Cranbrook Daily Townsman
The Cranbrook Daily Townsman is the local daily newspaper of Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Victoria-based Black Press, the largest publisher of weekly newspapers in British Columbia.
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Compact |
| Publisher | Karen Johnston |
| Editor | Barry Coulter |
| Founded | 1920s, as Cranbrook Courier |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 822 Cranbrook Street North Cranbrook, British Columbia V1C 3R9 |
| Circulation | 5,000 per day, together with Kimberley Daily Bulletin[1] |
| Website | dailytownsman.com |
The Daily Townsman is the paper of record for Cranbrook and publishes Mondays through Fridays. On Wednesdays, its distribution includes several outlying communities in the Columbia Valley. Originally a weekly newspaper, it has published daily since 1946.[2]
Don Kendall, a former executive at Black Press, purchased the Daily Townsman and Kimberly Daily Bulletin in July 2010, as part of a larger deal that saw Glacier Media sell several of its British Columbia papers to Black. At the time, Kendall said Black "wasn't as interested in some titles – Cranbrook, Kimberley, Nelson, and Prince Rupert – but Glacier was only selling the papers as a block."[3]
Black did purchase the Nelson Daily News and Prince Rupert Daily News in 2010, and ended up closing them days later. It already owned competing weeklies in both Nelson and Prince Rupert.[4]
Although it also owns a competing weekly in Cranbrook, the Kootenay Advertiser, Black purchased the Daily Townsman and Daily Bulletin from Kendall a year later, promising that both the weekly and the dailies "will continue to run under their current business plan and we anticipate few changes."[1]
All of Black's community newspapers in the East Kootenay region are printed on the Daily Townsman's presses.[2]
References
- "Black Press Buys Cranbrook, Kimberley Dailies". The Morning Star. Vernon, B.C. July 22, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- "Cranbrook Daily Townsman". BlackPress.ca. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- Coulter, Barry (July 7, 2010). "Townsman/Bulletin Under New Ownership". Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- Canadian Press (July 17, 2010). "Black Press Closes Two Daily Newspapers in B.C." Toronto Star. Retrieved March 12, 2012.