# The Hamilton Spectator
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{{Short description|Canadian daily newspaper}}
{{About|the Canadian newspaper|the Australian newspaper|Hamilton Spectator (Australia)}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Hamilton Spectator
| logo = The Hamilton Spectator (2021-01-21).svg
| image = TheHamiltonSpectator.jpg
| caption = Front page of the June 1, 2020 edition
| type = [Daily newspaper](/source/Daily_newspaper)
| format = [Broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet)
| founded = 1846
| owners = [Metroland Media Group](/source/Metroland_Media_Group) ([Torstar Corporation](/source/Torstar))
| headquarters = 8 Spadina Ave, Suite 10A
[Toronto, Ontario](/source/Toronto%2C_Ontario)
M5V 0S8[{{Cite web |date=2025-04-20 |title=Contact Us @ TheSpec.com |url=https://www.thespec.com/site/static-pages/contactus.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=thespec.com |language=en-US}}]
| publisher = Brandon Grosvenor
| editor = Cheryl Stepan[{{Cite web |date=2025-04-20 |title=About Us |url=https://www.thespec.com/about/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=thespec.com |language=en-US}}]
| circulation = 99,391 weekdays
103,109 Saturdays
| circulation_date = 2010
| circulation_ref = [[Canadian Circulations Audit Board](/source/BPA_Worldwide) [http://www.bpaww.com/Bpaww_com/Pages/CirculationReports.aspx Circulation Report] for the year ending December 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012. {{Registration required}}]
| ISSN = 1189-9417
| website = {{URL|https://www.thespec.com/}}
}}
'''''The Hamilton Spectator''''', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada). One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,[{{Cite web |date=2015-02-24 |title=Top 10 Canadian Newspapers |url=https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/top-10-canadian-print-outlets/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=Agility PR Solutions |language=en-US}}] ''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by [Torstar](/source/Torstar).
==History==
thumb|left|''The Hamilton Spectator'' building {{circa|1931}}|alt=Black and white image of a downtwon street scene centered on a six-storey office building
''The Hamilton Spectator'' was first published July 15, 1846, as ''The Hamilton Spectator and Journal of Commerce''. Founded by Robert Smiley and a partner, the paper was sold in 1877 to [William Southam](/source/William_Southam), who founded the [Southam newspaper chain](/source/Southam_Inc.) and made the ''Spectator'' the first of the chain. The Southam chain was sold in 1998 to [Conrad Black](/source/Conrad_Black), who in turn sold off ''The Hamilton Spectator'' to Toronto-based [Sun Media](/source/Sun_Media). In 1999, the ''Spectator'' was sold for a third time to [Torstar Corporation](/source/Torstar_Corporation). On May 26, 2020, its parent company, Torstar, agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm. The deal was expected to close by year end.[{{cite web |date=2020-05-26 |title=Torstar to be sold, taken private in $52-million deal |url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9997810-torstar-to-be-sold-taken-private-in-52-million-deal/ |access-date=2020-05-27 |publisher=Toronto.com}}]
thumb|left|''The Hamilton Spectator'' journalists {{circa|1926}}|alt=Black and white group photo of 27 men and women dressed in formal wear
==Publication==
''The Hamilton Spectator'' is published{{When|date=December 2024}} six days a week by [Metroland Media Group](/source/Metroland_Media_Group), a division of Torstar. It serves [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario), [Burlington](/source/Burlington%2C_Ontario) and the [Niagara region](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Niagara). It also serves Brant County and Haldimand County towns such as [Caledonia](/source/Caledonia%2C_Ontario), [Hagersville](/source/Hagersville%2C_Ontario) and [Dunnville](/source/Dunnville%2C_Ontario). ''The Spectator'' also serves the region of Halton, which includes towns as far east as [Oakville](/source/Oakville%2C_Ontario).
==Notable staff==
* [David Griffin](/source/David_Griffin_(athlete)), journalist, Olympic athlete, and Royal Canadian Air Force public relations officer[{{cite news|title=F.O. David Griffin Missing; Liberator Bomber Overdue|agency=[The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press)|date=February 21, 1944|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-griffin-1944/166936565/}}][{{cite news|title=Six Canadians Believed Lost On Bomber|agency=[The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press)|date=February 21, 1944|newspaper=[Ottawa Journal](/source/Ottawa_Journal)|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-griffin-1944/166936652/}}; {{cite news|title=Six Canadians (Continued from Page One)|agency=[The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press)|date=February 21, 1944|newspaper=[Ottawa Journal](/source/Ottawa_Journal)|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-griffin-1944/166936728/}}]
* [Ivan Miller](/source/Ivan_Miller_(journalist)), worked 45 years for ''The Hamilton Spectator'', became the sports editor in 1944, then the sports director in 1958[{{cite news|title=Friends To Amateurs To Pros: Miller death severs sports ties|last=Watkins|first=Joe|date=June 3, 1967|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-miller-1967/165299206/}}]
* [Melville Marks Robinson](/source/Melville_Marks_Robinson), sports editor for ''The Hamilton Spectator'' and organizer of the [1930 British Empire Games](/source/1930_British_Empire_Games)[{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/opinion-story/2884962-m-m-robinson-a-burlingtonian-who-made-a-difference/|title=M.M. Robinson — a Burlingtonian who made a difference|publisher=Burlington Post|access-date=March 3, 2019}}]
==See also==
*[List of newspapers in Canada](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_Canada)
*[List of newspapers in Canada by circulation](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_Canada_by_circulation)
*[Hamilton Spectator Trophy](/source/Hamilton_Spectator_Trophy)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.thespec.com ''Hamilton Spectator'' official website]
* [http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/intro_e.shtml Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War - Canadian Museum of Civilization]
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