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The '''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph''', founded by [[William Brown (journalist)|William Brown]] (c. 1737–1789) as the '''Quebec Gazette''' on 21 June 1764, and is the oldest newspaper in Quebec.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hopkins|first=J. Castell|title=An historical sketch of Canadian literature and journalism|year=1898|publisher=Linscott|location=Toronto|page=221|url=http://archive.org/stream/cihm_08048#page/n31/mode/1up}}</ref> It is currently published as an English language weekly from its offices at 1040 Belvédère, suite 218, [[Quebec City]], Quebec, Canada.
The '''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph''', founded by [[William Brown (journalist)|William Brown]] (c. 1737–1789) as the '''Quebec Gazette''' on 21 June 1764, is the oldest newspaper in Quebec.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hopkins|first=J. Castell|title=An historical sketch of Canadian literature and journalism|year=1898|publisher=Linscott|location=Toronto|page=221|url=http://archive.org/stream/cihm_08048#page/n31/mode/1up}}</ref> It is currently published as an English language weekly from its offices at 1040 Belvédère, suite 218, [[Quebec City]], Quebec, Canada.


Formerly a [[bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]] French-English publication, the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph celebrated its 245th anniversary in 2009.
Formerly a [[bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]] French-English publication, the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph celebrated its 245th anniversary in 2009.

Revision as of 19:06, 6 July 2013

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
File:Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Logo.png
Front page of the March 9, 2011 edition
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Raymond Stanton
Founder(s)William Brown
EditorStacie Stanton
Founded21 June 1764
Headquarters1040 Belvédère, suite 218, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Circulation2,200[1]
ISSN0226-9252
OCLC number11046661
WebsiteThe Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, founded by William Brown (c. 1737–1789) as the Quebec Gazette on 21 June 1764, is the oldest newspaper in Quebec.[2] It is currently published as an English language weekly from its offices at 1040 Belvédère, suite 218, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Formerly a bilingual French-English publication, the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph celebrated its 245th anniversary in 2009.

Origins and history

Photo montage showing Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph's old offices at 27 Buade Street. The Chronicle-Telegraph sign is hidden under an awning on du Tresor Street.

Founded as the Quebec Gazette in 1764, it is a descendant of several newspapers published during the past three centuries. Until 1842, the newspaper published editions in both French and English. At its inception it originally began as a weekly, but in May 1832, it began appearing in English on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and in French on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Quebec Gazette merged with the Morning Chronicle in 1873 to become the Quebec Chronicle and Quebec Gazette.

On 25 July 1925 another merger occurred with the Quebec Daily Telegraph and the paper was then published under the banner of the Chronicle-Telegraph until 1934, when it added 'Quebec' to the front of its name, where it remains to this day.

In 1959, the paper was sold to the Thomson Publishing Group (then owned by Canadian media mogul Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, now part of Thomson Reuters) which later sold the newspaper to publisher Herb Murphy. In 1972 it went from being a daily to its current weekly edition format.

The paper was sold again in 1979 to lawyers David Cannon, Jean Lemelin, Ross Rourke and broadcaster Bob Dawson, who later passed it on to David Cannon. It was then bought by Karen Macdonald and François Vézina on 1 January 1993. On 1 August 2007 it was sold to Pierre Little, a New Brunswick native.[3] In November 2010, majority shares were sold to Ray Stanton of London, Ontario.

Claims of seniority

The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph claims to be North-America's oldest newspaper due to the following:

  • The Maryland Gazette began publication in 1727, though it died in its tenth year and the name was only revived in 1922;
  • The New Hampshire Gazette began publication on 7 October 1756 and continues as a weekly today. However, the name disappeared for a time and the new version was started from scratch by a different owner who had not purchased the paper from a previous owner;
  • In Canada, the Halifax Gazette, founded in 1752, claims to be "Canada's first newspaper." However, its official descendant, the Royal Gazette, is a government publication for legal notices and proclamations rather than a proper newspaper;
  • The Newport Mercury began as a weekly in 1758 and still publishes news today under the same name, ceasing publication only for a short period during the American Revolution.[4] Though it cannot claim to be the oldest continually published paper in North America, others have asserted that neither can the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, which also ceased publication during the Siege of Quebec in November 1775[citation needed];
  • Finally, there is the Hartford Courant, founded 29 October 1764, a few months after the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph. The argument from the Courant is that it has never missed a day of publication since its foundation.

The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph therefore has a defendable claim to being the oldest surviving newspaper that still publishes news in Canada, and the oldest in North America with 'continuous corporate bona fide buyouts' from proprietors to newer successors. No other newspaper has made this claim in North America and possibly the New World.[citation needed]

Archive scanning partnership with Google News

In 2008 the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph joined the Google News microfilm scanning project to make its newspaper archives more accessible via Google's free news archive search service.[5]

Publisher Pierre Little stated that:

This effort will open up a new world of possibilities for today's Internet users. You can search for everything from news of loved ones of past generations to news of major historical events[5]

and that:

... many readers visit the newspaper’s Web site to look for obituaries and conduct research on their ancestors. We could envision that thousands of families would be attracted to our archives to search for people who came over to the New World. ... We hope that will be a financial windfall for us.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "History of the Chronicle-Telegraph: A brief history of North America's oldest newspaper". Quebec Chronicle Telegraph. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ Hopkins, J. Castell (1898). An historical sketch of Canadian literature and journalism. Toronto: Linscott. p. 221.
  3. ^ About us: Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph: History of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph website;
  4. ^ NewportDailyNews.com: About Us, accessed 26 June 2008;.
  5. ^ a b Little, Pierre Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph Archive Partnership with Google, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, 8 September 2008, retrieved 13 March 2009;
  6. ^ Helft, Miguel & Stone, Brad (2008) Google to Digitize Newspaper Archives N.Y. Times, 2008-09-09, retrieved 13 March 2009.
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