History Toronto Star

1 history

1.1 formation
1.2 atkinson s influence
1.3 involvement broadcasting
1.4 1970s present

history

horatio clarence hocken, founder of star


formation

the star (originally known evening star , toronto daily star) created in 1892 striking toronto news printers , writers, led future mayor of toronto , social reformer horatio clarence hocken, became newspaper s founder, along future mayor, jimmy simpson.

the star first printed on toronto world presses, , @ formation world owned 51% interest in silent partner. arrangement lasted 2 months, during time rumoured william findlay billy maclean, world s proprietor, considering selling star riordon family. after extensive fundraising campaign among star staff, maclean agreed sell interest hocken.

the paper did poorly in first few years. hocken sold out within year, , several owners followed in succession until railway entrepreneur sir william mackenzie bought in 1896. new editors, edmund e. sheppard , frederic thomas nicholls, moved entire star operation same building used magazine saturday night. continue until joseph e. holy joe atkinson, backed funds raised supporters of sir wilfrid laurier, bought paper. supporters included senator george cox, william mulock, peter charles larkin , timothy eaton.

atkinson s influence

joseph e. atkinson, c. 1910s

atkinson star s editor 1899 until death in 1948. opposition , criticism of nazi regime saw paper become 1 of first north american papers banned in germany.

atkinson had social conscience. championed many causes come associated modern welfare state: old age pensions, unemployment insurance, , health care. government of canada digital collections website describes atkinson radical in best sense of term.... star unique among north american newspapers in consistent, ongoing advocacy of interests of ordinary people. friendship of atkinson, publisher, mackenzie king, prime minister, major influence on development of canadian social policy.

atkinson became controlling shareholder of star. star criticized practising yellow journalism of era. decades, paper included heavy doses of crime , sensationalism, along advocating social change. 1910 1973, star published weekend supplement, star weekly.

shortly before death in 1948, joseph e. atkinson transferred ownership of paper charitable organization given mandate of continuing paper s liberal tradition. in 1949, province of ontario passed charitable gifts act, barring charitable organizations owning large parts of profit-making businesses, required star sold.

atkinson s had directed profits paper s operations promotion , maintenance of social, scientific , economic reforms charitable in nature, benefit of people of province of ontario , stipulated paper sold people shared social views. 5 trustees of charitable organization circumvented act buying paper , swearing before supreme court of ontario continue became known atkinson principles :

descendants of original owners, known 5 families , still control voting shares of torstar, , atkinson principles continue guide paper day. in february 2006, star media columnist antonia zerbisias wrote on blog:

involvement broadcasting

the old toronto star building, 80 king st west, in 1961

from 1922 1933, star radio broadcaster on station cfca, broadcasting on wavelength of 400 metres (749.48 khz), coverage complementary paper s reporting. closed following establishment of canadian radio broadcasting commission , introduction of government policy in essence restricted private stations effective radiated power of 100 watts. continue supply sponsored content crbc s station crct (later becoming canadian broadcasting corporation s station cbl), arrangement last until 1946.

1970s present

in 1971, newspaper renamed toronto star , moved modern office tower @ 1 yonge street queens quay. original star building @ 80 king street west demolished make room first canadian place. new building housed paper s presses. in 1992, printing plant moved toronto star press centre @ highway 407 & 400 interchange in vaughan. in september 2002, logo changed, , dropped papers. during 2003 blackout, star printed paper @ press in welland, ontario.

until mid-2000s, front page of toronto star had no advertising aside lottery jackpot estimates.

on may 28, 2007, star unveiled redesigned paper features larger type, narrower pages, fewer , shorter articles, renamed sections, more prominence local news, , less international news, columnists, , opinion pieces. however, on january 1, 2009, star reverted previous format. star p.m., free newspaper in pdf format downloaded newspaper s website each weekday afternoon, discontinued in october 2007, thirteen months after launch.

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