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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | CanWest Global Communications |
| Editor | Doug Kelly |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Political alignment | conservative |
| Headquarters | 300 - 1450 Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario |
| Website | www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/index.html |
The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto.
History
The Post was founded in 1998 by Conrad Black to combat what he saw as an 'over-liberalizing' of editorial policy in Canadian newspapers. Black built the new paper around the existing Financial Post, an established business-oriented newspaper in Toronto which he purchased from Sun Media in 1997. (Financial Post was retained as the name of the National Post's business section.)
From the beginning the Post has been staunchly conservative, and has an editorial page featuring the writings of many prominent neo-conservatives and libertarians from the US and Canada, including Diane Francis, Ann Coulter, Mark Steyn and David Frum.
The Post's unique graphic and layout design have won numerous style awards over the years.
The paper has been a moderate success, but has lower circulation and profits than its main rival, The Globe and Mail.
In 2001 the paper was sold to CanWest Global Communications, run by Israel Asper until his death in 2003. CanWest Global and the Post are now managed by Asper's sons, Leonard Asper and David Asper. The Aspers openly admit that they control the editorial content of the paper, and use it to project their own personal views of the world. One of which is their well known anti-CBC stance (they feel the public network projects Israel in a negative light, therefore they are continually calling for the network to be dismantled). The Aspers, it should be noted, run their own competing television network, Global.
The paper has focused more on business coverage, cutting back on reporting in other areas such as arts and culture.
The paper has also been noted for frequent staff changes. In the seven years that the paper has been in operation, it has had seven different publishers. Most recently, a former editor of the Toronto Sun, Les Pyette, was hired to help increase circulation. However, Pyette left the paper in July, 2005 along with columnist Rachel Marsden.