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540: 209:, but it was in immediate financial trouble and folded within just six months. Staff took over ownership of the struggling newspaper, led by foreman William Edge Mason, who then found 10 prominent investors to provide financial backing to the paper. W.E. Mason Equipment was created to take over management of the paper, and by 40: 321:
In October 2013 the paper moved from its longtime home at 33 MacKenzie Street in Sudbury to new offices at 128 Pine Street. In 2020, the paper moved again, to an office building on Regent Street in the Lily Creek neighbourhood.
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remained under the ownership of Mason's estate until 1950, when J. R. Meakes, Mason's successor as publisher and general manager, bought the paper with co-investors George Miller,
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s advertising rates to protect Thomson's monopoly on English-language periodical publication in the city. The federal trade practices commission ruled in Thomson's favour.
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In the early 1960s, the city saw a "newspaper war" between two startup weekly newspapers, the
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In 1948, Mason died and ownership of the paper was taken over by his W.E. Mason Estate. The
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In 1935, Mason launched the city's first commercial radio station,
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and Bill Plaunt. The same investment group launched
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Daily regional newspaper in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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It is the largest daily paper in 24: 264:In 1955 the paper was acquired by 241:was almost immediately sold in an 213:the paper was flourishing and the 25: 1213: 642: 630:"The Sudbury Star is on the move" 552:"Southam buys 7 Ontario papers". 391:C.M. 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Sudbury Star

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0839-2544
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North Bay Nugget
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