The ''Timmins Daily Press'' is a newspaper in

Timmins Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 at the 2021 Canadian census and an estimated population of ...

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, which publishes six days a week. It is notable as the first paper founded by press baron Roy Thomson in the 1930s, who would eventually own more than 200 newspapers including ''

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'' (London). In the 1990s, the paper was sold to Hollinger, a company founded by

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, after whom the city of Timmins is named. The ''Daily Press'' is now owned by Postmedia after having been owned by Quebecor and Osprey Media, which bought the ''Daily Press'' from Hollinger in 2001. Post Media purchased The ''Daily Press'' in a deal that was finalized in April 2015. The ''Daily Press'' had an average daily circulation of 6,001 in the six-month period ending in March 2008, down from 9,522 in September 2005.

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