The Hamilton Spectator
{{Short description|Canadian daily newspaper}}
{{About|the Canadian newspaper|the Australian newspaper|Hamilton Spectator (Australia)}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Hamilton Spectator
| logo = The Hamilton Spectator (2021-01-21).svg
| image = TheHamiltonSpectator.jpg
| caption = Front page of the June 1, 2020 edition
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = 1846
| owners = Metroland Media Group (Torstar Corporation)
| headquarters = 8 Spadina Ave, Suite 10A
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 0S8{{Cite web |date=2025-04-20 |title=Contact Us @ TheSpec.com |url=https://www.thespec.com/site/static-pages/contactus.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=thespec.com |language=en-US}}
| publisher = Neil Oliver
| editor = Cheryl Stepan{{Cite web |date=2025-04-20 |title=About Us |url=https://www.thespec.com/about/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=thespec.com |language=en-US}}
| circulation = 99,391 weekdays
103,109 Saturdays
| circulation_date = 2010
| circulation_ref = Canadian Circulations Audit Board [http://www.bpaww.com/Bpaww_com/Pages/CirculationReports.aspx Circulation Report] for the year ending December 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012. {{Registration required}}
| ISSN = 1189-9417
| website = {{URL|https://www.thespec.com/}}
}}
The Hamilton Spectator, founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,{{Cite web |date=2015-02-24 |title=Top 10 Canadian Newspapers |url=https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/top-10-canadian-print-outlets/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=Agility PR Solutions |language=en-US}} The Hamilton Spectator is owned by Torstar.
History
File:The Old Spectator Building. 1931.jpg
The Hamilton Spectator was first published July 15, 1846, as The Hamilton Spectator and Journal of Commerce. Founded by Robert Smiley and a partner, the paper was sold in 1877 to William Southam, who founded the Southam newspaper chain and made the Spectator the first of the chain. The Southam chain was sold in 1998 to Conrad Black, who in turn sold off The Hamilton Spectator to Toronto-based Sun Media. In 1999, the Spectator was sold for a third time to Torstar Corporation. On May 26, 2020, its parent company, Torstar, agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm. The deal was expected to close by year end.{{cite web |date=2020-05-26 |title=Torstar to be sold, taken private in $52-million deal |url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9997810-torstar-to-be-sold-taken-private-in-52-million-deal/ |access-date=2020-05-27 |publisher=Toronto.com}}
File:The Hamilton Spectator journalists 1926 group photo.jpg
Publication
The Hamilton Spectator is published{{When|date=December 2024}} six days a week by Metroland Media Group, a division of Torstar. It serves Hamilton, Burlington and the Niagara region. It also serves Brant County and Haldimand County towns such as Caledonia, Hagersville and Dunnville. The Spectator also serves the region of Halton, which includes towns as far east as Oakville.
Notable staff
- David Griffin, journalist, Olympic athlete, and Royal Canadian Air Force public relations officer{{cite news|title=F.O. David Griffin Missing; Liberator Bomber Overdue|agency=The Canadian Press|date=February 21, 1944|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-griffin-1944/166936565/}}{{cite news|title=Six Canadians Believed Lost On Bomber|agency=The Canadian Press|date=February 21, 1944|newspaper=Ottawa Journal|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-griffin-1944/166936652/}}; {{cite news|title=Six Canadians (Continued from Page One)|agency=The Canadian Press|date=February 21, 1944|newspaper=Ottawa Journal|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-griffin-1944/166936728/}}
- Ivan Miller, worked 45 years for The Hamilton Spectator, became the sports editor in 1944, then the sports director in 1958{{cite news|title=Friends To Amateurs To Pros: Miller death severs sports ties|last=Watkins|first=Joe|date=June 3, 1967|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-miller-1967/165299206/}}
- Melville Marks Robinson, sports editor for The Hamilton Spectator and organizer of the 1930 British Empire Games{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/opinion-story/2884962-m-m-robinson-a-burlingtonian-who-made-a-difference/|title=M.M. Robinson — a Burlingtonian who made a difference|publisher=Burlington Post|access-date=March 3, 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.thespec.com Hamilton Spectator official website]
- [http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/intro_e.shtml Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War - Canadian Museum of Civilization]
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Category:Newspapers established in 1846
Category:Newspapers published in Hamilton, Ontario