waterloo region record guelph mercury magazines edit metroland publishes dozens of magazines and specialty product titles . the general areas of interest these magazines focus on include lifestyle leisure parenting and transportation themes . consumer marketing edit digital marketing production edit expansion into customer fulfilment led to creation of a metroland digital division in 2008 to provide smbs small to medium businesses with full service online marketing capabilities such as fully custom websites e commerce websites paid search like google adwords search engine optimization seo as well as social media marketing and display advertising . consumer shows edit metroland produces consumer shows in toronto for specialty audiences for metroland media group publications . metroland produces several consumer shows and exhibitions including the toronto golf & travel show the national bridal show the forever young lifestyle show the city parent family show and numerous local area shows . competition edit other large media and publishing companies in the area are also engaged in convergence of their printing and digital activities and constitute the primary market competition for metroland in the region . among these are rogers media transcontinental media and quebecor . awards edit metroland media publications have been recognized with local media association awards such as 2013 journalist of the year all classes combined 11 top company winners 92 top newspaper winners 14 references edit a b c about metrolandmedia . www.metroland.com . metroland media group ltd. retrieved june 10 2014 . shows . metroland.com . retrieved 2014 06 17 . sold weeklies to pursue broadcasting kent inquiry told . the gazette . montreal . march 19 1981 . retrieved 17 june 2014 . milestones . metroland . retrieved june 17 2014 . 2006 archives torstar corporation . torstar.com . 2006 09 11 . retrieved 2014 06 17 . businesses torstar corporation . torstar.com . 2014 05 13 . retrieved 2014 06 17 . performance printing purchased by metroland . ocna . 2011 10 19 . retrieved 2014 06 17 . caj fears job losses for community newspaper journalists on the horizon . the canadian association of journalists . retrieved june 17 2014 . revised publishing schedule for three metroland papers . newspapers canada . september 25 2013 . retrieved june 17 2014 . http www.kba.com us news detail article on the cutting edge of print page 65 back 7 http www.suburban news.org contests editorial.aspx external links edit metroland media group corporate site torstar corporation v t e torstar star media group toronto star torstar syndication services torstar media group television shoptv canada workopolis part owner sing tao daily canada part owner metro part owner defunct titles star weekly eye weekly the grid metroland media group the hamilton spectator waterloo region record guelph mercury etobicoke guardian north york mirror scarborough mirror york guardian the brampton guardian brock citizen kawartha lakes this week peterborough this week the mississauga news barrie advance markham economist and sun burlington post oakville beaver guelph tribune cambridge times grand river sachem other canadian press enterprises inc. part owner black press 19.35 % retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metroland media group & oldid 743159403 categories torstar publicationsnewspaper companies of canadacompanies based in mississauga1981 establishments navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 06 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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