The Gazette (Montreal)

The Gazette
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Postmedia Network
Founder(s)Fleury Mesplet
Editor-in-chiefMarilena Lucci[1]
Managing editorsJeff Blond[1]
FoundedJune 3, 1778
LanguageEnglish
RelaunchedAugust 25, 1785
Headquarters2055, rue Peel
Suite 700
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 1V4
Circulation101,761 daily
116,005 Saturday (as of 2013)[2]
ISSN0384-1294
OCLC number456824368
Websitemontrealgazette.com

The Gazette, also called the Montreal Gazette, is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

It is the only daily newspaper in Montreal that is in English. There were 3 other daily English-language newspapers in Montreal in the 20th century. The newspaper is 1 of 2 English-Language daily newspapers in Quebec. The other is the Sherbrooke Record. This newspaper is in English because it is written for the English-speaking communities in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships.

The Gazette was founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet. The Gazette is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper. [3] The oldest newspaper in Canada is the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. This newspaper was established in 1764. It publishes a new article every week.

Editors-in-chief

  • Mark Harrison (1977–1989)[4]
  • Norman Webster (1989–1993)[5]
  • Joan Fraser (1993–1996)[6]
  • Alan Allnutt (1996–2000)
  • Peter Stockland (2000–2004)
  • Andrew Phillips (2004–2009)[7]
  • Raymond Brassard (2010–2013)[8]
  • Lucinda Chodan (2013–2022)[8]
  • Bert Archer (2022–2023)[9]
  • Marilena Lucci (2023–Present)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Contact Us". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ Audit Bureau of Circulations e-Circ data Archived October 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine for the six months ending September 30, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ "About Us". The Gazette. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ Hustak, Alan (April 3, 2007). "Gazette's former editor-in-chief dies". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Wells, Paul (June 8, 2009). "The last two paragraphs of Norman Webster's May 29 Montreal Gazette column". Maclean's. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Senator Joan Fraser — Liberal Party of Canada". Senate of Canada. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ Faguy, Steve (April 30, 2009). "Andrew Phillips to leave The Gazette". Fagstein. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Note to readers: Raymond Brassard leaves Gazette". Montreal Gazette. August 30, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ Bruemmer, René (April 19, 2022). "Bert Archer named editor in chief of the Montreal Gazette". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved May 29, 2023.

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