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Montreal Mirror

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Montreal Mirror
The cover of the final edition (June 21, 2012) of the Montreal Mirror
TypeAlternative Newsweekly
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Quebecor Media
PublisherCommunications Gratte-Ciel Ltée
EditorAlastair Sutherland
FoundedJune 20, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-06-20)
Political alignmentCentre-left
Ceased publicationJune 22, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-22)
Headquarters465 McGill Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec
Circulation70,000
Sister newspapersici
ISSN0833-8086
OCLC number15997017
WebsiteMontrealMirror.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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
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