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
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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'' newspaper, which is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar.
Portfolio
* Toronto Star Newspapers Limited
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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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Torstar Syndication Services
*Fantasy Sports
*Real Estate News and Dream Homes with Metroland Media Group
*Corporate Information Technology Division
*Wheels.ca, a Canadian automotive website
Former holdings
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Eye Weekly
''Eye Weekly'' was a free weekly newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was owned by Torstar, the parent company of the ''Toronto Star'', and was published by their Star Media Group until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The followin ...
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The Grid
The Grid are an English electronic dance group, consisting of David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell) and Richard Norris, with guest contributions from other musicians. They are best known for the hits "Swamp Thing", "Texas Cowboys", "Crystal C ...
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*''GTA Today''
*''Starweek''
*Torstar Media Group Television
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ShopTV Canada
ShopTV Canada was a Television in Canada, Canadian English language cable television direct response television shopping service owned by Torstar, Torstar Media Group Television.
Programming
ShopTV Canada featured direct response advertising in sh ...
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Workopolis'' (50%),
employment website
An employment website is a website that deals specifically with employment or careers. Many employment websites are designed to allow employers to post job requirements for a position to be filled and are commonly known as job boards. Other employ ...
. Formerly a joint venture with
Square Victoria Digital Properties until
Indeed
Indeed, Inc. is an American worldwide employment website for job listings launched in November 2004. It is an independent subsidiary of multinational company Recruit Holdings. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and Stamford, Connecticut, w ...
purchased Workopolis in June 2018.
Joint interests
The Daily News Brands division also manages Torstar's jointly owned interests in:
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Sing Tao Daily
The ''Sing Tao Daily'' (also known as ''Sing Tao Jih Pao''; ) is among Hong Kong's oldest Chinese language newspapers. It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation, of which Kwok Ying-shing () is chairman. Its English-language sister is the free ...
'' (50%), the largest Chinese language newspaper in Canada. A joint venture with
Sing Tao News Corporation
Sing Tao News Corporation Limited (Sing Tao) is a Hong Kong media company, incorporated in Bermuda. It was formerly called Global China Group Holdings Limited.
History
The Group, which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, was founded i ...
.
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StarMetro'' (90%), free daily commuter newspaper with editions in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, and Vancouver. A joint venture with
Metro International
Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the freesheet newspaper ''Metro''.
The company was founded by Per Andersson, and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcast ...
.
See also
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Torstar
Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes news. It is known for publishing the ''Toronto Star'', its flagship and namesake. Torstar was purchased by NordStar Capital LP, which is currently owned by Jordan Bi ...
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Metroland Media Group
Metroland Media Group (also known as Community Brands) is a Canadian mass media publisher and distributor which primarily operates in Southern Ontario. A division of the publishing conglomerate Torstar Corporation, Metroland published more than ...
References
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