Montreal Mirror

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Montreal Mirror
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The cover of the final edition (June 21, 2012) of the Montreal Mirror
Type Alternative Newsweekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Quebecor Media
PublisherCommunications Gratte-Ciel Ltée
Editor Alastair Sutherland
FoundedJune 20, 1985;38 years ago (1985-06-20)
Political alignment Centre-left
Ceased publicationJune 22, 2012;11 years ago (2012-06-22)
Headquarters465 McGill Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec
Circulation 70,000
Sister newspapers ici
ISSN 0833-8086
OCLC number 15997017
Website MontrealMirror.com (via the Internet Archive)

Montreal Mirror or just Mirror was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday. [1] [2] It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week. [1]

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First published on June 20, 1985, the publication became a weekly in September 1989. It was bought by media giant Quebecor in 1997. It was published by Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée. [3]

On June 22, 2012, Sun Media (the division of Quebecor that the Mirror belonged to) announced that the paper would be ceasing publication effective immediately. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Montreal Mirror | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies". Association of Alternative Newsmedia . Archived from the original on 7 June 2007.
  2. Arabella Bowen; John Shandy Watson (March 1, 2004). The Rough Guide to Montréal . Rough Guides. pp.  36–. ISBN   978-1-84353-195-1 . Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  3. "Contact". Montreal Mirror. Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  4. "Montreal Mirror to End Publication". Marketwire. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012.