Alberni Valley Times

The Alberni Valley Times was a Canadian daily newspaper published weekdays in Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia until it was closed in 2015[2] by the Black Press. The paper is owned by Black Press, which also published the Nanaimo Daily News and several weekly newspapers on the island.

Alberni Valley Times
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Black Press
PublisherRick Major
EditorSiobhan Burns
Founded1967 (1967)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters4918 Napier Street
Port Alberni, British Columbia
V9Y 3H5
Circulation3,541 weekdays in 2012[1]
ISSN0839-2706
Websitewww.avtimes.net

History

The Times was part of David Radler's Sterling Newspapers chain in the 1970s, and became part of the Southam chain when Radler and Conrad Black incorporated Southam into Hollinger Inc.;[3] this chain was, at the time, the dominant newspaper publisher in British Columbia, and also included the Nanaimo Daily News, Times Colonist and several weeklies.

Along with the rest of Southam, ownership of the Vancouver Island newspapers passed to Canwest in 2000,[4] then Postmedia Network in 2010.[5]

Postmedia sold its Vancouver Island properties and Lower Mainland weeklies to Glacier Media in 2011 for $86.5 million.[6] In 2015, Glacier Media sold all its island papers except for the Times Colonist to Black Press.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "FAS-FAX Report: Circulation Averages for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2012". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  2. Watson, H. G. (2015-10-02). "Vancouver Island's Alberni Valley Times to close". JSource. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  3. Edge, Marc (2009). "West Coast Media: Ultra-Concentrated Ownership". In Michael Howlett; Dennis Pilon; Tracy Summerville (eds.). British Columbia Politics and Government (PDF). Toronto: Emond Montgomery. p. 9. ISBN 1552393151.
  4. "Canadian Media Giants Announce Landmark Convergence Deal". TheFreeLibrary.com. July 31, 2000. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  5. "Postmedia Network Announces the Closing of the Sale of the Times Colonist in Victoria and British Columbia-Based Community Newspapers". Postmedia.com. December 1, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  6. Quinn, Susan (October 18, 2011). "AV Times, Pennyworth Sold to Glacier Media". Alberni Valley News. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  7. Bradshaw, James (2014-12-17). "Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap B.C. community newspapers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  8. "Three Island Weekly Newspapers To Close". Nanaimo Business News. 2015-03-30. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-05-17.


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