news be merged into this article . discuss proposed since april 2014 . postmedia network canada corporation type public traded as tsx pnc.a tsx pnc.b industry newspaper publishing predecessor canwest founded 2010 headquarters toronto ontario canada key people paul godfrey president products newspapers revenue cad 750.283 million 2015 1 number of employees 4 733 2 subsidiaries postmedia news website postmedia network postmedia network canada corporation also known as postmedia network or postmedia is a canadian media company headquartered in toronto ontario consisting of the publishing properties of the former canwest with primary operations in newspaper publishing news gathering and internet operations . the ownership group was assembled by national post ceo paul godfrey 3 in 2010 to bid for the chain of newspapers being sold by the financially troubled canwest the company s broadcasting assets were sold separately to shaw communications . godfrey secured financial backing from a u.s. private equity firm the manhattan based hedge fund golden tree asset management which owns 35 per cent as well as other investors . 3 the group completed a 1.1 billion transaction to acquire the chain from canwest on july 13 2010 . the company has over 4 700 employees . 4 the company s shares were listed on the toronto stock exchange in 2011 . 5 the company s strategy has seen its publications invest greater resources in digital news gathering and distribution including expanded websites and digital news apps for smartphones and tablets . 6 this began with a revamp and redesign of the ottawa citizen which debuted in 2014 . 6 contents 1 history 2 acquisitions and mergers 3 assets 3.1 advertising 3.2 publishing 3.2.1 newspapers 3.2.1.1 national 3.2.1.2 broadsheet dailies 3.2.1.3 tabloid dailies 3.2.1.4 free dailies 3.2.1.5 community newspapers 3.2.2 magazines 3.2.3 online 3.3 software 3.4 other properties 4 see also 4.1 related articles 5 references 6 external links history edit on july 13 2010 the manhattan based hedge fund golden tree asset management acquired the asper family s bankrupt canwest media empire for 1.1 billion . 3 acquisitions and mergers edit on october 6 2014 postmedia s ceo godfrey announced a deal to acquire the english language operations of sun media . 3 7 the purchase received regulatory approval from the federal competition bureau on march 25 2015 8 even though the company manages competitive papers in several canadian cities ; while the sun media chain owns numerous other papers four of its five sun branded tabloids operate in markets where postmedia already publishes a broadsheet competitor . 7 board chair rod phillips has cited the vancouver market in which the two main daily newspapers the vancouver sun and the province have had common ownership for over 30 years as evidence that the deal would not be anticompetitive . 7 the purchase did not include sun media s now defunct sun news network . 7 the acquisition was approved by the competition bureau on march 25 2015 . 9 and closed on april 13 . 10 assets edit advertising edit the flyer force go local publishing edit newspapers edit national edit national post broadsheet dailies edit calgary herald edmonton journal london free press montreal gazette ottawa citizen regina leader post the starphoenix saskatoon the vancouver sun not related to the tabloid sun newspapers also owned by postmedia windsor star tabloid dailies edit calgary sun edmonton sun ottawa sun the province vancouver toronto sun winnipeg sun free dailies edit 24 hours toronto vancouver community newspapers edit postmedia owns newspapers that serve smaller communities across canada including barrie examiner broadsheet belleville intelligencer broadsheet brantford expositor broadsheet bradford times tabloid brockville recorder and times broadsheet camrose canadian tabloid chatham this week tabloid clinton news record tabloid cochrane times post tabloid cornwall standard freeholder broadsheet drayton valley western review tabloid edson leader tabloid elliot lake standard tabloid fort mcmurray today tabloid fort saskatchewan record tabloid grande prairie daily herald tribune tabloid hinton parklander tabloid kenora daily miner and news broadsheet kincardine news tabloid kingston whig standard broadsheet kingston this week tabloid lakeshore advance grand bend ; tabloid lloydminster meridian booster tabloid mid north monitor espanola ; tabloid mayerthorpe freelancer tabloid niagara falls review broadsheet north bay nugget broadsheet orillia packet & times broadsheet owen sound sun times broadsheet pembroke daily observer broadsheet peterborough examiner broadsheet pincher creek echo tabloid sault star broadsheet simcoe reformer tabloid st. catharines standard broadsheet st. thomas times journal tabloid stratford beacon herald broadsheet sudbury star broadsheet timmins daily press broadsheet whitecourt star tabloid woodstock sentinel review broadsheet magazines edit financial post business living windsor swerve tvtimes online edit canada.com celebrating.com connecting.com driving.ca househunting.ca remembering.ca shoplocal.ca swarmjam.com infomart.com in addition postmedia network owns all websites associated with all properties listed on this page either wholly or in partnership . software edit quicktrac quickwire other properties edit postmedia news a decades long heated rivalry and circulation war began 1950s and 1960s between the liberal left socialist toronto star and the steadfastly conservative royalist and right wing toronto telegram located on bay and melinda st. and owned in the early 1950s by a wealthy deal maker named george mccullagh . 11 clarification needed see also edit other media groups in canada include torstar metroland media group star media group quebecor media sun media the woodbridge company tc transcontinental related articles edit history of canadian newspapers media of canada references edit 2015 annual report pdf postmedia network canada corp. 2015 2015 annual information form pdf postmedia network canada corp. 2014 a b c d olive david 23 january 2015 . postmedia and the heavy price it pays to survive olive . toronto on . retrieved 22 february 2016 . postmedia network annual information form pdf . postmedia network canada corporation report . october 2015 . retrieved june 23 2016 . postmedia begins trading on tsx financial post june 14 2011 retrieved february 21 2016 a b postmedia revamps ottawa citizen s digital service . cbc news may 20 2014 . a b c d postmedia buys 175 paper sun media for 316m . toronto star october 6 2014 . competition bureau will not challenge postmedia s acquisition of sun media . competition bureau march 25 2015 . postmedia purchase of quebecor s sun media ok d by competition bureau . cbc news . retrieved 25 march 2015 . http www.theglobeandmail.com report on business postmedia sun media deal officially closes article23895298 corcoran terence 19 february 2016 . a falling star no cash in its dowry declining revenues and no obvious marriage prospects . nationalpost . retrieved 22 february 2016 . external links edit official website canada.com web portal v t e postmedia network corporate directors paul godfrey martin nisenholtz daily newspapers national post 24 hours barrie examiner belleville intelligencer brantford expositor calgary herald calgary sun cornwall standard freeholder edmonton journal edmonton sun fort mcmurray today grande prairie daily herald tribune kingston whig standard leader post the london free press montreal gazette niagara falls review north bay nugget ottawa citizen ottawa sun owen sound sun times pembroke daily observer peterborough examiner the province the recorder & times st. catharines standard st. thomas times journal sarnia observer sault star the simcoe reformer the starphoenix stratford beacon herald sudbury star timmins daily press toronto sun the vancouver sun windsor star winnipeg sun woodstock sentinel review weekly newspapers the delhi news record elliot lake standard kenora daily miner and news mid north monitor northern news trenton trentonian magazines financial post magazine online canoe.com jam dose.ca other assets postmedia news retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title postmedia network & oldid 744510436 categories postmedia network publicationscompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangecompanies established in 2010hidden categories articles to be merged from april 2014all articles to be mergedwikipedia articles needing clarification from may 2016 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 deutschfran aisportugu ssuomi edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 18 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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