Type Daily newspaper Owner(s) Postmedia Network Inc. | Format Broadsheet Founded 1902 | |
Headquarters 204 5th Avenue North
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7K 2P1 Circulation 50,824 daily
52,655 Saturday in 2011 | ||
The StarPhoenix is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a part of Postmedia Network. The StarPhoenix puts out six editions each week and publishes two weeklies, the Sunday Phoenix (formerly the Saskatoon Sun) and Bridges. It is also part of the canada.com Internet portal.
History
The StarPhoenix was first published as The Saskatoon Phenix on October 17, 1902 (following a short-lived attempt at a local newspaper, the Saskatoon Sentinel). In 1909, it became a daily paper and, in 1910, was renamed the Saskatoon Capital.
The paper was sold and bought several times between its inception and the 1920s, at one point being owned by W. F. Herman, the future owner and publisher of The Windsor Star.
By 1927, there were two daily papers in Saskatoon: the Saskatoon Daily Star and the Daily Phoenix. In January 1928, both papers were bought by the Sifton family of Winnipeg and amalgamated into the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. In the early 1980s the spelling of the newspaper name was modified to StarPhoenix. Between the 1928 amalgamation and the launch of the Saskatoon edition of Metro in April 2012, the StarPhoenix was the city's only daily newspaper.
In 1996, the StarPhoenix was bought by the Hollinger newspaper chain. It was subsequently sold to CanWest Global Communications in 2000 and became part of the Southam Newspapers division now called CanWest News Service. Canwest was acquired by Postmedia News Inc. and is the current owner of The StarPhoenix.