| Newspaper Name: |
The Telegram |
| Alternative Names: |
The Evening Telegram |
| Owner: |
SaltWire Network |
| Country / Region: |
Canada (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) |
| Language: |
English |
| Format type: |
Newspaper |
| Category: |
General |
| Political alignment: |
Centrism |
| Frequency: |
Daily |
| Publication Years (print version): |
1879 — now (144 years) |
| ISSN: |
1487-6019 |
| Circulation: |
24,000 (2015) |
| Official Pages: |
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| Official Apps: |
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| Website: |
thetelegram.com [read with translation] |
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For most of its history, this newspaper was published in the evening and was called «The Evening Telegram»; the word «Evening» was deleted only in 1998. The first issue of the newspaper was published on April 3, 1879 by a local printer, William Herder, who had previously worked for «The Courier» for a long time, and then purchased a printing press and became a publisher himself. New edition was positioned as the «first daily newspaper of Newfoundland», it was published every day except Sunday and published mainly local news of the province and its administrative center, the city of St. John's. The Herder family owned the paper until the 1970s, when it became part of «Thomson Newspapers». The newspaper's slogan is «People's newspaper». The Saturday edition of the newspaper is called «The Weekend Telegram». The newspaper's logo uses a Gothic font.
Throughout its history, the newspaper has maintained a neutral political line, and there have been lively discussions about the development and fate of this region. However, in the mid-twentieth century, she was often credited with supporting the Confederation. Especially after Joey Smallwood, who worked as a newspaper journalist for several years in the 1920s, was appointed Minister of Newfoundland following the 1948 Newfoundland referendums (which ultimately decided the fate of what was then a British colony to become a Canadian province). The history of The Telegram newspaper is closely connected with such famous Canadian names as Albert Perlin, Harold Horwood, Michael Harrington, Ray Guy, impressionist artist Rae Perlin, Newfoundland Prime Minister William Lloyd, editor of the weekly religious column, Dr. Hans Rollmann, and many others.
Since 1927, «The Telegram» has traditionally sponsored the annual 15-kilometer marathon «Tely 10» (10 miles) along the roads of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Paradise, Mount Pearl, St. John's), the oldest marathon in Canada. More than 4 thousand people participate in it every year. The newspaper is also the founder of the «Herder Cup» ice hockey championship, named after the newspaper's founder.
