Black Press is a publication

Publication

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 company that produces community newspaper

Newspaper

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s in the provinces of Alberta

Alberta

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 and British Columbia

British Columbia

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 in Canada

Canada

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 and the states

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 of Washington, Hawaii

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 and Ohio

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 in the United States

United States

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. Black Press also owns and operates over 100 websites in the U.S., Canada and the UK. It is currently owned and administered by David Holmes Black

David Holmes Black

David Holmes Black , a native of Vancouver, founded and is the current owner of Black Press. The son of Alan and Adelaide Black, his family moved to Toronto, where he attended school. In college, Black studied engineering and obtained a master's degree in business administration. In 1973, Black...

, who is not related to Canadian-born British former media mogul Conrad Black

Conrad Black

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. The company is 20% owned by Torstar

Torstar

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, another Canadian publishing company.

Black Press is Canada’s largest independent print media company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in Canada and the United States. Black Press serves small communities like Barriere and Sooke as well as British Columbia's major urban centres, Victoria and Vancouver. Its papers are widely read in some of the fastest-growing communities in Canada, like Kelowna, Nanaimo and Surrey. Black Press is home to some of the oldest newspapers in British Columbia, like the Chilliwack Progress, founded in 1891, and the Ashcroft Journal, which first published in 1895, and modern, cosmopolitan voices like the Westender, in Vancouver.

On June 27, 2007, Black Press announced a $405 million takeover offer for Osprey Media

Osprey Media

Osprey Media was a Canadian newspaper regional chain that published 20 daily newspapers, 34 non-daily newspapers, and a number of shopping guides and magazines in the Canadian province of Ontario...

, putting it in competition with Quebecor Media

Quebecor Media Inc.

Quebecor Media Inc. is a Canadian media company. Quebecor Inc. owns the controlling interest with 54.72% while CDP Capital d’Amérique Investissements Inc. owns the remaining 45.28%...

 for Osprey's assets. Quebecor subsequently put in a higher bid and won ownership of Osprey.

BC Lower Mainland Division

• Abbotsford News
• Abbotsford News Free Daily
• Agassiz-Harrison Observer
• Aldergrove Star
• Bowen Island Undercurrent
• Burnaby News Leader
• Chilliwack Progress
• Chilliwack Progress Free Daily
• Cloverdale Reporter
• Hope Standard
• Langley Times
• Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows News
• Golden Ears Free Daily

• Mission City Record
• New Local Home
• New Westminster News Leader
• North Shore Outlook
• Peace Arch News
  Peace Arch News
  The Peace Arch News is a weekly newspaper serving the White Rock/South Surrey area two times a week on Wednesday and Friday.The Peace Arch News is delivered to more than 32,000 homes and businesses in White Rock and South Surrey every Wednesday and Friday. It has been a part of the Black Press...
  
  
• Peace Arch News Free Daily
• Richmond Review
• South Delta Leader
• Surrey Leader
• Surrey Leader Free Daily
• Tri-City News
  Tri-City News
  The Tri-City News is a bi-weekly community newspaper, based in Port Coquitlam and published by Black Press, and has been serving the Tri-Cities region of British Columbia's Lower Mainland since 1985...
  
  
• WestEnder

Vancouver Island Division

• Alberni Valley News
• Campbell River Mirror
• Comox Valley Record
• Comox, Courtenay & Campbell River Free Daily
• Cowichan News Leader Pictorial
• Cowichan Valley Free Daily
• Goldstream News Gazette
• Gulf Island Driftwood
• Ladysmith Chronicle
• Lake Cowichan Gazette
• Monday Magazine
  Monday Magazine
  Monday Magazine is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Contrary to what the name suggests, Monday is distributed throughout greater Victoria area every Thursday...
  
  
• Nanaimo News Bulletin

• North Island Gazette
• North Island MidWeek
• Oak Bay News
• Parksville Qualicum News
• Parksville & Nanaimo Free Daily
• Peninsula News Review
• Saanich News
• Sooke News Mirror
• Victoria News
• Victoria News Free Daily
• Real Estate Victoria

BC Interior Division

• 100 Mile House Free Press
• Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal
• Barriere North Thompson Star Journal
• Bella Coola Coast Mountain News
• Burns Lake Lakes District News
• Cariboo Connector
• Castlegar News
• Clearwater North Thompson Times
• Creston Valley Advance
• Fernie Free Press
• Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
• Golden Star
• Grand Forks Boundary Advertiser
• Grand Forks Gazette
• Grapes to Wine
• Houston Today
• Invermere Valley Echo
• Kamloops This Week
• Kelowna Capital News
• Keremeos OK Falls Review
• Kitimat Northern Sentinel
• Kootenay News Advertiser
• Kootenay Woman
• Lakeshore News
• Merritt Herald
• Nakusp Arrow Lakes News

• Nelson Star
• Northern Connector
• Penticton Western News
• Prince George Free Press
  Prince George Free Press
  The Prince George Free Press is a twice-weekly newspaper in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It began publishing in November 1994 on a weekly basis but within months added a second edition per week. Its current publisher is Phil Beaulieu and its current editor is Bill Phillips.It is owned...
  
  
• Prince Rupert Northern View
• Princeton Similkameen Spotlight
• Quesnel Cariboo Observer
• Revelstoke Times Review
• Rossland News
• Salmon Arm Observer
• Shuswap Market News
• Sicamous Eagle Valley News
• Smithers Interior News
• Stuart Nechako Advertiser
• Summerland Review
• Terrace Standard
• Trail Daily Times
• Vanderhoof Omineca Express
• Vernon Morning Star
• West Kootenay Advertiser
• Williams Lake Cariboo Advisor
• Williams Lake Tribune
• Williams Lake Weekender
• Wine Trails
• Winfield Lake Country News

Sound Publishing Division

Sound Publishing has a headquarters in Poulsbo, Washington

Poulsbo, Washington

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• Arlington Times
• Auburn Reporter
• Bainbridge Island Review
  The Review (Bainbridge Island)
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• Bellevue Reporter
• The Bellingham Business Journal
  The Bellingham Business Journal
  The Bellingham Business Journal is a monthly business publication published in Bellingham, Washington that seeks to bring its the readership the most accurate and in-depth picture of the Bellingham business community possible...
  
  
• Bonney Lake & Sumner Courier-Herald
• Bothell/Kenmore Reporter
• Bremerton Patriot
• Central Kitsap Reporter
• Covington/Maple Valley Reporter
• Enumclaw Courier-Herald
  Enumclaw Courier-Herald
  Enumclaw Courier-Herald is a newspaper in Enumclaw, Washington established in 1933 as a merge of Enumclaw courier and Enumclaw herald .Kevin Hanson has been the editor since 2001.Bill Marcum was the publisher in 2003...
  
  
• Federal Way Mirror
• Islands' Sounder
• Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter
• The Islands Weekly
• Journal of the San Juan Islands
• Kent Reporter
• Kingston Community News

• Kirkland Reporter (Formerly the Kirkland Courier)
• Little Nickel Classifieds
• Marysville Globe
• Mercer Island Reporter
• Nickel Ads Classifieds
• North Kitsap Herald
• North Whidbey TMC
• Northwest Navigator (Kitsap Edition)
• Northwest Navigator (Whidbey/Everett Edition)
• PNWLocalNews.com (Online only)
• Port Orchard Independent
• Redmond Reporter
• Renton Reporter
• Snoqualmie Valley Record
• South Whidbey Record
• Tacoma Daily Index
• Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
• Wenatchee Business Journal
• Whidbey News-Times
  Whidbey News-Times
  Whidbey News-Times is a twice-weekly newspaper in Oak Harbor, Washington, USA covering general news on Whidbey Island, WA. It is owned by Sound Publishing Inc., a subsidiary of Black Press....
  
  

Alberta Division

• Bashaw Star
• Castor Advance
• Central Alberta Advisor
• Manitoba Farm Life
• Northern Agvisor
• Ponoka News
• Red Deer Advocate
  Red Deer Advocate
  The Red Deer Advocate is a daily newspaper in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.Published by Black Press, the newspaper was first established in 1901 as the Red Deer Echo, changing its name to Alberta Advocate in 1903 and Red Deer Advocate in 1906...
  
  

• Red Deer Express
• Red Deer Life
• Rimbey Review
• Saskatchewan Farm Life
• Southern Advisor
• Stettler Independent
• Your House Your Home

Independents

• Fort Nelson News
• Greenwood Boundary Creek Times
• Northeast News
• Oliver Chronicle

• Osoyoos Times
• Peachland View
• Valemount Valley Express

Controversy

In August, 2007, a story in the Victoria News sparked a complaint from an advertiser and led to the firing/resignation of three senior Black Press employees.
Victoria News reporter Brennan Clarke quit the publication after a story he wrote about buying cheaper cars in the United States led to a complaint from Victoria car dealership Dave Wheaton Pontiac Buick GMC. Black Press claimed the article was not balanced, and said that reporters and editors should not purposely jeopardize advertising revenue with their stories, because that revenue pays their salaries. The company also fired the Victoria News long-time editor, Keith Norbury, in part because of the complaint, and Black Press's Vancouver Island Newsgroup regional editor, Brian Lepine, resigned in protest.
The Canadian Association of Journalists publicly questioned the credibility and independence of the Victoria News, wondering how many stories Black Press kills behind the scenes because of advertising concerns.