Daily News Brands Explained

Daily News Brands
Type:	Division
Industry:	Mass media
Predecessors:	-->
Successors:	-->
Founders:	-->
Hq Location City:	Toronto, Ontario
Hq Location Country:	Canada
Areas Served:	-->
Products:	Media, newspapers, magazines
Owner:	Torstar Corporation
Former Name:	Star Media Group

Daily News Brands, formerly Star Media Group, is a Canadian media organization and a division of Torstar Corporation. Its flagship publication is the Toronto Star newspaper, which is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar.^[1]

Portfolio

• Toronto Star Newspapers Limited
  • The Kit
  • Toronto Star
  • Torstar Syndication Services
• Fantasy Sports
• Real Estate News and Dream Homes with Metroland Media Group
• Corporate Information Technology Division
• Wheels.ca, a Canadian automotive website^[2]

Former holdings

• Eye Weekly
• The Grid
• GTA Today
• Starweek
• Torstar Media Group Television
  • ShopTV Canada
• Workopolis (50%), employment website. Formerly a joint venture with Square Victoria Digital Properties until Indeed purchased Workopolis in June 2018.

Joint interests

The Daily News Brands division also manages Torstar's jointly owned interests in:

• Sing Tao Daily (50%), the largest Chinese language newspaper in Canada. A joint venture with Sing Tao News Corporation.
• StarMetro (90%), free daily commuter newspaper with editions in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, and Vancouver. A joint venture with Metro International.

See also

• Torstar
• Metroland Media Group

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. . Bloomberg . 2018-03-08.
2. Web site: Wheels.ca. 13 January 2013.