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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network Inc. |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Headquarters | 204 5th Avenue North Saskatoon,Saskatchewan S7K 2P1 |
| Circulation | 38,763 weekdays 40,230 Saturdays (as of 2015)[1] |
| ISSN | 0832-4182 |
| Website | www.thestarphoenix.com |
The StarPhoenix is a dailynewspaper that servesSaskatoon,Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a part ofPostmedia Network. It has been referred to as a "sister newspaper" to theLeader-Post.[2] TheStarPhoenix puts out six editions each week and publishes one weekly,Bridges. It is also part of the canada.comweb portal.[citation needed]
TheStarPhoenix was first published asThe Saskatoon Phoenix on October 17, 1902 (following a short-lived attempt at a local newspaper, theSaskatoon Sentinel). In 1909, it became a daily paper and, in 1910, was renamed theSaskatoon Capital.
The paper was sold and bought several times between its inception and the 1920s, at one point being owned byW. F. Herman, the future owner and publisher of theWindsor Star.[3]
By 1927, there were two daily papers in Saskatoon: theSaskatoon Daily Star and theDaily Phoenix. In January 1928, both papers were bought by the Sifton family ofWinnipeg and amalgamated into theSaskatoon Star-Phoenix. In the early 1980s the spelling of the newspaper name was modified toStarPhoenix. Between the 1928 amalgamation and the launch of the Saskatoon edition ofMetro in April 2016, theStarPhoenix was the city's only daily newspaper.
In the early-1990s, the paper was owned by Armadale,[4] but it changed hands in 1995 when it was purchased byConrad Black,[5] making the paper part ofHollinger International.[6] Days after Black's purchase, dozens of employees were fired from the paper in the name of cost cutting with no regard for longevity of service (decades in some cases),[2] a firm testament to "Black's views on what he calls demanning."[7] The paper was later, in 2000, sold toCanWest Global Communications and became part of itsSoutham Newspapers division, later called theCanWest News Service; in 2003 ownership was noted as being byCanwest Global,[8] while in 2004 ownership was CanWest MediaWorks.[9] CanWest was acquired by Postmedia News, Inc., which is the current owner ofThe StarPhoenix.
In 2015, theStarPhoenix press began printing theRegina Leader-Post, in addition to its own print edition, after the Leader-Post's own press was shut down.[10] In 2023,Postmedia announced that theStarPhoenix press would be shut down and the building be put up for sale. Both theStarPhoenix andLeader-Post were to continue publication, but printed at a facility inEstevan. The reporting staff, working from home since March 2020 at the beginning of theCOVID-19 pandemic, were to continue doing so on a permanent basis.[11]
Like mostCanadian daily newspapers,The StarPhoenix has seen a decline incirculation. Circulation in 2003 was 62,915,[8] and 56,419 in 2004.[9] Circulation dropped by 28 percent to 39,008 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.[12]