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'''Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership''' is a [[Vancouver]]-based publisher of [[newspaper]]s in [[Western Canada]] and [[Quebec]]. It owns three small daily newspapers and more than a dozen [[weekly newspaper|weeklies]].
'''Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership''' is a [[Vancouver]]-based publisher of [[newspaper]]s in [[Western Canada]] and [[Quebec]]. It owns three small daily newspapers and more than a dozen [[weekly newspaper|weeklies]].


Alta, also known as '''Alberta Newspaper Group''' and '''Southern Alberta Newspapers''', is one of two Canadian newspaper companies run and partially owned by [[David Radler]], a former business partner of [[Conrad Black]] who was convicted of defrauding their company, [[Hollinger Inc.]]<ref name="Outlet"/> Both Alta and [[Continental Newspapers]] are descendants of '''Horizon Operations (Canada) Ltd.''', a company Radler founded at the end of the 1990s.
Alta, also known as '''Alberta Newspaper Group''' and '''Southern Alberta Newspapers''', is one of two Canadian newspaper companies run and partially owned by [[David Radler]], a former business partner of [[Conrad Black]] in [[Hollinger Inc.]]<ref name="Outlet"/> Both Alta and [[Continental Newspapers]] are descendants of '''Horizon Operations (Canada) Ltd.''', a company Radler founded at the end of the 1990s.


== History ==
== History ==
Most of the newspapers that currently make up Alta and Continental were purchased from [[The Thomson Corporation]] between 1999 and 2001 by Horizon, a family of companies owned by David Radler and Conrad Black, independently from Radler's and Black's roles as [[Chief operating officer|COO]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], respectively, of Hollinger Inc. During the 2000s, both men were convicted of defrauding Hollinger and served time in prison;<ref name="Outlet"/> Black sold his interest in Horizon in 2006;<ref name="Empire"/> and Radler organized his Canadian holdings into two companies, including a limited partnership for his two Alberta dailies and associated weeklies.
Most of the newspapers that currently make up Alta and Continental were purchased from [[The Thomson Corporation]] between 1999 and 2001 by Horizon, a family of companies owned by David Radler and Conrad Black, independently from Radler's and Black's roles as [[Chief operating officer|COO]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], respectively, of [[Hollinger Inc.]] During the 2000s, both men were convicted of defrauding Hollinger and served time in prison;<ref name="Outlet"/> Black sold his interest in Horizon in 2006;<ref name="Empire"/> and Radler organized his Canadian holdings into two companies, including a limited partnership for his two Alberta dailies and associated weeklies.


The chain, originally called Southern Alberta Newspapers and renamed Alta Group Newspapers, consisted of the former Thomson dailies ''[[Lethbridge Herald]]'' and ''[[Medicine Hat News]]'', and a group of weeklies covering suburban and rural communities in the [[Lethbridge]]-[[Medicine Hat]] area. The oldest of the weeklies was ''The Taber Times'', which dated to 1907 and had built the chain in the 1970s before being bought out by Hollinger and then Thomson.
The chain, originally called Southern Alberta Newspapers and renamed Alta Group Newspapers, consisted of the former Thomson dailies ''[[Lethbridge Herald]]'' and ''[[Medicine Hat News]]'', and a group of weeklies covering suburban and rural communities in the [[Lethbridge]]-[[Medicine Hat]] area. The oldest of the weeklies was ''The Taber Times'', which dated to 1907 and had built the chain in the 1970s before being bought out by Hollinger and then Thomson.
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== Ownership ==
== Ownership ==
As a [[private company]], Alta Newspaper Group is not required to publish an annual report, and Radler has been "tight-lipped" about its ownership structure, telling reporters that he is "a shareholder" in the company but declining to specify how much he owns.<ref name="Empire">{{cite news |title=Radler Quietly Building Local Media Empire|newspaper=National Post|location=Toronto|date=July 14, 2007|accessdate=March 12, 2012|url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6dd485c2-de38-4eb9-92ce-a3a2d510bc2a}}</ref><ref name="Record">{{cite news |last=MacDonald|first=D.|title=Radler Returns to His Roots with Purchase of Sherbrooke Record|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f71d7445-9620-44dd-b51a-c7d150c00346|author=CanWest News Service|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal|date=October 24, 2006|accessdate=March 12, 2012}}</ref> Alta was formed, however, out of a subsidiary of Horizon Publications Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horizonpublicationsinc.com/newspapers/|title=Newspapers|work=HorizonPublicationsInc.com|accessdate=March 12, 2012}}</ref> a company acknowledged to have been owned and operated primarily by Radler.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/09/07/Conrad-Black-files-suit-against-former-COO/UPI-72501315420763/|newspaper=UPI.com|author=United Press International|title=Conrad Black Files Suit Against Former COO|date=September 7, 2011|accessdate=March 16, 2012}}</ref>
As a [[private company]], Alta Newspaper Group is not required to publish an annual report, and Radler has been "tight-lipped" about its ownership structure, telling reporters that he is "a shareholder" in the company but declining to specify how much he owns.<ref name="Empire">{{cite news|title=Radler Quietly Building Local Media Empire |newspaper=National Post |location=Toronto |date=July 14, 2007 |accessdate=March 12, 2012 |url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6dd485c2-de38-4eb9-92ce-a3a2d510bc2a |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090747/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=6dd485c2-de38-4eb9-92ce-a3a2d510bc2a |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Record">{{cite news|last=MacDonald|first=D.|title=Radler Returns to His Roots with Purchase of Sherbrooke Record|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f71d7445-9620-44dd-b51a-c7d150c00346|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118224148/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=f71d7445-9620-44dd-b51a-c7d150c00346|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2013|newspaper=The Gazette|location=Montreal|date=October 24, 2006|accessdate=March 12, 2012}}</ref> Alta was formed, however, out of a subsidiary of Horizon Publications Inc.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://horizonpublicationsinc.com/newspapers/|title=Newspapers|work=HorizonPublicationsInc.com|accessdate=March 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050528024908/http://horizonpublicationsinc.com/newspapers|archive-date=May 28, 2005|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> a company acknowledged to have been owned and operated primarily by Radler.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2011/09/07/Conrad-Black-files-suit-against-former-COO/UPI-72501315420763/|newspaper=UPI.com|author=United Press International|title=Conrad Black Files Suit Against Former COO|date=September 7, 2011|accessdate=March 16, 2012}}</ref>


In 2006, as part of the deal that added ''The Record'' to Alta's holdings, Vancouver-based publisher Glacier Media took a 50% share in Alta. It later increased its ownership share to 59%. Glacier is also part-owner of two other newspaper companies connected with Radler, Continental Newspapers and [[RISN Operations]].<ref name="Annual">{{cite web |title=Glacier Media Inc. Annual Information Form |url=http://www.sedar.com/GetFile.do?lang=EN&docClass=1&issuerNo=00005993&fileName=/csfsprod/data116/filings/01723478/00000001/C%3A%5CFilings%5CDJS%5CGlacierMedia%5CAnnualYE10%5C2010AIF_Glacier.pdf|format=PDF|work=SEDAR.com|date=March 31, 2011|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> Sam Grippo, Glacier's [[chairman of the board]], was a group publisher at Hollinger during Radler's time as [[chief operating officer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vancouver-Based Glacier Media Posts $28.3-Million Profit|first=Charlie|last=Smith|date=March 23, 2009|accessdate=March 16, 2012|url=http://www.straight.com/article-209169/vancouverbased-glacier-media-posts-283million-profit|newspaper=Straight.com}}</ref>
In 2006, as part of the deal that added ''The Record'' to Alta's holdings, Vancouver-based publisher Glacier Media took a 50% share in Alta. It later increased its ownership share to 59%. Glacier is also part-owner of two other newspaper companies connected with Radler, Continental Newspapers and [[RISN Operations]].<ref name="Annual">{{cite web|title=Glacier Media Inc. Annual Information Form|url=http://www.sedar.com/GetFile.do?lang=EN&docClass=1&issuerNo=00005993&fileName=/csfsprod/data116/filings/01723478/00000001/C%3A%5CFilings%5CDJS%5CGlacierMedia%5CAnnualYE10%5C2010AIF_Glacier.pdf|format=PDF|work=SEDAR.com|date=March 31, 2011|accessdate=March 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116215050/http://www.sedar.com/GetFile.do?lang=EN&docClass=1&issuerNo=00005993&fileName=%2Fcsfsprod%2Fdata116%2Ffilings%2F01723478%2F00000001%2FC%3A%5CFilings%5CDJS%5CGlacierMedia%5CAnnualYE10%5C2010AIF_Glacier.pdf|archive-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sam Grippo, Glacier's [[chairman of the board]], was a group publisher at Hollinger during Radler's time as [[chief operating officer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vancouver-Based Glacier Media Posts $28.3-Million Profit|first=Charlie|last=Smith|date=March 23, 2009|accessdate=March 16, 2012|url=https://www.straight.com/article-209169/vancouverbased-glacier-media-posts-283million-profit|newspaper=Straight.com}}</ref>


== Properties ==
== Properties ==
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===Alberta===
===Alberta===
Two dailies and six weekly newspapers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area were part of the original Southern Alberta Newspapers chain owned by Horizon Operations.<ref name="Glacier">{{cite web|url=http://cnrp.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&actionFor=612403&searchText=false&showText=all|title=Glacier Closes Acquisition of ANGLP|author=Press Release|date=September 15, 2006|accessdate=March 12, 2012|work=Glacier Ventures International Corp}}</ref> The ''Lethbridge Journal'' was added in 2011.<ref name="Journal">{{cite web|url=http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/news/industry/lethbridge-journal-has-new-owner|title=Lethbridge Journal Has a New Owner|author=Press Release|work=Canadian Newspaper Association|date=May 4, 2011|accessdate=March 12, 2012}}</ref> Together, the following papers cover the cities of [[Lethbridge, Alberta|Lethbridge]] and [[Medicine Hat, Alberta|Medicine Hat]], the [[Taber, Alberta (municipal district)|Municipal District of Taber]] and the counties of [[Cypress County, Alberta|Cypress]], [[Forty Mile County No. 8, Alberta|Forty Mile]] and [[Lethbridge County, Alberta|Lethbridge]]:
Two dailies and six weekly newspapers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area were part of the original Southern Alberta Newspapers chain owned by Horizon Operations.<ref name="Glacier">{{cite web|url=http://cnrp.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&actionFor=612403&searchText=false&showText=all|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119004215/http://cnrp.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&actionFor=612403&searchText=false&showText=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013|title=Glacier Closes Acquisition of ANGLP|author=Press Release|date=September 15, 2006|accessdate=March 12, 2012|work=Glacier Ventures International Corp}}</ref> The ''Lethbridge Journal'' was added in 2011.<ref name="Journal">{{cite web|url=http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/news/industry/lethbridge-journal-has-new-owner |title=Lethbridge Journal Has a New Owner |author=Press Release |work=Canadian Newspaper Association |date=May 4, 2011 |accessdate=March 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032533/http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/news/industry/lethbridge-journal-has-new-owner |archivedate=May 2, 2014 }}</ref> Together, the following papers cover the cities of [[Lethbridge]] and [[Medicine Hat]], the [[Municipal District of Taber]], [[Cypress County]], the [[County of Forty Mile No. 8]] and [[Lethbridge County]]:


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* ''Bow Island Commentator'' (Tuesdays)
* ''Bow Island Commentator'' (Tuesdays)
* ''[[Lethbridge Herald]]'' (daily)
* ''[[Lethbridge Herald]]'' (daily)
* ''The Lethbridge Journal'' (free, biweekly)
* ''[[Lethbridge Sun Times]]'' (Wednesdays)
* ''[[Medicine Hat News]]'' (daily)
* ''[[Medicine Hat News]]'' (daily)
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* ''[[Prairie Post]]'' (Fridays)
* ''[[Prairie Post]]'' (Fridays)
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* ''The Sunny South News'' (Tuesdays)
* ''The Sunny South News'' (Tuesdays)
* ''The Taber Times'' (Wednesdays)
* ''The Taber Times'' (Wednesdays)
* ''The Vauxhall Advance'' (Wednesdays)
* ''The Vauxhall Advance'' (Thursdays)
* ''The Western Canadian Pipeline'' (magazine)
* ''The Western Canadian Pipeline'' (magazine)
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===Quebec===
===Quebec===
Alta acquired the second-largest English-language newspaper in Quebec, and its associated weekly product, in 2006.<ref name="Record"/> It added a competing semimonthly paper in 2009:<ref name="Outlet">{{cite news|title=David Radler, of Conrad Black Infamy, Adds Quebec Paper to Holdings|date=September 1, 2009|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/Article/David-Radler-of-Conrad-Black-Infamy-Adds-Quebec-Paper-to-Holdings|newspaper=Editor & Publisher|accessdate=March 14, 2012}}</ref>
Alta acquired the smaller (of only two) English-language newspapers in Quebec, and its associated weekly product, in 2006.<ref name="Record"/> It added a competing semimonthly paper in 2009:<ref name="Outlet">{{cite news|title=David Radler, of Conrad Black Infamy, Adds Quebec Paper to Holdings|date=September 1, 2009|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/Article/David-Radler-of-Conrad-Black-Infamy-Adds-Quebec-Paper-to-Holdings|newspaper=Editor & Publisher|accessdate=March 14, 2012}}</ref>
* ''Brome County News'' (weekly)
* ''Brome County News'' (weekly)
* ''[[The Record (Sherbrooke)|The Record]]'' (daily)
* ''[[The Record (Sherbrooke)]]'' (daily)
* ''The Townships Outlet'' (biweekly Tuesdays)
* ''The Townships Outlet'' (biweekly Tuesdays)


=== TriCube Media ===
=== TriCube Media ===
Most of the websites associated with Alta and Continental properties are credited to TriCube Media, a division of Alta Newspaper Group based in [[Medicine Hat]], [[Alberta]]. TriCube Media bills itself as "a full service branding and business development company". In addition to the newspapers, its clients include governments, nonprofits, blogs and private businesses. Services it provides include web design, web hosting graphic design, online advertising and promotions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tricubemedia.com/about/|title=TriCube Media: About|accessdate=March 16, 2012}}</ref>
Most of the websites associated with Alta and Continental properties are credited to TriCube Media, a division of Alta Newspaper Group based in [[Medicine Hat]], [[Alberta]]. TriCube Media bills itself as "a full service branding and business development company". In addition to the newspapers, its clients include governments, nonprofits, blogs and private businesses. Services it provides include web design, web hosting graphic design, online advertising and promotions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tricubemedia.com/about/|title=TriCube Media: About|accessdate=March 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212172016/http://www.tricubemedia.com/about/|archive-date=2012-02-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== References==
== References==

Latest revision as of 05:11, 7 June 2024

This article is about a Canadian publisher. For the defunct publisher in the northeastern United States, see Alta Group Newspapers.
Alta Newspaper Group L.P.
Company typePrivate
IndustryNewspapers and marketing
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Area served
Western Canada and Quebec
Key people
David Radler, founder
ProductsThree daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers
ParentGlacier Media (59%)
David Radler (41%)
DivisionsSouthern Alberta Newspapers
TriCube Media

Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership is a Vancouver-based publisher of newspapers in Western Canada and Quebec. It owns three small daily newspapers and more than a dozen weeklies.

Alta, also known as Alberta Newspaper Group and Southern Alberta Newspapers, is one of two Canadian newspaper companies run and partially owned by David Radler, a former business partner of Conrad Black in Hollinger Inc.[1] Both Alta and Continental Newspapers are descendants of Horizon Operations (Canada) Ltd., a company Radler founded at the end of the 1990s.

History

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Most of the newspapers that currently make up Alta and Continental were purchased from The Thomson Corporation between 1999 and 2001 by Horizon, a family of companies owned by David Radler and Conrad Black, independently from Radler's and Black's roles as COO and CEO, respectively, of Hollinger Inc. During the 2000s, both men were convicted of defrauding Hollinger and served time in prison;[1] Black sold his interest in Horizon in 2006;[2] and Radler organized his Canadian holdings into two companies, including a limited partnership for his two Alberta dailies and associated weeklies.

The chain, originally called Southern Alberta Newspapers and renamed Alta Group Newspapers, consisted of the former Thomson dailies Lethbridge Herald and Medicine Hat News, and a group of weeklies covering suburban and rural communities in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area. The oldest of the weeklies was The Taber Times, which dated to 1907 and had built the chain in the 1970s before being bought out by Hollinger and then Thomson.

In the mid-2000s, Alta purchased three weeklies in southwestern Saskatchewan, and in 2006 it acquired The Record of Sherbrooke, Quebec, from Glacier Media, which took an ownership interest in Alta. Radler noted that The Record was a nostalgic purchase: it was the first newspaper that he and Black owned, back in 1969.[3]

The company has not made any major acquisitions since 2006, although it has bought out biweekly newspapers that competed with its dailies in Lethbridge[4] and Sherbrooke.[1]

Ownership

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As a private company, Alta Newspaper Group is not required to publish an annual report, and Radler has been "tight-lipped" about its ownership structure, telling reporters that he is "a shareholder" in the company but declining to specify how much he owns.[2][3] Alta was formed, however, out of a subsidiary of Horizon Publications Inc.,[5] a company acknowledged to have been owned and operated primarily by Radler.[6]

In 2006, as part of the deal that added The Record to Alta's holdings, Vancouver-based publisher Glacier Media took a 50% share in Alta. It later increased its ownership share to 59%. Glacier is also part-owner of two other newspaper companies connected with Radler, Continental Newspapers and RISN Operations.[7] Sam Grippo, Glacier's chairman of the board, was a group publisher at Hollinger during Radler's time as chief operating officer.[8]

Properties

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See also: Continental Newspapers

Although the company is headquartered in British Columbia, none of its properties are located there. Alta publishes newspapers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec. Its sister company Continental Newspapers publishes dailies in British Columbia and Ontario.

Alberta

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Two dailies and six weekly newspapers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area were part of the original Southern Alberta Newspapers chain owned by Horizon Operations.[9] The Lethbridge Journal was added in 2011.[4] Together, the following papers cover the cities of Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, the Municipal District of Taber, Cypress County, the County of Forty Mile No. 8 and Lethbridge County:

Saskatchewan

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Alta publishes four weeklies in southwestern Saskatchewan; all but the Prairie Post were added in 2006:[9]

Quebec

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Alta acquired the smaller (of only two) English-language newspapers in Quebec, and its associated weekly product, in 2006.[3] It added a competing semimonthly paper in 2009:[1]

TriCube Media

[edit]

Most of the websites associated with Alta and Continental properties are credited to TriCube Media, a division of Alta Newspaper Group based in Medicine Hat, Alberta. TriCube Media bills itself as "a full service branding and business development company". In addition to the newspapers, its clients include governments, nonprofits, blogs and private businesses. Services it provides include web design, web hosting graphic design, online advertising and promotions.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "David Radler, of Conrad Black Infamy, Adds Quebec Paper to Holdings". Editor & Publisher. September 1, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Radler Quietly Building Local Media Empire". National Post. Toronto. July 14, 2007. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c MacDonald, D. (October 24, 2006). "Radler Returns to His Roots with Purchase of Sherbrooke Record". The Gazette. Montreal. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Press Release (May 4, 2011). "Lethbridge Journal Has a New Owner". Canadian Newspaper Association. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  5. ^ "Newspapers". HorizonPublicationsInc.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2005. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  6. ^ United Press International (September 7, 2011). "Conrad Black Files Suit Against Former COO". UPI.com. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  7. ^ "Glacier Media Inc. Annual Information Form" (PDF). SEDAR.com. March 31, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  8. ^ Smith, Charlie (March 23, 2009). "Vancouver-Based Glacier Media Posts $28.3-Million Profit". Straight.com. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  9. ^ a b Press Release (September 15, 2006). "Glacier Closes Acquisition of ANGLP". Glacier Ventures International Corp. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  10. ^ "TriCube Media: About". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
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