Alberni Valley News
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Black Press |
| Publisher | Rick Major |
| Editor | Siobhan Burns |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 4918 Napier Street Port Alberni, British Columbia V9Y 3H5 |
| Circulation | 9,174 (as of October 2022)[1] |
| ISSN | 0839-2706 |
| Website | albernivalleynews |
The Alberni Valley News is a weekly newspaper in Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It publishes Wednesday and is owned by Black Press.
History
[edit]The News was part of David Radler's Sterling Newspapers chain in the 1970s, and became part of the Southam chain when Radler and Conrad Black incorporated Southam into Hollinger Inc.;[2] this chain was, at the time, the dominant newspaper publisher in British Columbia, and also included the Nanaimo Daily News, Times Colonist and several weeklies.
Along with the rest of Southam, ownership of the Vancouver Island newspapers passed to Canwest in 2000,[3] then Postmedia Network in 2010.[4]
Postmedia sold its Vancouver Island properties and Lower Mainland weeklies to Glacier Media in 2011 for $86.5 million.[5] In 2015, Glacier Media sold all its island papers except for the Times Colonist to Black Press.[6][7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2023 Black Press Media Kit" (PDF). Black Press Media. April 1, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Edge, Marc (2009). "West Coast Media: Ultra-Concentrated Ownership". In Michael Howlett; Dennis Pilon; Tracy Summerville (eds.). British Columbia Politics and Government (PDF). Toronto: Emond Montgomery. p. 9. ISBN 1552393151.
- ^ "Canadian Media Giants Announce Landmark Convergence Deal". TheFreeLibrary.com. July 31, 2000. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Postmedia Network Announces the Closing of the Sale of the Times Colonist in Victoria and British Columbia-Based Community Newspapers". Postmedia.com. December 1, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Quinn, Susan (October 18, 2011). "AV Times, Pennyworth Sold to Glacier Media". Alberni Valley News. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ Watson, H. G. (2015-10-02). "Vancouver Island's Alberni Valley Times to close". JSource. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ Bradshaw, James (2014-12-17). "Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap B.C. community newspapers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
- ^ "Three Island Weekly Newspapers To Close". Nanaimo Business News. 2015-03-30. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
External links
[edit]- Alberni Valley Times – Official website
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