Toronto Star

{{Short description|Canadian daily newspaper published in Ontario}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| logo=Toronto-Star-Logo.svg
| image=Toronto Star frontpage.jpg
| caption=Front page of the January 23, 2013, edition of the ''Toronto Star''
| type=[[Daily newspaper]]
| format=[[Broadsheet]]|
| foundation={{start date and age|1892}} (as ''Evening Star'')
| ceased publication= 
| owner=Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. (subsidiary of [[Torstar]])
| publisher=Jordan Bitove
| editor=Anne Marie Owens
| political=[[Social liberalism]]<ref name="Toronto Star endorses the NDP">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/983376--toronto-star-endorses-the-ndp |title=Toronto Star endorses the NDP |date=April 30, 2011 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503060912/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/983376--toronto-star-endorses-the-ndp |archive-date= May 3, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="But vote strategically">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/983380 |title=But vote strategically |date=April 30, 2011 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503060908/http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/983380 |archive-date=May 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/AMERICAS/Canada.cfm |title=World Newspapers and Magazines: Canada |access-date=December 27, 2019 |publisher=Worldpress.org |year=2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/515895 |title=Star's choice: Dion, Liberals |date=October 11, 2008 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=October 12, 2008}}</ref>
| headquarters=8 [[Spadina Avenue]]<br />[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]<br />M5V 0S8
| circulation=193,050 weekdays<br/> 290,153 Saturdays<br/> 185,159 Sundays in 2018<ref name="Circulation 2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/static_images/mediakit/2019_Star_Media_Kit.pdf |title=Toronto Star Media Kit |work=News Media Canada |access-date=March 7, 2020}} Numbers are based on the total circulation (print plus digital editions).</ref>
| ISSN = 0319-0781
| oclc = 137342540
| website = {{URL|thestar.com}}
}}

The '''''Toronto Star''''' is a Canadian English-language [[broadsheet]] [[daily newspaper]]<!--Please don't add political affiliation; its affiliation is already stated in the infobox-->. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of [[Torstar Corporation]] and part of Torstar's [[Daily News Brands (Torstar)|Daily News Brands]] division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=4220589 |title=Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. |work=Bloomberg |access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>

The newspaper was established in 1892 as the '''''Evening Star''''' and was later renamed the '''''Toronto Daily Star''''' in 1900, under [[Joseph E. Atkinson]]. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper reflecting his principles until his death in 1948.<ref name=canen>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-star|title=Toronto Star|date=December 20, 2021|access-date=August 30, 2022|publisher=Historica Canada|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> His son-in-law, [[Harry C. Hindmarsh]], shared those principles as the paper's longtime managing editor while also helping to build circulation with sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photos.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harkness |first=Ross |title=J.E. Atkinson of the Star |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1963 |location=Toronto}}</ref> The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971 and introduced a Sunday edition in 1977.<ref name=":1" />

==History==
The ''Star'' was created in 1892<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Toronto-Star |title=The Toronto Star &#124; Canadian newspaper |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref> by striking ''[[Toronto News]]'' printers and writers, led by future [[mayor of Toronto]] and social reformer [[Horatio Clarence Hocken]], who became the newspaper's founder,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=2177 |title=Profile – Hocken, Horatio Clarence |publisher=Parliament of Canada |work=Parlinfo |access-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711195922/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=2177 |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> along with another future mayor, [[James Simpson (Canadian politician)|Jimmy Simpson]].

The ''Star'' was first printed on ''[[The Toronto World|Toronto World]]'' presses, and at its formation, ''The World'' owned a 51 percent interest in it{{sfn|Archer|1947|p=3}} as a [[wikt:silent partner|silent partner]].{{sfn|Sotiron|2005}} That arrangement only lasted for two months, during which time it was rumoured that [[William Findlay Maclean|William Findlay "Billy" Maclean]], ''The World''{{'}}s proprietor, was considering selling the ''Star'' to the Riordon family.{{efn|Owners of the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company, and investors in ''[[The Hamilton Spectator]]'', ''Toronto Mail'' and the ''[[Toronto Evening News]]''.{{sfn|Rutherford|1982}}}} After an extensive fundraising campaign among the ''Star'' staff, Maclean agreed to sell his interest to Hocken.{{sfn|Sotiron|2005}}{{sfn|Archer|1947|pp=4{{en dash}}5}}

The paper did poorly in its first few years. Hocken sold out within the year, and several owners followed in succession until railway entrepreneur [[William Mackenzie (railway entrepreneur)|William Mackenzie]] bought it in 1896.{{sfn|Archer|1947|pp=5{{en dash}}6}} Its new editors, [[Edmund E. Sheppard]] and [[Frederic Thomas Nicholls]], moved the entire ''Star'' operation into the same building used by the magazine ''[[Saturday Night (magazine)|Saturday Night]]''.{{sfn|Archer|1947|p=6}}

===Under Atkinson===
[[File:Joseph Edward Atkinson.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph E. Atkinson]], {{circa|1910s}}. The ''Star'' became Toronto's largest newspaper under his leadership.<ref name=canen/>]]
[[Joseph E. Atkinson|Joseph E. "Holy Joe" Atkinson]], backed by funds raised by supporters of Prime Minister [[Wilfrid Laurier]], bought the paper on December 13, 1899.{{sfn|Archer|1947|p=6}} The supporters included [[George Albertus Cox|Senator George Cox]], [[William Mulock]], [[Peter Charles Larkin]] and [[Timothy Eaton]].<ref>{{Cite DCB |last=Otto |first=Stephen A. |title=Larkin, Peter Charles |volume=15 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/larkin_peter_charles_15E.html}}</ref> Atkinson became the controlling [[shareholder]] of the ''Star''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wR_-aSFyvuYC&q=joseph+e+atkinson+controlling+shareholder+of+the+star&pg=PA2368 |title=The Canadian Encyclopedia |page=2368 |author=James H. Marsh |year=1999 |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |isbn=9780771020995 |access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref> The ''Star'' was frequently criticized for practising the [[yellow journalism]] of its era. For decades, the paper included heavy doses of crime and [[sensationalism]], along with advocating social change.

Atkinson was the ''Star''{{'}}s editor from 1899 until his death in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/about/history-of-the-toronto-star.html |title=History of the Toronto Star |date=September 23, 2016 |website=thestar.com |language=en |access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> The newspaper's early opposition and criticism of the [[Nazi Party|Nazi regime]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vhec.org/1936_olympics/the_nazi_state/a_canadian_observer |title=A Canadian Observer |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre |access-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205135851/http://vhec.org/1936_olympics/the_nazi_state/a_canadian_observer |url-status=dead }}</ref> saw it become one of the first North American papers to be [[Censorship in Nazi Germany|banned in Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/anniversary/2017/11/01/125-years-of-speaking-out.html |title=125 years of speaking out |last=Phillips |first=Andrew |date=November 1, 2017 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> Atkinson had a social conscience. He championed many causes that would come to be associated with the modern [[welfare state]]: [[old age pension]]s, [[Unemployment benefits|unemployment insurance]], and [[health care]]. The [[Government of Canada]] Digital Collections website describes Atkinson as:
<blockquote>a "radical" in the best sense of that term.... The ''Star'' was unique among North American newspapers in its consistent, ongoing advocacy of the interests of ordinary people. The friendship of Atkinson, the publisher, with [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|Mackenzie King]], the [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]], was a major influence on the development of Canadian social policy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ |title=Bienvenue au site Web Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Welcome to the Library and Archives Canada website |website=Collections Canada |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182206/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ |url-status=dead }}</ref></blockquote>

Shortly before his death in 1948, Joseph E. Atkinson transferred ownership of the paper to a charitable organization given the mandate of continuing the paper's liberal tradition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Powell |first=Betsy |title=Atkinson's will kept Star's resolve |access-date=January 12, 2011 |date=November 6, 2002 |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/542589--atkinson-s-will-kept-star-s-resolve |location=Toronto |newspaper=Toronto Star |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065908/http://www.thestar.com/article/542589--atkinson-s-will-kept-star-s-resolve |archive-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> In 1949, the Province of Ontario passed the ''Charitable Gifts Act'',{{efn|The {{Cite canlaw |short title=Charitable Gifts Act |abbr=R.S.O. |year=1990 |chapter=C.8 |link=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90c08}}, repealed in 2009 by the {{Cite canlaw |short title=Good Government Act, 2009 |abbr=S.O. |year=2009 |chapter=33 |schedule=2 |link=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s09033}}}} barring charitable organizations from owning large parts of profit-making businesses,<ref>{{cite web |last=Bourgeois |first=Donald |title=The Charitable Gifts Act: A Commentary |access-date=January 12, 2011 |url=http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2009/chylb174.htm}}</ref> that effectively required the ''Star'' to be sold.{{efn|But the Act's repeal in 2009 did not mean that charities in Ontario could then set up for-profit companies or pursue business activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millerthomson.com/assets/files/newsletter_attachments/issues/Charities_and_Not-For-Profit_December_2009.pdf |title=Ontario Government passes ''Good Government Act'' that includes positive changes for charities |last1=Lazier |first1=Kate |last2=Manwaring |first2=Susan M. |date=December 2009 |publisher=[[Miller Thomson]]}}</ref>}}

Atkinson's will had directed that profits from the paper's operations were "for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature, for the benefit of the people of the province of Ontario" and it stipulated that the paper could be sold only to people who shared his social views.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Sandra |date=November 8, 2005 |title=Beland Honderich, 86 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/beland-honderich-86/article1130520/?page=all |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> The five trustees of the charitable organization circumvented the Act by buying the paper themselves and swearing before the [[Supreme Court of Ontario]] to continue what became known as the "Atkinson Principles":<ref>{{cite web |title=Atkinson Principles |url=http://www.torstar.com/html/social-responsibility/Atkinson_Principles/index.cfm |publisher=[[Torstar]] |access-date=August 2, 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Banting-front-page Toronto Daily Star 1922.jpg|thumb|Front page of the ''Star'' in 1922, covering [[Frederick Banting]]'s accomplishments with [[insulin]].]]
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* A strong, united and independent Canada
* [[Social justice]]
* Individual and civil liberties
* Community and civic engagement
* The rights of working people
* The necessary role of government
{{col div end}}
These principles continue to affect the ''Star''{{'}}s editorial stances. In February 2006, ''Star'' media columnist [[Antonia Zerbisias]] wrote on her blog:
<blockquote>Besides, we are the ''Star'' which means we all have the Atkinson Principles—and its multi-culti values—tattooed on our butts. Fine with me. At least we are upfront about our values, and they almost always work in favour of building a better Canada.<ref>{{cite web |first=Antonia |last=Zerbisias |author-link=Antonia Zerbisias |title=Kartoon Kontroversy Kontinues |url=http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/02/kartoon_kontrov.html |date=February 20, 2006 |access-date=August 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323061555/http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/02/kartoon_kontrov.html |archive-date=March 23, 2006}}</ref></blockquote>

====Other early media ventures====
Under Atkinson, the ''Star'' launched several other media initiatives, including a weekend supplemental magazine, the ''[[Star Weekly]]'', from 1910 to 1973. From 1922 to 1933, the ''Star'' was also a radio broadcaster on its station [[CFCA (AM)|CFCA]], broadcasting on a [[wavelength]] of 400 [[metre]]s (749.48&nbsp;kHz); its coverage was complementary to the paper's reporting.<ref name="Plummer2014">{{cite web |url=http://torontoist.com/2014/03/historicist-an-invisible-giant/ |title=Historicist: An Invisible Giant |last1=Plummer |first1=Kevin |date=March 22, 2014 |website=torontoist.com}}</ref> The station was closed following the establishment of the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]] (CRBC) and the introduction of a government policy that, in essence, restricted private stations to an [[effective radiated power]] of 100 [[watt]]s.<ref name="Plummer2014" /> The ''Star'' would continue to supply sponsored content to the CRBC's CRCT station—which later became CBC station [[CBLA-FM|CBL]]—an arrangement that lasted until 1946.<ref name="Plummer2014" />

===1971–present===
In 1971, the newspaper was renamed ''The Toronto Star'' and moved to a modern International-style office tower at [[One Yonge Street]] by [[Queens Quay (Toronto)|Queens Quay]]. The original [[Old Toronto Star Building|''Star'' building]] at 80 King Street West was demolished to make room for [[First Canadian Place]].

The ''Star'' expanded during the 1970s with the introduction of a Sunday edition in 1973 and a morning edition in 1981.<ref name=canen/>

In 1992, its printing plant was moved to the Toronto Star Press Centre at the [[Ontario Highway 407|Highway 407]] & [[Ontario Highway 400|400]] interchange in [[Vaughan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/09/06/torstars_vaughan_press_centre_celebrates_20th_anniversary.html |title=Torstar's Vaughan Press Centre celebrates 20th anniversary |work=Toronto Star|date=September 6, 2012 }}</ref> In September 2002, the logo was changed, and "The" was dropped from the masthead. During the [[Northeast blackout of 2003|2003 Northeast blackout]], the ''Star'' printed the paper at a press in [[Welland]], Ontario. The newspaper's former printing plant was housed at One Yonge Street until the Toronto Star Press Centre opened.

Until the mid-2000s, the front page of the ''Toronto Star'' had no third-party advertising aside from upcoming lottery jackpot estimates from the [[Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation]] (OLG).

On May 28, 2007, the ''Star'' unveiled a redesigned paper that featured larger type, narrower pages, fewer and shorter articles, renamed sections, a more prominent focus on local news, and less focus on international news, columnists, and opinion pieces.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2007/05/28/you_spoke_we_listened_here_are_the_changes.html |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto |title=You spoke, we listened: Here are the changes |date=May 28, 2007 |access-date=May 25, 2010 |first=J. Fred |last=Kuntz}}</ref> However, on January 1, 2009, the ''Star'' reverted to its previous format. ''Star P.M.'', a free newspaper in [[PDF]] format that could be downloaded from the newspaper's website each weekday afternoon, was discontinued in October 2007, thirteen months after its launch.

On January 15, 2016, Torstar confirmed the closure of its Vaughan printing presses and indicated that it would outsource printing to [[Transcontinental (company)|Transcontinental Printing]], leading to the layoff of all 285 staff at the plant, as Transcontinental had its own existing facility, also in Vaughan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2016/01/15/torstar-sell-vaughan-printing-plant-close-300-jobs-affected/ |title=Torstar to sell printing plant in Vaughan, close to 300 jobs affected |website=toronto.citynews.ca}}</ref> The newspaper said the closure was effected so it could better focus on its digital outlets.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://torontosun.com/2016/01/15/torstar-to-sell-printing-plant-285-jobs-affected/wcm/48a2b4d1-a53f-4ce1-8b8a-8b782861d9c3 |title=Torstar lays off more than 300 production, editorial staff, selling staff |newspaper=Toronto Sun |last=Sagan |first=Aleksandra |date=January 15, 2016}}</ref>
 
In February 2018, the ''Toronto Star'' suspended its internship program indefinitely to cut its costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/toronto-star-suspending-internship-programs-indefinitely/ |title=Toronto Star Suspending Internship Programs Indefinitely |work=Canadaland|date=February 13, 2018 }}</ref> Long a source of Canada's next generation of journalists, the paid positions were seen by journalists and programme alumni as a vital part of the national industry, and their suspension, a sign of its continuing decline.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://j-source.ca/article/toronto-star-internship-program-unique/ |title=Why the Toronto Star internship program was unique |date=February 21, 2018 |work=J-Source}}</ref> In 2020, the internship program returned.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 20, 2020|title=Toronto Star welcomes back internship program with seven young reporters|language=en-CA|work=The Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/20/toronto-star-welcomes-back-internship-program-with-seven-young-reporters.html|access-date=December 28, 2021|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>

In April 2018, the ''Toronto Star'' expanded its local coverage of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Halifax with rebranded daily newspapers, previously known as ''Metro'', as ''[[StarMetro (newspaper)|StarMetro]]'', which was a joint venture between Torstar (90%) and Swedish media company [[Metro International]] (10%).<ref>{{cite news |title=Torstar hiring 20 reporters as it rebrands and revamps Metro Urban dailies across Canada |url=https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/media/torstar-hiring-20-reporters-as-it-rebrands-and-revamps-metro-urban-dailies |website=Financial Post |publisher=The Canadian Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Healing |first1=Dan |title=StarMetro? Toronto Star publisher rebranding free daily newspapers across Canada – cites appetite for 'progressive voice' |url=https://calgaryherald.com/business/starmetro-toronto-star-publisher-rebranding-free-daily-newspapers-across-canada-cites-appetite-for-progressive-voice/wcm/e9d04fc7-4529-4ee2-a1f5-311938d8acdf |website=Calgary Herald |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Popplewell |first1=Brett |title=Inside the Toronto Star's Bold Plan to Save Itself |url=https://thewalrus.ca/inside-the-toronto-stars-bold-plan-to-save-itself/ |website=The Walrus |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> In October 2018, the ''Toronto Star'' acquired [[iPolitics]], a political news outlet. It ceased to own the property in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tortar signs agreement to purchase political website iPolitics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/torstar-buys-ipolitics-1.4831392 |website=CBC |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Torstar to purchase iPolitics media outlet |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/torstar-to-purchase-ipolitics-media-outlet-693842521.html |website=Cision |access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref>

On December 20, 2019, all ''StarMetro'' editions ceased publication amid the popularity and resultant growth of news apps on mobile devices.<ref>{{cite web |title=Torstar shutting down StarMetro papers across Canada |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/11/19/torstar-shutting-down-starmetro-papers-across-canada/ |website=CityNews |publisher=Rogers Digital Media. |date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto Star shutting down StarMetro newspapers |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/toronto-star-star-metro-closing-1.5365326 |website=CBC.ca |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. |date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

The newspaper was acquired by NordStar Capital on May 26, 2020, after the board of [[Torstar]] voted to sell the company to the investment firm for {{CAD|52{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}}—making Torstar a [[privately held company]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Canadian Press |author-link=The Canadian Press |date=May 26, 2020 |title=Torstar agrees to $52M sale to NordStar Capital |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/torstar-sale-nordstar-capital-1.5586033 |access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> The deal was expected to be approved by Torstar's [[shareholder]]s and to close by the end of 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 26, 2020 |title=Torstar to be sold, taken private in $52-million deal |url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9997810-torstar-to-be-sold-taken-private-in-52-million-deal/ |access-date=May 27, 2020 |publisher=Toronto.com}}</ref> Canadian Modern Media Holdings made an offer of $58{{nbsp}}million on July 9, 2020;<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Surprise $60-million bid from NordStar locks up acquisition of Torstar |language=en |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/07/11/new-surprise-60-million-bid-from-nordstar-all-but-locks-up-acquisition-of-torstar.html |access-date=July 12, 2020}}</ref> NordStar subsequently increased its offer to $60{{Nbsp}}million, effectively ending the bidding war.<ref name=":0" /> A vast majority of shareholders subsequently voted in favour of the deal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ts/business/2020/07/21/nordstar-takeover-approved-by-torstar-shareholders.html |title=Shareholders have given a proposed $60 million takeover of the Toronto Star's publisher their seal of approval |work=St Catharines Standard |access-date=July 21, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The takeover was approved by an Ontario judge on July 27, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Judge approves NordStar's $60-million takeover of Torstar – The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/business/article-judge-approves-nordstars-60-million-takeover-of-torstar/?__twitter_impression=true |access-date=July 28, 2020 |website=www.theglobeandmail.com}}</ref> An appeal of the judgement by another prospective purchaser failed on July 31 when Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Penny dismissed the motion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202007311845CANADANWCANADAPR_C5897-1 |title=Torstar Corporation Announces Dismissal of Stay Motion in Connection with Arrangement with NordStar Capital LP |date=July 31, 2020 |publisher=Financial Times |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> The deal was expected to close during the following week.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/07/30/court-considers-temporary-hold-on-nordstar-takeover-of-toronto-star-publisher.html |title=NordStar takeover of Toronto Star publisher cleared to go ahead early next week |work=Toronto Star |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202007311845CANADANWCANADAPR_C5897-1 |title=Torstar Corporation Announces Dismissal of Stay Motion in Connection with Arrangement with NordStar Capital LP |date=July 31, 2020 |publisher=Financial Times |access-date=August 1, 2020 |quote=he Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) has dismissed a motion for a stay of the final order}}</ref>

In November 2022, the newspaper moved its headquarters from the [[One Yonge Street|Toronto Star Building]] located on Yonge Street to a new location on [[Spadina Avenue]] at Front Street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zwolinski |first1=Mark |title=Proudfoot Corner: Memories of 1 Yonge St. as Toronto Star prepares to move |url=https://www.thestar.com/initiatives/santa_claus_fund/2022/10/27/proudfoot-corner-memories-of-1-yonge-st-as-toronto-star-prepares-to-move.html |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=thestar.com |date=November 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.thestar.com/about/contactus.html |website=The Toronto Star |access-date=May 7, 2023 |language=en-CA |date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> <ref name="thestar.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2021/12/29/the-stars-move-requires-us-to-rethink-what-our-office-should-be-post-pandemic.html|title=Opinion &#124; the Star's move requires us to rethink what our office should be, post-pandemic|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=December 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubin |first1=Josh |title=Shopify confirms it no longer intends to expand to massive new Toronto office space, citing shift toward remote-first |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/12/14/shopify-confirms-it-no-longer-intends-to-expand-to-massive-new-toronto-office-space-citing-shift-toward-remote-first.html |website=thestar.com |access-date=May 7, 2023 |language=en |date=December 14, 2022 |quote=Several other companies have already moved into the Well, including the Star, which recently moved from its long-time office at 1 Yonge St.}}</ref>

==Content==
===Editorial position===
Like its competitor ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', the ''Star'' covers "a spectrum of opinion that is best described as urban and [[Central Canada|Central Canadian]]" in character. The ''Star'' is generally centrist and [[centre-left]], and is more [[Social liberalism|socially liberal]] than ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref name="Winter">Elke Winter, ''Us, Them and Others: Pluralism and National Identities in Diverse Societies'' (University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. 96.</ref> The paper has aligned itself over the years with the progressive "Atkinson principles" named for publisher [[Joseph E. Atkinson]],<ref name="Wallace">Kenyon Wallace, [https://www.thestar.com/trust/2018/05/24/how-the-star-is-making-its-political-endorsements-more-transparent.html How the Star is making its political endorsements more transparent], ''Toronto Star'' (May 26, 2018).</ref> who was editor and publisher of the paper for 50 years.<ref name="Harris">Tamar Harris, [https://www.thestar.com/anniversary/2017/11/04/through-constant-change-atkinson-principles-endure.html Through constant change, Atkinson Principles endure], ''Toronto Star'' (November 4, 2017).</ref> These principles included [[social justice]] and [[social welfare provision]], as well as [[individual rights]] and [[civil liberties]].<ref name="Harris" /> In 1984, scholar Wilfred H. Kesterton described the ''Star'' as "perpetually indignant" because of its social consciousness.<ref name="Winter" /> When Atkinson's son Joseph Story Atkinson became president of the ''Star'' in 1957, he said, "From its inception in 1892, the ''Star'' has been a champion of social and economic reform, a defender of minority rights, a foe of discrimination, a friend of organized labour and a staunch advocate of Canadian nationhood."<ref name="Harris" />

Another of the "Atkinson principles" has been a "strong, united and independent Canada"; in a 1927 editorial, the paper wrote, "We believe in the British connection as much as anybody does but on a self-respecting basis of equality, of citizenship, and not on the old basis of one country belonging to the other."<ref name="Harris" /> The paper was historically wary of American influence,<ref name="Harris" /> and during the debates over the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]], the paper was frequently critical of [[free trade]] and expressed concerns about Canadian sovereignty.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Andrea M.L. |last=Perrella |title=Editorials and the Free Trade Agenda: Comparison of Law Press and the Toronto Star Quebec Under Free Trade: Making Public Policy in North America |journal=Quebec Under Free Trade: Making Public Policy in North America |editor=Guy Lachapelle |publisher=Presses de l'Université du Québec |date=1995 |pages=276–79}}</ref> The paper has been traditionally supportive of [[Official bilingualism in Canada|official bilingualism]] and maintaining Canadian unity in opposition to [[Quebec sovereignty movement|Quebec separatism]].<ref name="Harris" />

In the 1980s, [[Michael Farber]] wrote in the ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' that the ''Star''{{'}}s coverage was Toronto-centric to the point that any story was said to carry an explanation as to "What it means to [[Metropolitan Toronto|Metro]]."<ref>{{cite news |last=Farber |first=Michael |date=August 27, 1985 |title=Stock deal ends talk of takeover |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19850827&id=haIkAAAAIBAJ&pg=2529,3244467&hl=en |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] |page=A-3}}</ref> Conversely, Canadian sociologist Elke Winter wrote in 2011 that the ''Toronto Star'' was less "Toronto-centric" than its rival, ''The Globe and Mail'', writing that the ''Star'' "consciously reports for and from Canada's most multicultural city" and catered to a diverse readership.<ref name="Winter" />

The advent of the ''[[National Post]]'' in 1998 shook up the Toronto newspaper market.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/as-the-globe-turns/ |title=As the Globe turns – Macleans.ca |date=July 9, 2009 |work=Macleans |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref> In the upheaval that followed, editorial spending increased and there was much turnover of editors and publishers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/02/black200702 |title=Black Mischief |last=Orth |first=Maureen |work=The Hive |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

====Election endorsements====
In the 50 years to 1972, the ''Star'' endorsed the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] in each [[List of Canadian federal general elections|federal general election]].<ref name="English">Kathy English, [https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/10/11/why_do_newspapers_endorse.html Why do newspapers endorse?], ''Toronto Star'' (October 11, 2008).</ref> In the fifteen federal elections between 1968 and 2019, the ''Star'' has endorsed the Liberal Party eleven times, the [[New Democratic Party]] twice, and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] twice.<ref name="Wallace" />

Elections in which the ''Star'' did not endorse the Liberals took place in [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972]] and [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]] (when it endorsed the Progressive Conservatives), and [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979]] and [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]] (when it endorsed the NDP).<ref name="English" /><ref name="Wallace" /> In the 2011 election, the ''Star'' [[Newspaper endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election|endorsed the NDP]] under [[Jack Layton]],<ref name="Toronto Star endorses the NDP" /> but to avoid [[vote splitting]] that could inadvertently help the Conservatives under [[Stephen Harper]], which it saw as the worst outcome for the country, the paper also recommended Canadians [[Tactical voting|vote strategically]] by voting for "the progressive candidate best placed to win" in certain ridings.<ref name="strategicvoting">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/04/30/but_vote_strategically.html |title=But vote strategically |work=Toronto Star |date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321014354/https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2011/04/30/but_vote_strategically.html |archive-date=March 21, 2014}}</ref> For the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]], the ''Star'' endorsed the Liberal Party under [[Justin Trudeau]],<ref name="2015endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/09/for-justin-trudeau-and-the-liberal-party-editorial.html |title=Toronto Star endorses Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for prime minister |work=Toronto Star |date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> and did so again in the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 federal election]].<ref name="2019endorsement">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/10/16/liberals-are-the-best-choice-for-canada.html |title=Liberals are the best choice for Canada |work=Toronto Star |date=October 16, 2019}}</ref>

In Toronto's [[Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] mayoral elections, the ''Star'' endorsed [[George Smitherman]] in [[2010 Toronto mayoral election|2010]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Star's choices for Toronto mayor: George Smitherman |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/876268 |work=Toronto Star |date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> and [[John Tory]] in 2014<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2014/10/21/john_tory_is_the_best_choice_to_lead_toronto_editorial.html |title=John Tory is the best choice to lead Toronto: Editorial |work=Toronto Star |date=October 21, 2014}}</ref> and 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/19/john-tory-is-the-best-choice-for-toronto-now.html |title=John Tory is the best choice for Toronto now |work=Toronto Star |date=October 19, 2018}}</ref>

===Features===
The ''Star'' is one of the few Canadian newspapers that employs a "[[public editor]]" ([[ombudsman]]) and was the first to do so. Its newsroom policy and journalistic standards guide is also published online.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/publiceditor/article/1098344 |title=Toronto Star Newsroom Policy and Journalistic Standards Guide |work=Toronto Star |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref>

The ''Star'' states that it favours an inclusive, "[[big tent]]" approach, not wishing to attract one group of readers at the expense of others. It publishes regular features on real estate (including condominiums), individual neighbourhoods (and street name etymologies), shopping, cooking, dining, alcoholic beverages (right down to having an exclusive on the anti-competitive practices of [[the Beer Store]] that led to major reforms on the [[Liquor Licence Act (Ontario)|sale of alcohol in Ontario]] grocery stores in 2015 by Premier [[Kathleen Wynne]] and [[W. Edmund Clark|Ed Clark]]), automobiles (as Wheels), and travel destinations.

==Products==
===Website===
The ''Star'' launched its website in 1996.<ref name=canen/> In October 2012, the ''Star'' announced its intention to implement a [[paywall]] on its website, thestar.com,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2012/10/29/the_star_to_launch_digital_subscription.html |title=The Star to launch digital subscription |work=Toronto Star|date=October 29, 2012 }}</ref> effective August 13, 2013. Readers with daily home delivery had free access to all digital content. Those without a digital subscription could access 10 articles a month.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2013/08/13/toronto_star_launches_digital_subscriptions.html |title=Toronto Star launches digital subscriptions: Publisher |work=Toronto Star|date=August 13, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/toronto-star-moving-behind-paywall-1.1386531 |title=Toronto Star moving behind paywall |date=August 13, 2013 |work=CBC News |access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> The ''Star'' removed its paywall on April 1, 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/03/07/note-to-readers-star-to-end-paid-digital-subscriptions-on-april-1.html |title=Note to Readers: Star to end paid digital subscriptions on April 1 |work=Toronto Star|date=March 7, 2015 }}</ref> and revived it in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/about/registration.html |title=Registration |work=Toronto Star|date=June 28, 2018 }}</ref>

===Mobile app===
On September 15, 2015, the ''Toronto Star'' released the Star Touch tablet app, which was a free interactive news app with interactive advertisements. It was discontinued in 2017. At launch, it was only available for the [[iPad]], which uses [[iOS]]. Based on a similar app for Montreal-based {{Lang|fr|[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}} released in 2013, Star Touch is the first such app for any English-language news organization, quality-wise.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/15/toronto-star-makes-news-with-innovative-star-touch-tablet-app.html |title=Toronto Star makes news with innovative Star Touch tablet app |work=Toronto Star|date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref> In slightly over 50 days since launch, the app had reached the 100,000-download milestone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/13/toronto-star-touch-hits-100000-downloads-have-you-tried-it.html |title=Toronto Star Touch hits 100,000 downloads. Have you tried it? |work=Toronto Star|date=November 13, 2015 }}</ref> The [[Android (operating system)|Android]] version was launched on December 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/30/toronto-star-touch-launches-on-android.html |title=Toronto Star Touch launches on Android |work=Toronto Star|date=November 30, 2015 }}</ref> The iOS version is rated 12+ by [[App Store (iOS/iPadOS)#Application ratings|Apple's App Store guidelines]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/star-touch-by-toronto-star/id1026855048?mt=8|title=iTunes|website=[[iTunes]]}}</ref> and the Android version is rated Mature 17+ by the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]] (ESRB).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torontostar.startouch&hl=en|title=Google}}</ref>

==Circulation==
[[File:Red post box here appears fuchsia! (27283651334).jpg|thumb|A Canada Post mailbox next to an empty ''Toronto Star'' vending box.]]
The ''Toronto Star'' has seen, like most [[List of newspapers in Canada#Daily newspapers|Canadian daily newspapers]], a decline in [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]]. Its total circulation dropped by {{formatnum: {{#expr: abs(100 - (318763 / 409340 * 100)) round 0}}}} percent to 318,763 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.<ref name="Circulation Chart">{{cite web |url=https://nmc-mic.ca/about-newspapers/circulation/daily-newspapers/ |title=Daily Newspaper Circulation Data |work=News Media Canada |access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref>

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==Offices==
{{multiple image|total_width=385|image1=The Star Building, erected 1878.jpg|alt1=|caption1=1905–1929|image2=TorontoStar3.jpg|alt2=|caption2=1929–1970|image3=Toronto-star.jpg|alt3=|caption3=1970–2022|header=Offices used by the ''Star''}}
The ''Toronto Star'' has been located at several addresses since 1892.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/about/history-of-the-toronto-star.html |website=Toronto Star |access-date=April 5, 2017 |title=History of the Toronto Star|date=September 23, 2016 }}</ref>

* 1892: 83 Yonge Street (shared with ''[[The Toronto World]]'')
* 1896: 26–28 Adelaide Street West
* 1905: 18–20 King Street West
* 1929: 80 King Street West ([[Old Toronto Star Building]])
* 1970: [[One Yonge Street]]
* 2022: 8 Spadina Avenue<ref name="thestar.com" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-the-well-blends-redevelopment-with-a-historic-community-in-torontos/|title=The Well blends redevelopment with a historic community in Toronto's west end|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>

==Notable staff==
===Publishers===
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* [[Joseph E. Atkinson]] (1899–1948)
* [[Joseph S. Atkinson]] (1948–1966)
* [[Beland Honderich]] (1966–1988)
* [[David R. Jolley]] (1988–1994)
* [[John Honderich]] (1995–2004)
* [[Michael Goldbloom]] (2004–2006)
* [[Jagoda Pike]] (2006–2008)
* [[Donald Babick]] (2008)
* [[John D. Cruickshank]] (2009–2016)
* John Boynton<!--Don't add a link until the article about the newspaper publisher/executive is created--> (2017–2020)
* [[Jordan L. Bitove]] (since 2020)
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===Journalists and columnists===
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* [[Pierre Berton]]
* [[Tony Burman]]
* [[Peter Calamai]]
* [[Morley Callaghan]]
* [[June Callwood]]
* [[Greg Clark (journalist)|Greg Clark]]
* [[Jeremy Clarkson]]
* [[Erin Combs]]
* [[Daniel Dale]]
* [[Susan Delacourt]]
* [[Rosie DiManno]]
* [[Robyn Doolittle]]
* [[Milt Dunnell]]
* [[Joe Fiorito]]
* [[Graham Fraser]]
* [[Michael Geist]]
* [[Carol Goar]]
* [[Alison Gordon]]
* [[Richard Gwyn (Canadian writer)|Richard Gwyn]]
* [[Matthew Halton]]
* [[Tom Harpur]]
* [[Chantal Hébert]]
* [[Ernest Hemingway]]<ref>A collection of Hemingway's work in the Star was published as ''[[Dateline: Toronto]]''</ref>
* [[W. A. Hewitt]]<ref>{{cite news|title=After 60 Years In Sport: 500 Sportsmen To Honor William "Billy" Hewitt|last=Sullivan|first=Jack|author-link=Jack Sullivan (journalist)|date=December 8, 1953|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=19|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-dec-08-1953-2975367/}}{{free access}}; {{cite news|title=Sportsmen Honour W. A. (Billy) Hewitt at Dinner Tonight|last=Sullivan|first=Jack|author-link=Jack Sullivan (journalist)|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=December 8, 1953|newspaper=[[The Kingston Whig-Standard]]|location=Kingston, Ontario|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97010768/hewitt-1953/}}{{free access}}</ref>
* [[Kim Hughes (radio)|Kim Hughes]]<ref name="twsA2ft55">{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Hughes |title=The soundtrack of a generation |work=Toronto Star |date=May 18, 2008 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Books/article/426145 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="twsA2ft55fs">{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Hughes |title=They loved, lusted, lost |work=Toronto Star |date=July 8, 2007 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/233539 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Cathal Kelly]]
* [[Marc Kielburger|Marc]] and [[Craig Kielburger]]
* [[Naomi Klein]]
* [[Faisal Kutty]]
* [[Michele Landsberg]]
* [[Gary Lautens]]
* [[Duncan Macpherson]]
* [[Linda McQuaig]]
* [[Earl McRae]]
* [[Heather Mallick]]
* [[Lou Marsh]]
* [[Peter C. Newman]]
* [[Cleo Paskal]]
* [[Angelo Persichilli]]<ref name="taber">{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-finds-new-communication-director-in-ranks-of-ethnic-media/article2148647/ |title=Harper finds new communication director in ranks of ethnic media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906110412/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-finds-new-communication-director-in-ranks-of-ethnic-media/article2148647/ |archive-date=September 6, 2011 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=August 31, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Jim Proudfoot (journalist)|Jim Proudfoot]]
* [[Ben Rayner]]<ref name="Gordon">{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Cameron |title=Toronto's Star... Ben Rayner In a rockcritics.com interview |url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/benrayner/benrayner.html |publisher=Rockcritics.com |access-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Rayner |url=https://www.thestar.com/authors.rayner_ben.html |access-date=September 8, 2013 |newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref>
* [[Ellen Roseman]]
* [[Robert W. Service|Robert Service]]
* [[Haroon Siddiqui]]
* [[Gordon Sinclair]]
* [[Randy Starkman]]
* [[Walter Stewart (journalist)|Walter Stewart]]
* [[Tanya Talaga]]
* [[Charles Templeton]]
* [[Ellie Tesher]]
* [[James Travers (journalist)|James Travers]]
* [[Thomas Walkom]]
* [[Claire Wallace (broadcaster)|Claire Wallace]]
* [[Antonia Zerbisias]]
* [[Montague Birrell Black]]
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===Cartoonists===
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* [[Walter Ball (cartoonist)|Walter Ball]]
* [[Sid Barron]]
* [[Jimmy Frise]]
* [[Duncan Macpherson]]
* [[Dušan Petričić]]
* [[Ben Wicks]]
{{Div col end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada|Ontario|Journalism}}
* ''[[Grant v Torstar Corp]]''
* [[Media in Canada]]
* [[List of media outlets in Toronto]]
* [[List of newspapers in Canada]]
* [[List of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite book |last=Archer |first=William L. |author-link=William Archer (Toronto politician) |date=1947 |title=Joe Atkinson's Toronto Star: The Genius of Crooked Lane |publisher=Montreal [Zeta Psi Fraternity] |url=https://archive.org/stream/joeatkinsonstoro00arch#page/n3/mode/2up |location=Montreal}}
* {{cite book |last=Harkness |first=Ross |title=J.E. Atkinson of the Star |year=1963 |location=Toronto |publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |oclc=1402965}}
* {{Cite DCB |last=Rutherford |first=Paul |title=Riordon (Riordan), John |volume=11 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/riordon_john_11E.html |year=1982}}
* {{Cite DCB |last=Sotiron |first=Minko |title=Maclean, William Findlay |volume=15 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=8261 |year=2005}}
* {{cite book |last=Templeton |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Templeton |title=Charles Templeton, an anecdotal memoir |chapter=Inside the Toronto Star |chapter-url=http://www.templetons.com/charles/memoir/chap5.html |access-date=February 13, 2010 |year=1983 |publisher=[[McClelland & Stewart]] |location=Toronto |isbn=978-0-7710-8545-1 |oclc=11158533 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/anecdotalmemoir0000temp}}
*{{cite web |last=Vincent |first=Trista |title=Manufacturing Concern :: Ryerson Review of Journalism |access-date=January 6, 2011 |date=March 1999 |url=http://www.rrj.ca/m3946/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327070356/http://www.rrj.ca/m3946/ |archive-date=March 27, 2012}}
* {{cite book |last=Walkom |first=Thomas L |title=Rae Days |url=https://archive.org/details/raedays0000walk |url-access=registration |year=1994 |location=Toronto |publisher=[[Key Porter Books]] |isbn=978-1-55013-598-5 |oclc=30669140}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Toronto Star}}
* {{Official website}}
*[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-star ''Toronto Star''] – ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Toronto-Star ''Toronto Star''] – ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
*[https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Erp=20&N=38537+38788&view=grid ''Toronto Star'' photograph archive] – Toronto Public Library

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