''Montreal Mirror'' or just ''Mirror'' was a free
English language
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alternative newsweekly based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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which was distributed every Thursday.
It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week.
First published on June 20, 1985, the publication became a weekly in September 1989. It was bought by media giant
Quebecor in 1997. It was published by ''Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée''.
On June 22, 2012,
Sun Media (the division of Quebecor that the Mirror belonged to) announced that the paper would be ceasing publication effective immediately.
[{{cite web , url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/montreal-mirror-to-end-publication-tsx-qbr.a-1672679.htm , title=Montreal Mirror to End Publication , date=June 22, 2012 , website=Marketwire , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625064319/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/montreal-mirror-to-end-publication-tsx-qbr.a-1672679.htm , archivedate=25 June 2012]
See also
*
List of newspapers in Canada
This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers
Local weeklies Alberta
* Bashaw – ''Bashaw Star''
* Bassano – ''Bassano Times''
* Beaumont – ''Beaumont News''
* Beaverlodg ...
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Ken Hechtman
References
External links
''Montreal Mirror'' (official website)(via the Internet Archive)
Company profile-
Verified Audit Circulation (via the Internet Archive)
Alternative weekly newspapers published in Canada
Newspapers published in Montreal
English-language newspapers published in Quebec
Newspapers established in 1985
Newspapers disestablished in 2012
Weekly newspapers published in Quebec
1985 establishments in Quebec
2012 disestablishments in Quebec