Montreal Mirror

Montreal Mirror

The cover of the final edition (June 21, 2012) of the Montreal Mirror
Type	Alternative Newsweekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Quebecor Media
Publisher	Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée
Editor	Alastair Sutherland
Founded	June 20, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-06-20)
Political alignment	Centre-left
Ceased publication	June 22, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-06-22)
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)

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]

First published on June 20, 1985, the publication became a weekly in September 1989. It was bought by media giant Quebecor in 1997. It was published by Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée.^[3]

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.^[4]

See also

• List of newspapers in Canada
• Ken Hechtman

References

1. "Montreal Mirror | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies". Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007.
2. Arabella Bowen; John Shandy Watson (March 1, 2004). The Rough Guide to Montréal. Rough Guides. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-1-84353-195-1. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
3. "Contact". Montreal Mirror. Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
4. "Montreal Mirror to End Publication". Marketwire. June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012.

External links

• Montreal Mirror (official website) (via the Internet Archive)
• Company profile - Verified Audit Circulation (via the Internet Archive)