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English-language daily newspaper in Ottawa, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[5]
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 The February 1, 2016, front page of the Ottawa Citizen | |
| Type | Daily (no print edition on Sundays or Mondays)[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet, digital |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network |
| Editor | Nicole Feriancek[3] |
| Founded | 1845 (as the Bytown Packet) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1101 Baxter Road Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3M4 |
| Circulation | 231,000 weekdays, 490,000 weekly for print and digital[4] (as of 2022)vividata |
| ISSN | 0839-3222 |
| Website | ottawacitizen.com |
Established as the Bytown Packet in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the Citizen in 1851.[6] The newspaper's original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was Fair Play and Day-Light.[7]
The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846, Harris sold the paper to John Gordon Bell and Henry J. Friel.[8] Robert Bell bought the paper in 1849, and sold it to I.B. Taylor in 1861.[9] In 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh became the principal owner, and he later sold it to Robert and Lewis Shannon.[10]
In 1897, the Citizen became one of several papers owned by the Southam family.[11] It remained under Southam until the chain was purchased by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. in 1996.[7] In 2000, the chain was sold to Canwest Global, which was taken over by Postmedia Network in 2010.[12][13]
The editorial view of the Citizen has varied with its ownership, taking a reform position under Friel,[8] and a conservative position (supporting John A. Macdonald) under Mackintosh.[10] When the Liberals defeated the Tory government in 1896, the owners of the Citizen decided to sell to Southam, rather than face an expected cut in government revenue.[11] In 2002, the Citizen's publisher, Russell Mills, was dismissed following the publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and an editorial calling for Chrétien's resignation.[14]
The Citizen published its last Sunday edition on July 15, 2012. This move meant 20 fewer newsroom jobs, and was part of a series of changes made by Postmedia.[15] The Citizen stopped producing a print edition on Mondays as of 17 October 2022, due to the costs of printing and delivery, but it continued to publish a digital Monday edition.[2]
The pre-2014 logo depicted the top of the Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. In 2014, the newspaper adopted a new logo showing the paper's name over an outline of the Peace Tower roof on a green background.
The Ottawa Citizen's circulation in 2009 was 123,856 copies daily. Its circulation dropped by 26 percent to 91,796 in 2015.[16]
In Spring 2022, the Ottawa Citizen's unduplicated print and digital average weekday audience was 231,000, and its unduplicated average weekly audience was 490,000.[4]
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