The ''Financial Post'' is a financial news website, and business section of the ''

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.

'', both publications of the

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. It started as an English

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business newspaper, which published from 1907 to 1998. In 1998, the publication was folded into the new ''National Post''."Black says Post to merge with new paper". ''

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'', July 23, 1998. The name ''Financial Post'' also lives on in the ''Post''s monthly business magazine, ''Financial Post Business''.

History and overview

The ''Financial Post'' started publication in 1907 by

John Bayne Maclean Lieutenant Colonel John Bayne Maclean (26 September 1862 – 25 September 1950) was a Canadian publisher. He founded '' Maclean's Magazine'', the ''Financial Post'' and the Maclean Publishing Company, later known as Maclean-Hunter. Life and ...

."Publishing Inc. on the move". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 9, 1983. It was a weekly publication, and one of the core assets of Maclean's media business, which eventually became

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. The paper was purchased by

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in 1987, and expanded into a daily tabloid on February 1, 1988, and added newspaper home delivery in 1990, with a reformatted ''Financial Post Magazine'' following shortly after. In 1998, Sun Media sold the ''Financial Post'' to Hollinger, whose CEO

Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian-British writer and former politician, Publishing, newspaper publisher, Investor, financier, and Fraudster, convicted fraudster. Black's father was businessma ...

had been seeking a way to establish a national newspaper."Black snaps up ''Financial Post''". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 21, 1998. Sun Media acquired the ''

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'', the ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' from Hollinger in exchange, but has since sold all four papers. The Hollinger transaction was finalized in July 1998. Originally slated to launch on October 5, 1998, the ''National Post''s launch was delayed until October 27 by the financial complications of the ''Financial Post'' purchase."Black's newspaper delayed". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 8, 1998. The ''Financial Post'' retains a loyal audience of English business readers in Canada, offering coverage similar to the ''

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'' by ''

''. Though there has been frequent speculation that the ''Financial Post'' would be merged into the business sections of the regional newspapers owned by the ''National Post''s parent,

Postmedia News Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (also known as Postmedia Network, Postmedia News or Postmedia) is an American-owned Canadian-based media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in En ...

, much of the ''Post''s editorial content is now syndicated to other Postmedia newspapers through the Postmedia News Service. The ''Financial Post'' publishes several popular editorial features throughout the year, including the annual competition Financial Post's Ten Best Companies to Work For. Editors of the paper included

Floyd Chalmers Floyd Sherman Chalmers, (September 14, 1898 – April 26, 1993) was a Canadian editor, publisher and philanthropist.John Godfrey John Ferguson Godfrey (December 19, 1942 – December 18, 2023) was a Canadian educator, journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008. Background Godfrey was born in Toronto, Ontario on December 19, 1942. ...

"Francis replacing Godfrey as Post editor". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 5, 1991. and

Diane Francis Diane Marie Francis (born 14 November 1946) is a Canadian-American journalist, author, and editor-at-large for the ''National Post'' newspaper since 1998. Background Francis was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 14 November 1946. She immigrated t ...

, who was the paper's last editor prior to the launch of the ''National Post''.

References

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