National Post
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The National Post is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only.[2] The newspaper is distributed in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Weekend editions of the newspaper are also distributed in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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 The front of the redesigned National Post, September 28, 2007 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network Inc. |
| Editor-in-chief | Rob Roberts |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 365 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario M4W 3L4 |
| Circulation | 142,509 Tue–Fri 132,116 Saturday (March 2013)[1][needs update] |
| ISSN | 1486-8008 |
| Website | nationalpost |
The newspaper was founded in 1998 by Conrad Black in an attempt to compete with The Globe and Mail. In 2001, CanWest completed its acquisition of the National Post. In 2006, the newspaper ceased distribution in Atlantic Canada and the Canadian territories. Postmedia assumed ownership of the newspaper in 2010, after the CEO of the National Post's, Paul Godfrey, assembled an ownership group to acquire CanWest's chain of newspapers.