24 Hours (newspaper)
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 Volume 1, Issue 11 - March 2005 |
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| Type | Free daily newspaper |
| Format | Compact |
| Owner | Sun Media Corporation |
| Language | English and French |
| Headquarters | 333 King Street East Toronto, Ontario M5A 3X5  Canada |
| ISSN | 1711-7976 |
| Official website | 24hrs.ca 24heures.ca |
24 Hours and 24 Heures (sometimes stylized as 24H) is a chain of free daily newspapers published in Canada by Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media. Five different English editions are published in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton, and a French edition is published in Montreal.
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[edit] History
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The Montreal paper was originally called "Metropolitan" and had a large lowercase "m" as its logo.
On November 14, 2006, 24 Hours launched two new editions in the Ottawa Valley area—an English edition published in Ottawa, and a French edition published in Gatineau. The Gatineau version stopped publishing on May 9, 2008.
The Vancouver edition of 24 Hours was a joint venture of Sun Media and the Jim Pattison Group; Pattison sold his share of the Vancouver edition in 2007.
In fall 2009, 24 Hours and 24 Heures were given an extensive makeover.[1] The paper was given the alternative name 24H; while 24H is short-form for "24 Hours" in French, the name was applied to all editions. The paper's color scheme changed for the Montreal edition, from black and yellow to blue and orange, to match the other editions' colors.
At one point, the family of publications under the 24 Hours / 24 Heures banner had exclusively used a lower case "h" in its name. It is now used interchangeably with an uppercase "h".[citation needed]
As of January 3rd, 2011, the Montreal edition of 24 H had reached an agreement with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) for exclusive distribution in the underground Montreal métro network, replacing the Metro newspaper.[2]
[edit] Format
Most 24 Hours are published 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) in a 460 mm × 282 mm compact format that is smaller than a tabloid (about 58% the size of a tabloid). Because its target readers are commuters heading to work, it is not published on weekends or statutory holidays, although the Vancouver edition previously provided a digital "Online Weekend Edition". Vancouver 24 Hours' print publication measures 270 mm x 330 mm, which is slightly smaller than other markets. The paper averages about 32 pages in an issue, slightly less than half being news, and relies heavily upon wire services such as Reuters, the Canadian Press and the Associated Press.[citation needed] The rest of the pages cover lifestyle, travel, entertainment, sports, and the like.
Exact copies of most editions are also available on their official web site. Vancouver and Montreal both operate full websites. Vancouver 24 Hours presents a wide variety of videos and podcasts. In total Vancouver 24 Hours independent news room accounts for approximately 50% of the news content in the day to day publications.[citation needed] The Montreal edition also includes a weekly entertainment insert, ici Week-end; until April 30, 2009, ici was its own publication, distributed separately.
24 Hours' primary national competition is the free paper Metro. P.J. Harston was the founding editor-in-chief of both 24 Hours and Metro.
