Southam Newspapers
Southam Newspapers
is a
Canadian
newspaper
chain owned by
CanWest
. The newspaper service "Southam Inc" was created in 1904 by
William Southam
. He had been a delivery boy for the
London Free Press
, and by 1867 he had become part owner. He bought and transformed the failing
Hamilton Spectator
in 1877. In 1897 he bought up many other papers including the
Calgary Herald
, the
Edmonton Journal
, the
Ottawa Citizen
, the
Vancouver Province
and many more. The Southam newspapers were sold to
Hollinger
in
1998
. The company was subsequently broken up in
1999
; the major market newspapers and the Southam name were sold to
Canwest Global
. Smaller market papers were sold to a variety of new owners, including
Torstar
and
Osprey Media
.
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