Ottawa Citizen
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 The February 1, 2016, front page of the Ottawa Citizen | |
| Type | Daily (no print edition on Sundays or Mondays)[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet, digital |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network |
| Editor | Nicole Feriancek[3] |
| Founded | 1845 (as the Bytown Packet) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1101 Baxter Road Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3M4 |
| Circulation | 231,000 weekdays, 490,000 weekly for print and digital[4] (as of 2022)vividata |
| ISSN | 0839-3222 |
| Website | ottawacitizen.com |
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[5]
History
Established as the Bytown Packet in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the Citizen in 1851.[6] The newspaper's original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was Fair Play and Day-Light.[7]
The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846, Harris sold the paper to John Gordon Bell and Henry J. Friel.[8] Robert Bell bought the paper in 1849, and sold it to I.B. Taylor in 1861.[9] In 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh became the principal owner, and he later sold it to Robert and Lewis Shannon.[10]
In 1897, the Citizen became one of several papers owned by the Southam family.[11] It remained under Southam until the chain was purchased by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. in 1996.[7] In 2000, the chain was sold to Canwest Global, which was taken over by Postmedia Network in 2010.[12][13]
The editorial view of the Citizen has varied with its ownership, taking a reform position under Friel,[8] and a conservative position (supporting John A. Macdonald) under Mackintosh.[10] When the Liberals defeated the Tory government in 1896, the owners of the Citizen decided to sell to Southam, rather than face an expected cut in government revenue.[11] In 2002, the Citizen's publisher, Russell Mills, was dismissed following the publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and an editorial calling for Chrétien's resignation.[14]
The Citizen published its last Sunday edition on July 15, 2012. This move meant 20 fewer newsroom jobs, and was part of a series of changes made by Postmedia.[15] The Citizen stopped producing a print edition on Mondays as of 17 October 2022, due to the costs of printing and delivery, but it continued to publish a digital Monday edition.[2]
The pre-2014 logo depicted the top of the Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. In 2014, the newspaper adopted a new logo showing the paper's name over an outline of the Peace Tower roof on a green background.
Circulation
The Ottawa Citizen's circulation in 2009 was 123,856 copies daily. Its circulation dropped by 26 percent to 91,796 in 2015.[16]
In Spring 2022, the Ottawa Citizen's unduplicated print and digital average weekday audience was 231,000, and its unduplicated average weekly audience was 490,000.[4]
See also
- Scott Keir Anderson, editor-in-chief from 1996 to 2007[17]
- Peter Calamai (1943–2019), editorial pages editor[18]
- Canadian daily newspapers
- Randall Denley, long-time Ottawa Citizen writer who retired in 2012[19]
- Bob Ferguson (1931–2014), sports journalist and writer[20]
- Terry Glavin, Ottawa Citizen writer until 2020[21]
- Charles Gordon, writer and columnist at the Ottawa Citizen from 1974 to 2005[22]
- John Honderich, Ottawa Citizen reporter from 1973 to 1976[23]
- Kelvin Kirk, artist at the Ottawa Citizen[24]
- Eddie MacCabe (1927–1998), journalist, sports editor and writer[25][26]
- Russell Mills, editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen from 1976 to 1984, then publisher[27]
- Gerry Nott, editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2014[27]
- Andrew Potter, editor-in-chief from 2013 to 2016[27]
- Jane Taber, political reporter[28]
- James Travers, editor-in-chief from 1991 to 1996[29]
References
- ^ "Ottawa Citizen cuts jobs, ends Sunday print edition". CTV News. May 29, 2012.
- ^ a b "Notice to Ottawa Citizen readers". Ottawa Citizen. September 21, 2022.
- ^ Crawford, Blair (February 22, 2023). "Nicole Feriancek named editor-in-chier of the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun". Ottawa Citizen.
- ^ a b vividata. "Newspaper Topline Readership" (PDF).
- ^ "Ottawa Citizen".
- ^ Cobb, Chris (July 16, 1992). "Comedy of Errors". Ottawa Citizen. p. A2. Retrieved July 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Boswell, Randy (January 20, 2020). "A window into history: A trip back to the Citizen's fascinating beginnings, 175 years ago".
- ^ a b Cross, Michael. "Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Friel, Henry James".
- ^ Pilon, Henri. "Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Robert Bell".
- ^ a b Bruce, Charles (1968). News and the Southams. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. pp. 70–72.
- ^ a b Parry, David (April 9, 1977). "To buy dying paper he needed $4,000". Edmonton Journal. p. 105. Retrieved July 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Potter, Jessica (October 17, 2014). "The Ottawa Citizen". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Hollinger sells 28 Ontario newspapers for $220 million". CBC News. July 31, 2001.
- ^ "Fired publisher named Nieman Fellow Archived January 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine". Harvard Gazette. 2002.
- ^ [1] Archived June 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Daily Newspaper Circulation Data". News Media Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Ottawa Citizen's top editor leaves to become CanWest VP". CBC News. November 15, 2007.
- ^ Boswell, Randy (January 23, 2019). "Remembering Peter Calamai: Journalist, Teacher and 'Advocate for Science, Literacy and Journalistic Professionalism' (1943-2019)". Carleton University. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Candidates in Ottawa West-Nepean riding share a fraught political past". The Globe and Mail. May 18, 2014.
- ^ Scanlan, Wayne (June 7, 1996). "There ain't nothing like an old-time sports writer". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 15.
- ^ "Terry Glavin". Ottawa Citizen.
- ^ Duffy, Andrew (June 30, 2023). "Former Ottawa Citizen columnist one of four Ottawans appointed to the Order of Canada".
- ^ Lederman, Marsha (February 6, 2022). "Former Toronto Star publisher John Honderich, among 'last of the lions' of Canadian journalism, dead at 75". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Archdeacon, Tom (April 27, 2012). "UD player first 'Mr. Irrelevant' in NFL Draft".
- ^ Chwialkowska, Luiza (May 24, 1998). "Eddie MacCabe: A glimpse it the city's soul". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 7.
- ^ Brown, Dave (May 23, 1998). "Eddie MacCabe: A local legend lost". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 27.; Brown, Dave (May 23, 1998). "MacCabe did it well or didn't bother with it at all". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. 28.
- ^ a b c "Former Citizen editors-in-chief on their proudest moments, greatest disappointments". Ottawa Citizen. November 28, 2020.
- ^ "Jane Taber". Board of Governors, Carleton University.
- ^ Duffy, Andrew (November 25, 2020). "Editors-in-chief: The Citizen newsroom has been led by the formidable and the quirky". Ottawa Citizen.
Sources
- Adam, Mohammed. (January 2, 2005). "When we began 1845: For 160 years, the Citizen has been the 'heartbeat of the community". Ottawa Citizen.
- Bruce, Charles (1968). News and the Southams. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. pp. 70–72.
- Kesterton, Wilfred H. (1984). A History of Journalism in Canada. Ottawa: Carleton University Press. ISBN 978-0-88629-022-1.
- Rutherford, Paul (1982). A Victorian authority: The Daily Press in Late Nineteenth-Century Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-5588-0. DDC 71.1. LCC PN4907.
