''Eye Weekly'' was a free weekly
newspaper published in
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
It was owned by
Torstar, the parent company of the ''
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...
'', and was published by their
Star Media Group
Daily News Brands, formerly Star Media Group, is a Canadian media organization and a division of Torstar Corporation. Its flagship publication is the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper, which is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of ...
until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The following week, Torstar launched a successor publication, ''
The Grid''.
["Toronto Can Say Bye to Eye, It's Changing to The Grid"]
'' Marketing'', April 11, 2011.
History
''Eye Weekly'' began publishing on October 10, 1991. The content was first posted online via
Usenet in March 1994, and its
website launched in October 1994, becoming one of the first publications to put its content online. It had an audited circulation of 120,000 copies,
as of a 2005-2007 report.
Past contributors
Prominent contributors at various points through the newspaper's life included Jason Anderson,
Bert Archer, Gregory Boyd Bell,
Carolyn Bennett
Carolyn Ann Bennett (born December 20, 1950) is a Canadian physician and politician who has served as minister of mental health and addictions, and associate minister of health since October 26, 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, she has repre ...
, Denise Benson, Stuart Berman, Alex Bozikovic, Andrew Braithwaite, William Burrill, Jason Chiu, Andrew Clark,
Tyler Clark Burke, Nicole Cohen,
Kevin Connolly,
Peter Darbyshire,
Gemma Files,
Sky Gilbert, Kieran Grant, Kevin Hainey,
Bob Hunter, Paul Isaacs,
Bruce LaBruce, Edward Keenan, Guy Leshinski, Chris Dart, Chandler Levack, Laura Lind, Sarah Liss, Donna Lypchuk, Cindy McGlynn, Gord McLaughlin,
Jim Munroe, Dave Morris, Bruce Farley Mowat, C.J. O'Connor,
Gord Perks, Bradley Reinhardt, Damian Rogers,
Stuart Ross,
Sasha
Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to:
People
* Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha
Musicians
* Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe
* Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...
,
John Sewell, Phoebe Smith, Vern Smith,
Kamal Al-Solaylee,
Hannah Sung, Marc Weisblott, and Carlyn Zwarenstein.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Canada
References
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Alternative weekly newspapers published in Canada
Torstar publications
Newspapers published in Toronto
Publications established in 1991
Publications disestablished in 2011
Defunct newspapers published in Ontario
Weekly newspapers published in Ontario
1991 establishments in Ontario
2011 disestablishments in Ontario