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{{Short description|English Canadian business newspaper}}
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The '''''Financial Post''''' wasis a financial news website, and business section of the ''[[National Post]]'', both publications of the [[Postmedia Network]]. It started as an English [[Canada|Canadian]] business newspaper, which published from 1907 to 1998. In 1998, the publication was folded into the new ''[[National Post]]'', although the.<ref name=merge>"Black ''Financialsays Post'' hasto beenmerge retainedwith asnew thepaper". banner''[[The forGlobe thatand paperMail]]'s', businessJuly section23, and1998.</ref> The name ''Financial Post'' also lives on in the ''Post''<nowiki>’</nowiki>{{'}}s monthly business magazine, ''Financial Post Business.''.
 
The ''Financial Post'' wasstarted first publishedpublication in 1907 by [[John Bayne Maclean]].<ref name=publishing>"Publishing Inc. on the move". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 9, 1983.</ref> It was a weekly publication, and one of the core assets of Maclean's media business, which eventually became [[Maclean-Hunter]].<ref name=publishing />
 
The paper was purchased by [[Sun Media]] in 1987, and expanded into a daily tabloid on February 1, 1988, and added newspaper thehome delivery in 1990, with a reformatted ''Financial Post Magazine'' following yearshortly after. In 19971998, Sun Media sold the ''Financial Post'' to [[Hollinger Inc.|Hollinger]], whose CEO [[Conrad Black]] had been seeking a way to establish a national newspaper.<ref name=snaps>"Black snaps up ''Financial Post''". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 21, 1998.</ref> Sun Media acquired the ''[[Kitchener-Waterloo Record]]'', the ''[[Guelph Mercury]]'', the ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'' and the ''[[Cambridge Reporter]]'' from Hollinger in exchange.,<ref name=snaps (Very/> soonbut after,has since sold all four papers were transferred to [[Torstar]] as an incentive to stop a hostile takeover bid by that firm of Sun Media.) The transaction was finalized in July 1998, and the ''National Post'' debuted in October of that year.
 
The Hollinger transaction was finalized in July 1998.<ref name=snaps /> Originally slated to launch on October 5, 1998,<ref>"Black's daily to debut Oct. 5". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 2, 1998.</ref> the ''National Post''{{'}}s launch was delayed until October 27 by the financial complications of the ''Financial Post'' purchase.<ref>"Black's newspaper delayed". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 8, 1998.</ref>
The ''Financial Post'' retains a loyal audience of English business readers in Canada, offering coverage similar to the ''[[Report on Business]]'' by ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''. Though there has been frequent speculation that the ''Financial Post'' would be merged into the business sections of the regional newspapers owned by the ''National Post''<nowiki>’</nowiki>s parent, [[CanWest Global Communications]], much of the ''Post''<nowiki>’</nowiki>s editorial content is now syndicated to other CanWest newspapers through the CanWest News Service. The ''Financial Post'' publishes several popular editorial features throughout the year, including the annual competition ''Financial Post’s Ten Best Companies to Work For''.▼
 
▲The ''Financial Post'' retains a loyal audience of English business readers in Canada, offering coverage similar to the ''[[Report on Business]]'' by ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''. Though there has been frequent speculation that the ''Financial Post'' would be merged into the business sections of the regional newspapers owned by the ''National Post''<nowiki>’</nowiki>{{'}}s parent, [[CanWestPostmedia Global CommunicationsNews]], much of the ''Post''<nowiki>’</nowiki>{{'}}s editorial content is now syndicated to other CanWestPostmedia newspapers through the CanWestPostmedia News Service. The ''Financial Post'' publishes several popular editorial features throughout the year, including the annual competition ''Financial Post’sPost's Ten Best Companies to Work For''.
[[John Godfrey]], later Liberal Member of Parliament for Don Valley West, was editor of the ''Financial Post'' from 1987 to 1991. [[Diane Francis]] was the paper's last editor prior to the launch of the ''National Post''.
 
Editors of the paper included [[Floyd Chalmers]],<ref name=publishing/> [[John Godfrey]]<ref name=replacing>"Francis replacing Godfrey as Post editor". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 5, 1991.</ref> and [[Diane Francis]],<ref name=replacing/> who was the paper's last editor prior to the launch of the ''National Post''.
 
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== External links ==
* [{{official website|http://www.financialpost.com Financial Post]}}
 
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