Cambridge Reporter

"The Cambridge Reporter" was a local daily newspaper in Southern Ontario serving the community of Cambridge, Ontario. Founded in 1846, then called the Galt Reporter. In 1973 the paper changed its name to the Cambridge Reporter after when the city of Galt merged with the towns of Preston and Hespeler and parts of the townships of Waterloo and North Dumfries amalgamated to form Cambridge. In the 90's the paper changed from a daily paper to a twice a week paper and then in 2003 the Cambridge Reporter was closed by parent Torstar Corporation. A final paper was published Friday, September 19, 2003. Metroland Media Group which is owned by TorStar currently operates TheWaterloo Region Record and the Cambridge Times which has expanded since the closure of the Cambridge Reporter.

A summary of the history and demise of the paper can be found here: http://www.rrj.ca/online/463/

Timeline of Reporter Ownership

*Thompson - ?? to July 1995
*Hollinger/Southam - July 1995 to July 1998
*SunMedia - July 1998 to Jan 1999
*Quebecor - Jan 1999 to March 1999
*TorStar - March 1999 to September 2003

A new online-only Cambridge Reporter was launched by Colin Carmichael in June, 2008. Although sharing the same name the paper is not afflicted with the original newspaper only in name. http://cambridgereporter.caShortly there after TorStar relaunched their own news portal http://cambridgereporter.com, news stores are not original to that publication but instead come from other news papers such has the Kitchener Record, and Cambridge Times.