The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a daily newspaper based in Toronto and widely regarded as Canada's national newspaper of record. It provides in-depth coverage of national and international news, politics, and business, and is generally seen as centrist to centre-right in its editorial stance.
The Globe and Mail at a glance
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- North America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1844
- Owner
- The Woodbridge Company (the Thomson family)
- Published from
- Toronto
- Website
- theglobeandmail.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups The Globe and Mail
Crosswire groups The Globe and Mail as Centrist for comparisons within Canada's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Canada, CBC News and Toronto Star are listed as Left-leaning, while National Post is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Globe and Mail beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where The Globe and Mail sits in Canada's press
The Globe and Mail was founded in 1844, is published from Toronto and is owned by The Woodbridge Company (the Thomson family). It is one of 5 outlets tracked in Canada, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being National Post and Toronto Star. By outlets tracked, Canada ranks third of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The Globe and Mail outside Canada, starting with North America, are The New York Times (United States), El Universal (Mexico), Prensa Libre (Guatemala) and El Salvador (El Salvador). Opening one of them beside The Globe and Mail is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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