The Coast (newspaper)

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The Coast
Muriel Duckworth Coast cover.jpg
Type Alternative weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Overstory Media Group
PublisherChristine Oreskovich
EditorKyle Shaw
Founded1993
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters2309 Maynard Street
Halifax, NS B3K 3T8
Canada
Circulation 22,961 [1]
Website thecoast.ca

The Coast is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The paper distributes 24,000 copies per week throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality. The paper is owned by Overstory Media Group. [2]

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Founded in 1993, The Coast has a generally left wing editorial policy. It focuses on local issues, especially "people working for change" within the community.

The Coast is available in Bedford, Lower Sackville, Tantallon, and the Stanfield International Airport, but 75 percent of its readership lives in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth.

The paper claims a readership of 61,263. According to a January 2007 Corporate Research Associates metro quarterly survey, 55 percent of The Coast's readers are between 18 and 34 years of age (34.701 readers).

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References

  1. "The Coast". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  2. Group, Overstory Media. "Overstory Media Group grows local news community with acquisition of iconic Halifax publication, The Coast". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-20.