Dose is a daily Canadian newswebsite and former daily printmagazine. It was a mixture of standalone features and coverage of daily news, sometimes from an irreverent perspective. Each daily issue had a theme, and the top margins of every page usually included trivia items related to the theme.
Dose magazine was launched on April 4, 2005, and was distributed in five major Canadian cities:Toronto,Vancouver,Calgary,Edmonton, andOttawa. Different news articles from the five cities are still featured on the website. The magazine hoped to earn revenue through advertising and selling mobile content (via the website) and was aimed at the lucrative demographic of 18- to 34-year-olds. The website targets this market too.
Dose was published byNoah Godfrey, son of CanWest board of directors memberPaul Godfrey. The content team included editor-in-chief,Pema Hegan and creative director,Jaspal Riyait. The magazine was the product of Canwest Mediaworks Publications Inc. (originally theCalgary Herald Group), which was in turn part of the same corporate conglomerate,Canwest, that publishes theNational Post, among many other newspapers in Canada, including theMontreal Gazette and theOttawa Citizen. Canwest also controlled theGlobal television network in Canada.
Known for its artistic covers,Dose magazine won design awards atCommunication Arts,Society for News Design,Society of Illustrators and theCanadian National Magazine Awards.
On May 17, 2006, Canwest discontinued publication of the print edition ofDose, but indicated that the magazine's online presence and selling of mobile content would continue.
On July 14, 2010, Canwest completed the sale of its publishing division, which includesDose, to the new companyPostmedia Network.[1]
The magazine was published 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) in a 23" × 12.5" format that is slightly smaller than atabloid. (It was, when folded, 11.5" × 12.5", which is almost a square.) Although labelled a magazine, it was printed onnewsprint like a newspaper and had the same dimensions as the type of advertising "pull-out" sections currently favored by the CanWest Global chain. The magazine was 20 pages from Monday through Thursday (daily edition) and 24 pages on Friday (weekend edition). Weekly editions included sections such as:
In 2013 Dose.ca became a Newad property. The website now features a cleaner and bolder look and has expanded its previous mission to cover a larger spectrum of the entertainment news. The site offers coverage of the music scene, pop culture, trends, new openings, the arts and celebrities.