Laurentian Media Group was a Canadian newspaper and magazine publishing company. Founded in 1973 by Michael Atkins,C.M. Wallace and Ashley Thomson, ''Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital''.

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, 1993. . Laurentian published several titles in the

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area, including the twice-weekly community newspaper ''Northern Life'', the magazines ''Northern Ontario Business'' and ''Sudbury Living'', and the trade publication ''Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal'', as well as several national and international digital publications, including ''SCOREGolf'' and ''IT World Canada''. The company has also previously owned publications in other markets, including the ''Parry Sound North Star'' and the ''Parry Sound Beacon Star'' in Parry Sound. In 2014, the company launched a content and business partnership with the Village Media network of internet media properties in other markets in the

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region."Media outlets partner to expand Northern news network"
''

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'', October 2, 2014. In 2020, the two companies merged under the management of Village Media, with several of its key executives and staff taking new positions within the Village Media corporate structure.

Publications

''Northern Life''

''Northern Life'' was a community

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

in Sudbury. The main office is located at 158 Elgin Street in Sudbury. The paper published twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday. It formerly published three times a week, also putting out a Sunday edition, but in June 2006, the paper announced that it would be returning to twice-a-week publication in July, merging its Friday and Sunday editions into an expanded Friday paper which later became a Thursday paper. ''Northern Life'' celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2013. On April 12, 2016, the paper's website ''northernlife.ca'' was relaunched as ''sudbury.com'', although the print edition retained the ''Northern Life'' name. On March 26, 2020, ''Northern Life'' published its final edition after 47 years. The sudbury.com website is still in operation as a publication of the Village Media network.

''Northern Ontario Business''

''Northern Ontario Business'' is a monthly

trade magazine A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular tradesman, trade or industry. The collective term ...

based in Sudbury, with monthly readership of 25,000, which covers business news and issues in

, and serves the region's business community."The Political Wilderness: Northern Ontario"
''

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned Postmedia Network. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only.

''.

''Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal''

''Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal'' is a trade magazine covering news and business developments in Northeastern Ontario's

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

industry.

''Sudbury Living''

''Sudbury Living'' is a quarterly arts and lifestyle magazine, similar to ''

Toronto Life ''Toronto Life'' is a monthly magazine about entertainment, politics and life in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ''Toronto Life'' also publishes a number of annual special interest guides about the city, including ''Real Estate'', ''Stylebook'', ''Eati ...

''. ''Sudbury Living'' has expanded to include three other publications called ''Sudbury Living Students'', ''Sudbury Living Parents'', and ''Sudbury Living Weddings''. All three additional magazines are published annually.

References

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External links

''Sudbury.com''

''Northern Ontario Business''

''Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal''

''Sudbury Living''
Newspaper companies of Canada Magazine publishing companies of Canada Companies based in Greater Sudbury 1973 establishments in Ontario Canadian companies established in 1973 Defunct publishing companies of Canada Canadian companies disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in Ontario