Montreal Mirror
Former English weekly newspaper in Montreal
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Montreal Mirror or just Mirror was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday.[1][2] It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week.[1]
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 The cover of the final edition (June 21, 2012) of the Montreal Mirror | |
| Type | Alternative Newsweekly |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Quebecor Media |
| Publisher | Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée |
| Editor | Alastair Sutherland |
| Founded | June 20, 1985 |
| Ceased publication | June 22, 2012 |
| Political alignment | Centre-left |
| Headquarters | 465 McGill Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec |
| Circulation | 70,000 |
| Sister newspapers | ici |
| ISSN | 0833-8086 |
| OCLC number | 15997017 |
| Website | MontrealMirror.com (via the Internet Archive) |
The Montreal Mirror was first published in June 1985, the initial print run being 20,000 copies,[3] the publication became a weekly in September 1989.[4] It was bought by media giant Quebecor in 1997.[5] It was published by Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée.[6]
On June 22, 2012, Sun Media (the division of Quebecor that the Mirror belonged to) announced that the paper would be ceasing publication effective immediately.[7]