Publishers
The Toronto Star
History of The Toronto Star
In 1892 Toronto was a bustling city of 180,000 with six newspapers competing for readers when a seventh daily, a self-styled “Paper for the People”, suddenly appears on the streets. Born on November 3, 1892, The Evening Star had been created almost overnight by 21 printers and four teenage apprentices who were locked out during a labour dispute at the afternoon News. Their aim was to publish a serious journal - and possibly to teach the News a lesson. Little did they realize that their bright new four-page sheet would grow into Canada’s largest daily newspaper, The Toronto Star.
The Toronto Star Today
In 1993, The Star completed construction of a new production facility, The Toronto Star Press Centre, located in Vaughan, just north of Toronto. The Press Centre houses six MAN Roland presses and its extensive capacity has allowed for the use of full colour throughout the newspaper every day for both editorial and advertising purposes. And this year, the company completed its expansion of the colour capacity from 28 pages to 48 pages to meet the colour demands of our advertisers and readers.
In 1999, The Toronto Star joined together with four other major newspapers in Southern Ontario to form the Torstar Daily Newspaper Group. The Star is published seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area and is a division of the Torstar Media Group which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation.
Globe and Mail
A history of The Globe and Mail
The history of The Globe begins in Toronto in 1843 with the arrival of George Brown. In August, 1843, Brown and his father established The Banner, a four-page weekly designed to promote the interests of the Presbyterian Church; but the younger Brown had more secular aims, and founded The Globe on March 5,1844, as a political vehicle. It began as a weekly with a circulation of 300, and by Oct. 1,1853, had become a daily with a circulation of 6,000.
In 1936, the paper (with a circulation of 78,000) was sold to a young financier named George McCullagh. Mr. McCullagh acquired The Mail and Empire (circulation 118,000) a few weeks later, and absorbed it into The Globe under the new name, The Globe and Mail. (The Mail had been established by Conservative backers in 1872, at the urging of Sir John A. Macdonald, to counter the influence of Brown’s Globe, and had merged with another Conservative paper, The Empire, in 1895.)
In 1967, Report on Business appeared on a daily basis (with The Globe and Mail), becoming Canada’s first national daily business newspaper.
In 1979, The Globe became the first newspaper in the world to produce a full text commercial data base containing every story from each issue (dating back to 1977), and the first to publish electronically and in print on the same day.
The Globe and Mail underwent a major redesign in 1990, both graphically and editorially, beginning with the issue dated June 12. It was as part of this redesign that the newspaper’s editorial style book was completely revised and first published in its current form, and that The Globe produced its first visual style guide.
In both 1995 and 1996, the Society of Newspaper Design named The Globe and Mail the World’s Best Designed Newspaper.
The India Today Group
The India Today Group began with a single magazine in 1975. Today it is India’s most diversified media group with interests in magazines, newspaper, television, radio, internet, books and music.
The group’s portfolio includes 13 magazines, 3 radio stations, 2 TV channels, 1 newspaper, leading classical music label, book publishing and India’s only book club. Through its subscribers, readers, viewers and listeners the group reaches out to over 35 million individuals.
Underlying all these channels of communication is an ethos of excellence and credibility. It believes in journalism which thrives on telling it the way it is without fear or favour.
As part of its corporate social responsibility the group set up a charity fund to help the distressed. Since its inception fours years ago it has helped millions. Another public welfare venture of the group is a school with a holistic approach to learning.
In the last 28 years the group has evolved with its namesake. It has recorded history as well as made it. It has reflected public opinion as well as shaped it. It has shared the triumphs as well as the tribulations. It has been India’s strongest supporter as well as its harshest critic. And in that sense has delivered on its challenging mission to deliver India.
The New Canadian
The NewCanadian Publishing Inc. is striving to become Canada’s leading publisher of print and digital media. (The NewCanadian Publishing Inc.) will endeavor to inform and create an understanding of Canadian art, social and business culture, our legal and political systems and our nationhood.
The Indian Express
ExpressIndia.com is the endeavour of The Indian Express Online Media (Pvt) Ltd (TIEOML), a fully-owned subsidiary of The Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd. As part of a dynamic industry, The Indian Express Group is constantly in touch with today and tomorrow. Growing, evolving and adapting to a changing world. Technology is constantly upgraded and innovative ways of doing business always being explored. Expansion plans into newer areas of communication are always underway, which has resulted in expressindia.com. Launched on July 8, 1996, the website’s primary mission is to keep Netizens world-wide informed of developments in India.
Expressindia.com hosts the Group’s two leading national dailies, The Indian Express and The Financial Express. Apart from hosting the newspapers, expressindia.com offers various other news-related microsites and sections, functioning as independent sites on their own, which attract large focussed audience.
The Hindustan Times
Leadership through quality and innovation is the hallmark of The Hindustan Times Limited. The organization has been a major force for over seven decades in the print media and comprises the following brands:
- Hindustan Times: Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Kolkata Editions
- Hindustan: Delhi / Lucknow / Patna Editions
- Nandan: Monthly Children’s Magazine
- Kadambini: Monthly Literary Magazine
Online
- HindustanTimes.com: Online edition of Hindustan Times
- HindustanDainik.com: Online edition of Hindustan
- HTCricket.com: India’s favourite sport 24 hours, online
- HTTabloid.com: Asia’s first eTabloid
Corporate Profile
India’s foremost media conglomerate is home to the leading newspapers in the country - Hindustan Times (the flagship English daily) and Hindustan (Hindi newspaper). The Hindustan Times Ltd. also has a significant online presence with HindustanTimes.com.
The Hindustan Times Ltd. plans to consolidate itself as a vibrant and modern media powerhouse through strategic partnerships, ever-increasing scope of operations and a consumer focussed approach.