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The ''Barrie Examiner'' is the daily newspaper for Barrie, Ontario and the surrounding area. It has been owned by Postmedia Network since 2015. ==History== The ''Examiner'' was founded in 1864. Publisher William Manley Nicholson launched the paper as an alternate to the ''Northern Advance'', which already had a strong political voice in the community of over 3,500 people. In the years since then, the ''Examiner'' has changed ownership and location several times. In 1889, Nicholson sold the newspaper to Andrew F. Hunter, who later wrote two volumes of the History of Simcoe County (1909). Hunter sold his interests in 1895 to James Alexander MacLaren, a former city editor at the ''Chatham Daily Banner''. At the time, the ''Examiner'' was located at 169 Dunlop Street East. By 1909, there was a thriving competition among newspapers of the day; four weekly newspapers served the community with each presenting a different political viewpoint. In August 1914, two days before the First World War, a major fire changed the course of history at the ''Examiner''. Although the fire caused extensive damage to the newspaper’s building and equipment, MacLaren continued to publish with the help of the rival ''Saturday Morning'' weekly, owned by brothers Fred and William Walls. MacLaren set up an office in the basement of the Ross Block and used the composing room and press equipment of the ''Saturday Morning'' to keep the paper coming out. Six months later, MacLaren and William Walls joined forces to publish ''The Barrie Examiner'' and ''Saturday Morning''. Eventually, the paper’s name was shortened, although the ''Examiner'' continued to publish the paper out of the ''Saturday Morning'' offices. The successful partnership lasted 25 years, until Wall’s death in 1939. The next year, the ''Examiner'' bought its competitor, the ''Northern Advance''. During the post-war years, Barrie started to boom, and the ''Examiner'' grew along with it. In 1948, the ''Examiner'' began publishing twice weekly and launched a busy commercial printing business. By 1952, the paper had boosted production to three times a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Over the years, the ''Examiner'' was often recognized as one of the finest weekly newspapers in the country. It is a sixtime winner of the Mason Trophy, as the best all-round newspaper in Canada. In 1957, the ''Examiner'' was sold to Thompson Newspapers Limited. The company immediately embarked on an expansion and began building a modern commercial printing plant at its new location at 16 Bayfield Street. The downtown location served as the home of the ''Examiner'' for the next 43 years. The ''Examiner'' began publishing daily on Nov. 16, 1958. On July 28, 1995, the ''Examiner''’s top story was the sale of the newspaper to Hollinger Inc. controlled by well-known Canadian businessman Conrad Black. In December 1999, the ''Examiner'' moved its base of operation to it present location at 571 Bayfield Street North. On August 1, 2001, Osprey Media Group Inc., headed by Michael Sifton, the former president of Hollinger Canadian Newspapers, bought the ''Examiner''. Osprey once published 32 newspapers across Ontario. On May 31, 2007, Osprey Media was acquired by Québecor Média for $517 million. This move welcomed the ''Examiner'' into Sun Media and created Canada's largest newspaper publishing enterprise. In 2015, Sun Media, including the ''Examiner'', was purchased by Postmedia. ''The Barrie Examiner'' is Barrie's local newspaper and has been telling the stories of Barrie and its surrounding area for over 140 years, chronicling the history of the people and events that have made the City of Barrie what it is today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barrie Examiner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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