The Curling News
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| editor = George Karrys
| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
| previous_editor = Ted Thonger
Larry Wood
Doug Maxwell
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| category = Sports
| company = Roustan Media
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| founded = 1957
| country = Canada
| based = Toronto
| language = English
| website = {{URL|https://www.thecurlingnews.com}}
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The Curling News (TCN), formerly the Canadian Curling News is a publication dedicated to the sport of curling. Formerly a monthly print newspaper, it now publishes its articles on-line.
The Canadian Curling News was founded in 1957{{cite news|title=Here and There|date=September 21, 1957|page=18|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92640943/calgary-herald/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} by future Canadian Curling Hall of Fame inductee Ted Thonger in Calgary.{{cite news|title=In 37 years, he's seen a lot|date=March 11, 1978|page=22|newspaper=Calgary Albertan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92640081/the-calgary-albertan/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} The publication had 7,800 subscriptions by the end of its first season in print.{{cite news|title=Power Plays|date=June 5, 1958|page=16|newspaper=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92641959/star-phoenix/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}
Former editors of the publication include Larry Wood,{{cite news|title=Hall of fame beckons Wood|date=February 27, 2002|page=53|newspaper=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92640331/calgary-herald/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} Doug Maxwell,{{cite news|title=CURLING|date=May 16, 1983|page=18|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92640535/the-leader-post/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} and George Karrys.{{cite news|title=Rest of team|date=January 15, 1998|page=65|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92641156/the-vancouver-sun/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}}
Maxwell shut down the publication in 1994,{{cite news|title=Pebbles|date=October 27, 1994|page=15|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92641416/the-leader-post/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} but later brought it back. 1998 Olympic silver medallist George Karrys bought the publication in 2003,{{cite news|title=Curling babe causes stir|date=March 15, 2005|page=D2|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92642803/edmonton-journal/|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} and re-branded it as The Curling News.{{cite web|title=How does one become The Curling Guy?|url=http://curlinguy.com/about/index.html|access-date=January 15, 2022|website=The Curling Guy}} Karrys served as Editor-In-Chief until 2019.{{cite magazine|title=George Karrys|url=https://www.si.com/curling/author/about-gk|access-date=January 15, 2022|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}
The Curling News was acquired by Roustan Media in 2019. The publication suspended its print operation during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Later that year, it formed a partnership with Sports Illustrated,{{cite news|title=Sports Illustrated and The Curling News Join Forces|date=November 30, 2020|publisher=Sports Illustrated|url=https://pressroom.si.com/press-releases/sports-illustrated-the-curling-news-join-forces|accessdate=January 15, 2022}} which lasted until 2024.
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External links
- [https://www.si.com/curling/ Official website]
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Category:1957 establishments in Alberta
Category:Newspapers established in 1957
Category:Newspapers published in Toronto
Category:Newspapers published in Calgary
Category:Sports mass media in Canada
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