Montreal Mirror

Former English weekly newspaper in Montreal

Montreal Mirror

The cover of the final edition (June 21, 2012) of the Montreal Mirror

Type| Alternative Newsweekly
Format| Tabloid
Owner(s)| Quebecor Media
Publisher| Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée
Editor| Alastair Sutherland
Founded| June 20, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-06-20)
Political alignment| Centre-left
Ceased publication| June 22, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-22)
Headquarters| 465 McGill Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec
Circulation| 70,000
Sister newspapers| ici
ISSN| 0833-8086
OCLC number| 15997017
Website| MontrealMirror.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]

## See also

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* List of newspapers in Canada
* Ken Hechtman

## 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.

## External links

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* Montreal Mirror (official website) (via the Internet Archive)
* Company profile \- Verified Audit Circulation (via the Internet Archive)