Sunday Express (Montreal)
Encyclopedia
The Sunday Express was an English-language weekly newspaper
published in Montreal
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founder Joe Azaria, who also tried without success to turn the paper into a daily, under the name Daily Express. That experiment lasted less than a year, as the paper was unable to compete with the then-dominant Montreal Star
and the second place Montreal Gazette (now Montreal's only English daily). http://members.tripod.com/~Hughdoherty/azaria.html
, which ran it until closing the paper in 1985. http://www.ketupa.net/quebecor2.htmhttp://www.quebecor.com/Quebecor/1980.aspx?Culture=n
, who briefly worked there at the start of her career, http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2006/spring/615/ as well as drama critic turned theatre director Marianne Ackerman
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Weekly newspaper
A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...
published in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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Foundation
The paper was published by MidnightThe Globe (tabloid)
Globe is a supermarket tabloid first published North America on November 10, 1954 in Montreal, Canada as Midnight by Joe Azaria and John Vader and became the chief competitor to the National Enquirer during the 1960s. In 1978 it changed its name to the Midnight Globe after its publisher, Globe...
founder Joe Azaria, who also tried without success to turn the paper into a daily, under the name Daily Express. That experiment lasted less than a year, as the paper was unable to compete with the then-dominant Montreal Star
Montreal Star
The Montreal Star was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It folded in 1979 following an eight-month pressmen's strike....
and the second place Montreal Gazette (now Montreal's only English daily). http://members.tripod.com/~Hughdoherty/azaria.html
Acquisition and closure by Quebecor
In 1974, the Sunday Express was acquired by QuebecorQuebecor
Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
, which ran it until closing the paper in 1985. http://www.ketupa.net/quebecor2.htmhttp://www.quebecor.com/Quebecor/1980.aspx?Culture=n
Notable contributors
Contributors included Antonia ZerbisiasAntonia Zerbisias
Antonia Zerbisias is a Canadian journalist associated with the Toronto Star since 1989. She has been a reporter and TV host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as the Montreal correspondent for Variety trade paper...
, who briefly worked there at the start of her career, http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2006/spring/615/ as well as drama critic turned theatre director Marianne Ackerman
Marianne Ackerman
Marianne Letitia Ackerman is a Canadian novelist, playwright, and journalist. Piers' Desire, her third and most recent novel, was published in 2010.- Life and career :...
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