Toronto Sun
The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid published in Toronto, Ontario. It is part of the Sun family of papers owned by Postmedia. The paper began in 1971 after buying the assets of the defunct Toronto Telegram and hiring some of its staff. The first issue was published on November 1, 1971. Publisher Doug Creighton planned to call it the Toronto News, but designer Andy Donato suggested the name Toronto Sun, and it stuck.
Originally, the Sun ran from 322 King Street West, then moved in 1975 to 333 King Street East, a building expanded to house all operations. In 2010 the building was sold and the Sun moved its operations to the second floor, eventually relocating to 365 Bloor Street East in 2016, in the same building as the National Post but with a separate newsroom.
The Sun helped form Sun Publishing, which expanded to other cities with papers like the Edmonton Sun (1978) and the Calgary Sun (1980). In 1988 The Washington Post described the Sun as an example of tabloid journalism. In 2005 the Sun acquired a TV station from Craig Media, which became SUN TV and later the Sun News Network, lasting until 2015.
Circulation has declined over the years, a trend common to many print dailies. In 2007 the paper circulated about 180,000 copies on weekdays and 310,000 on Sundays; by 2015 the numbers were roughly 119,000 on weekdays, 111,000 on Saturdays, and 142,000 on Sundays.
Postmedia bought the Toronto Sun in 2015 as part of its purchase of Sun Media. Since 2016 the Sun has been published from 365 Bloor Street East, sharing that building with the National Post but keeping separate newsrooms.
The Toronto Sun has a sports award tradition dating back to 2004, the George Gross/Toronto Sun Sportsperson of the Year. Early on, the paper did not use a single editor-in-chief title; Peter Worthington appeared on the masthead under the publisher from 1971 to 1976.
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