The media in Toronto encompasses a wide range of

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, as well as

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and

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outlets. These media platforms either service the entire city or are cater to a specific neighbourhood or community within Toronto. Additionally, several media outlets from Toronto extend their services to cover the

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and the Golden Horseshoe region. While most media outlets in Toronto cater to local or regional audiences, there are also several national media outlets based in the city that distribute their services across Canada and caters to a national audience. Toronto is largest mass media market in Canada, and the fourth-largest market in

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, behind

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and

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. As a result, several Canadian media companies and conglomerates are based in Toronto.

TV stations

The incumbent cable provider in the Toronto area is Rogers Cable, which originally secured the cable franchise for most of the pre-amalgamation city of Toronto, and later purchased the systems in surrounding areas. Since 2010, Bell Fibe TV (an

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terrestrial service operated by Rogers' rival

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) has been available in most neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto Area. Independent IPTV television services such as

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and Zazeen have also become available. American network affiliates on Toronto cable are piped in from

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, including WGRZ ( NBC),

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( CBS), WKBW-TV ( ABC), WUTV ( Fox), and

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( PBS). For additional fees cable subscribers can also watch WNYO-TV (

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) and WNLO (

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). Many of these stations can be seen over the air throughout the

. Toronto has seven times the population of the Buffalo market. In particular, WUTV and WNED rely heavily on viewership from Toronto; both have long identified as serving "Buffalo/Toronto," and also have sales offices in the city. More than half of WNED's members live in Toronto. Most of Canada's over-the-air and cable television networks also have national operations based in Toronto; for more information, see

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Radio

Toronto stations

AM

FM

Other stations

Numerous radio stations licensed to communities outside the City of Toronto are also marketed to the City of Toronto proper, as well as the rest of the Greater Toronto Area. This includes one American station.

AM

FM

Former stations

Please see former City of Toronto radio stations at the Canadian Communications Foundation. * CFBN * CFCA * CHEV * CJVF-FM * CKAV-FM * CKLN-FM * CKO * CKRG-FM

Print

Newspapers

National dailies

* ''

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'' * ''

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.

Local dailies

* '' Corriere Canadese'' – Italian * ''Toronto Guardian'' –

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* ''Korea Times'' – Korean (not to be confused with '' Korea Times'') * '' StarMetro (newspaper)'' – formerly ''Metro'', ''Metro Today'', ''GTA Today'' * '' Ming Pao Daily News'' (明報) –

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s, with a moderate preference towards

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in transliterations * ''El Popular'' – Spanish * '' Sing Tao Daily'' (星島日報) –

s, with a moderate preference towards

in transliterations * ''South Asian Observer'' CLOSED * '' Today Daily news'' (現代日報) –

s * ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' World Journal'' (世界日報) –

s, with a heavy preference towards Mandarin, especially as spoken in

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, in transliterations

Alternative

* '' NOW Magazine'' — entertainment weekly

Community and weekly newspapers

Metroland Media Group is a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation which publishes the ''Toronto Star''. Metroland publishes a series of weekly neighbourhood papers, some of which previously printed two or three times a week. They are distributed free of charge and have captured a large portion of the neighbourhood advertising flyer market. These newspapers are: ''Bloor West Villager, City Centre Mirror, East York/Beach Mirror, Etobicoke Guardian, North York Mirror, Parkdale-Liberty Villager, Scarborough Mirror'' and ''York Guardian''. Several independent community newspapers include the '' Town Crier'' and the ''Post City Magazines'' chain of monthly neighbourhood magazines, ''Beach Metro News'', the ''Annex Gleaner'', the ''Liberty Gleaner'', ''West End Phoenix'' and the ''Marklander'' in the far west of Toronto. Monthly broadsheet ''The Bulletin'' converted into an online-only outlet, now defunct. ''

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'' and '' Le Métropolitain'' are French-language weekly newspapers.

Ethnic and multicultural newspapers

* ''Ajit Weekly'' - Punjabi language * ''CanIndia News'' - English language weekly * ''The Contact Weekly'' - English language * ''Correio da Manhã Canadá'' - Portuguese language twice-weekly * ''Culture Magazin'' - Vietnamese and English language * ''das Journal'' - German language, every two weeks * ''Gazeta'' - Polish language weekly * ''Gujarat Abroad'' - Canada's oldest and largest newspaper for the Gujarati community; weekly; published Fridays since 2002; caters to over 250K population mainly in the greater Toronto area through print and online e-paper; mainly distributed to major Indian grocery stores and religious places * ''India Journal'' - English language * ''Kanadai-Amerikai Magyars'' - Hungarian language weekly * ''Kanadan Sanomat'' - Finnish language weekly * ''Milénio Stadium'' - Portuguese language, weekly * '' Pakistan Post'' - Canada's largest and oldest Pakistani newspaper; weekly covering community news relevant to the South Asian community, mainly those from Pakistan; includes entertainment, news from abroad, regular columns, fashion and special features * ''Russian Express'' - Russian language * '' Salam Toronto'' - Persian-English weekly paper *Sol Português/Portuguese Sun - Portuguese language, weekly * ''StarBuzz Weekly''- entertainment and lifestyle weekly for South Asians; published in English from Toronto CLOSED * ''Sunday Times'' - Urdu language weekly * ''Thangatheepam'' - Tamil language weekly * ''The Weekly Voice'' - Punjabi and Hindi news * ''Thời Báo'' - Vietnamese language * ''Thời Mới'' - Vietnamese language * ''Urdu Khabarnama'' - Urdu language weekly * ''Weekly Hankook'' - Korean language * ''Wiadomości'' - Polish language weekly

=Caribbean media

= * ''Toronto Caribbean Newspaper'' - Toronto's Largest Caribbean Newspaper * ''The Caribbean Camera'' - Canada's largest newspaper on Caribbean affairs * ''Caribbean Weekly'' - Canada's only Caribbean Entertainment newspaper * ''Pride News Magazine'' - Canada's African and Caribbean Canadian newspaper * '' Share'' - weekly community newspaper which has served the Black and Caribbean community in the greater Toronto area since April 9, 1978 * ''Vision Newspaper Canada'' - the double award-winning Caribbean community newspaper

=Chinese media

= * '' C C Times'' (加中時報) - simplified and

s, with a moderate preference towards Mandarin as spoken in

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in transliterations; free weekly * '' China Today Wen Wei Po'' (文匯報) -

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s * '' Chinese Canadian Voice'' (社区報) -

s; monthly * '' Global Chinese Press'' (環球華報) -

s; free weekly * '' New Star Times'' (星星生活報) -

s; free weekly

=Latin media

= * ''Latinos Multicultural Magazine'' - Bilingual (English/Spanish) Monthly Printed publication * ''El Centro'' - Spanish weekly * ''Toronto Hispano''

Student newspapers

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* '' The Dialog'' - George Brown College * '' East York Observer'' - Centennial College * '' The Excalibur'' - York University * '' The Eyeopener'' - Toronto Metropolitan University * '' Humber Et Cetera'' - Humber College * '' The Medium'' - University of Toronto * '' The Newspaper'' - University of Toronto * '' On the Record'' - Toronto Metropolitan University * '' Senecan'' - Seneca College * '' The Scene'' - Seneca College * '' The Strand'' - University of Toronto * '' The Toronto Observer'' - Centennial College * ''The Underground'' - University of Toronto * '' The Varsity'' - University of Toronto * '' The Woodsworth Howl'' - University of Toronto

Former newspapers

* '' Eye Weekly'' / '' The Grid'' - defunct * '' The Globe'' - 1844 to 1936; merged with ''The Mail and Empire'' to form ''The Globe and Mail'' * '' Grip'' - 1873 to 1894; satirical newsweekly * ''The Leader'' - 1852 to 1878 * '' The Mail and Empire'' - 1895 to 1936; merged with ''The Globe'' to form ''The Globe and Mail'' * '' The News'' - 1881 to 1919; changed name to ''The Times'' in March 1919, which lasted until September of that year * '' The Sentinel'' - 1877 to 1896; newspaper of the

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* '' The Star Weekly'' - 1910 to 1973; Sunday edition of the ''Toronto Star'', later a weekend supplement in the Saturday ''Toronto Star'' * ''The Telegraph'' - 1866 to 1872 * ''

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'' - 1880 to 1921; final weekday edition 9 April 1921; assets acquired by ''The Mail and Empire'' **'' Toronto Sunday World'' - absorbed by the '' Star Weekly'' in 1924 * '' Toronto Empire'' - 1887 to 1895; merged with ''The Mail'' to form ''The Mail and Empire'' * '' The Toronto Mail'' - 1872 to 1895; merged with ''The Empire'' to form ''The Mail and Empire'' * '' Toronto Telegram'' - 1876 to 1971; much of the staff then formed the ''Toronto Sun'' * '' Toronto Special'' - appears defunct * '' 24 Hours'' — ceased publishing November 27, 2017 * ''

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'' - last print edition February 2015

Magazines

* '' Canadian Living'' * '' Canadian Business'' * '' Chatelaine'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Foodism Toronto (magazine)'' * '' FutuRéale'' * ''

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'' - national magazine based in Toronto * '' MoneySense'' * '' Outlooks'' * '' Saturday Night'' - no longer in print * '' Shameless'' * '' Spacing'' * ''

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'' magazine * '' This Magazine'' * ''

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'' * '' The Walrus'' * '' Weddingbells'' * '' Women's Post''

Online-only

* ''Best of Toronto'' * ''BlogTO'' * ''Curiocity'' * ''Dailyhive'' * ''

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'' - formerly in print. * ''Gent's Post'' * '' Narcity Media'' * ''Streets of Toronto'' - formerly known as Post City Magazines * ''Toronto.com'' * ''WanderEater magazine'' * ''View the Vibe'' - also syndicated onto the TTC media portal "Tconnect".

Book publishers

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* Cormorant Books * House of Anansi Press * McClelland and Stewart * Tundra Books *

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* ECW Press * Optimum Publishing International

References

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