{{Short description|Former English weekly newspaper in Montreal}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Montreal Mirror | logo = 150px | image = MontrealMirrorCover.jpg | image_size = 175px | caption = The cover of the final edition (June 21, 2012) of the ''Montreal Mirror'' | type = Alternative Newsweekly | format = Tabloid | owners = Quebecor Media | founder = | publisher = Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée | editor = Alastair Sutherland | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | seniorstaff = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1985|6|20}} | political_position = Centre-left | language = | ceased_publication = {{end date and age|2012|6|22}} | relaunched = | headquarters = 465 McGill Street, 3rd Floor, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec | circulation = 70,000 | sister_newspapers = ''ici'' | ISSN = 0833-8086 | oclc = 15997017 | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/*/montrealmirror.com MontrealMirror.com] (via the Internet Archive) }}
'''''Montreal Mirror''''' or just '''''Mirror''''' was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday.<ref name=AAN>{{cite web |url=http://aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/viewCompany?oid=oid:55 |title=Montreal Mirror {{!}} Association of Alternative Newsweeklies |website=Association of Alternative Newsmedia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607130559/http://aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/viewCompany?oid=oid:55 |archivedate=June 7, 2007}}</ref><ref name="BowenWatson2004">{{cite book |author1=Arabella Bowen|author2=John Shandy Watson|title=The Rough Guide to Montréal|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetomont0000wats |url-access=registration|access-date=June 2, 2011|date=March 1, 2004|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-195-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetomont0000wats/page/36 36]–}}</ref> It had a circulation of 70,000 and reached a quarter of a million readers per week.<ref name="AAN"/>
The Montreal Mirror was first published in June 1985, the initial print run being 20,000 copies,<ref>{{cite news |last=Griffin |first=John |date=June 20, 1985 |title=Mirror on Montreal |work=The Gazette |location=Montreal}}</ref> the publication became a weekly in September 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wells |first=Paul |date=August 27, 1989 |title=Alternative paper gets new digs, goes weekly |work=The Gazette |location=Montreal}}</ref> It was bought by media giant Quebecor in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last=O’Kane |first=Josh |date=June 23, 2012 |title=Quebecor closes Montreal Mirror weekly |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/quebecor-closes-montreal-mirror-weekly/article4364249/ |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624015812/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/quebecor-closes-montreal-mirror-weekly/article4364249/ |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |access-date=February 2, 2026}}</ref> It was published by ''Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée''.<ref name="Publisher">{{cite web |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/contact/ |title=Contact |work=Montreal Mirror |publisher=Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée |access-date=November 26, 2010}}</ref>
On June 22, 2012, Sun Media (the division of Quebecor that the Mirror belonged to) announced that the paper would be ceasing publication effective immediately.<ref name="Closure">{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/montreal-mirror-to-end-publication-tsx-qbr.a-1672679.htm |title=Montreal Mirror to End Publication |date=June 22, 2012 |website=Marketwire |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625064319/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/montreal-mirror-to-end-publication-tsx-qbr.a-1672679.htm |archivedate=June 25, 2012}}</ref>
==See also== * List of newspapers in Canada * Ken Hechtman
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/*/montrealmirror.com ''Montreal Mirror'' (official website)] (via the Internet Archive) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195022/http://www.verifiedaudit.com/masthead.php?pid=4468&mid=000 Company profile] - Verified Audit Circulation (via the Internet Archive)
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