{{Short description|English-language newspaper in Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Globe and Mail | logo = The Globe and Mail (2019-10-31).svg | image = The Globe and Mail frontpage new.jpg | caption = The January 25, 2013, front page of ''The Globe and Mail'' | motto = ''Canada's National Newspaper'' | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founder = George Brown{{notetag|Brown founded the earliest predecessor to ''The Globe and Mail'', ''The Globe''. ''The Toronto Mail'' was another predecessor newspaper founded by Thomas Patteson. ''The Empire'' was another predecessor newspaper founded by John A. Macdonald. The merger of ''The Globe'' and ''The Daily Mail and Empire'' was arranged by George McCullagh and was financed by William Henry Wright.}} | founded = {{start date and age|1844|3|5}}{{notetag|The following date was when ''The Globe'' published its first edition. The Globe later merged with ''The Mail and Empire'' to form ''The Globe and Mail'' on November 23, 1936.}} | ceased_publication = | owners = The Woodbridge Company | publisher = Andrew Saunders | headquarters = Globe and Mail Centre<br/>351 King Street East<br />Toronto, Ontario<br />M5A 1L1 | circulation = 65,749 Daily<br/>117,955 Saturday | circulation_date = 2022 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=The-Globe and Mail Newspaper MediaKit 2023 |url=https://globelink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Globe-and-Mail-Newspaper-MediaKit-2023.pdf |access-date=April 24, 2023 |website=globelink.ca |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311213308/https://globelink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Globe-and-Mail-Newspaper-MediaKit-2023.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | editor = David Walmsley | issn = 0319-0714 | oclc = 61312660 | website = {{URL|https://theglobeandmail.com}} }}
'''''The Globe and Mail''''' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays,<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/about/#:~:text=The%20Globe%20and%20Mail%20print%20and%20digital%20formats%20reach%20over%206%20million%20readers%20every%20week%2C "About Us".] ''The Globe and Mail''. Retrieved July 13, 2024.</ref> although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record".<ref>{{cite book|title=Understanding Canada: Building on the New Canadian Political Economy|last=Clement|first=Wallace|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1996|isbn=9780773515031|page=[https://archive.org/details/understandingcan0000unse_e3q5/page/343 343]|url=https://archive.org/details/understandingcan0000unse_e3q5/page/343}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= January 11, 2009 |title= Globe and Mail to cut jobs |url= http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Money/Story/STIStory_324744.html |newspaper= Straits Times |location= Singapore |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090130083617/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Money/Story/STIStory_324744.html |archive-date= January 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rabble.ca/news/2009/06/shake-globe |title=What's behind the shake up at 'Canada's newspaper of record'? |date=June 2, 2009 |work=rabble.ca |access-date=January 17, 2010 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013095321/http://rabble.ca/news/2009/06/shake-globe |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=Brian Duignan |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/235427/The-Globe-and-Mail |title=The Globe and Mail |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425174541/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/235427/The-Globe-and-Mail |url-status=live }}</ref>
''The Globe and Mail''{{'}}s predecessors, ''The Globe'' and ''The Daily Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and ''The Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast assets held by BCE Inc. to form the joint venture Bell Globemedia. In 2010, direct control of the newspaper was reacquired by the Thomson family through its holding company, the Woodbridge Company. The Woodbridge Company acquired BCE's remaining stake in the newspaper in 2015.
==History== ===Predecessors and establishment=== [[File:TheMailandEmpire1897.jpg|thumb|upright|Cover for ''The Mail and Empire'', a newspaper and predecessor to the modern ''The Globe and Mail'']] The predecessor to ''The Globe and Mail'' was called ''The Globe''; it was founded in 1844 by Scottish immigrant George Brown, who became a Father of Confederation. Brown's liberal politics led him to court the support of the Clear Grits, a precursor to the modern Liberal Party of Canada. ''The Globe'' began in Toronto as a weekly party organ for Brown's Reform Party, but seeing the economic gains he could make in the newspaper business, Brown soon targeted a wide audience of liberal-minded freeholders. He selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotation from Junius, "The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures." The quotation is carried on the editorial page to this day.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Tony |title=The genius of Junius |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-who-is-junius-the-subject-who-is-truly-loyal-to-the-chief-magistrate/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=September 15, 2024 |date=April 1, 2024 |quote=That enigmatic name on The Globe's editorial page is more than a pseudonym, it's a reminder to journalists of all generations about questioning power and its legitimate uses}}</ref>
By the 1850s, ''The Globe'' had become an independent and well-regarded daily newspaper. It began distribution by railway to other cities in Ontario shortly after Confederation. At the dawn of the twentieth century, ''The Globe'' added photography, a women's section, and the slogan "Canada's National Newspaper", which remains on its front-page banner. It began opening bureaus and offering subscriptions across Canada.
''The Daily Mail and Empire'' was another newspaper that served as ''The Globe and Mail'''{{'}}s predecessor, having been formed through a merger of two conservative newspapers, ''The Toronto Mail'' and ''The Empire'' in 1895. ''The Toronto Mail'' was established in 1872, while ''The Empire'' was founded in 1887 by Brown's former rival, Conservative politician and then-Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
On November 23, 1936, ''The Globe'' merged with ''The Mail and Empire''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7924708 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090720231834/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7924708 |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 20, 2009 |title=The Globe and Mail: Private Company Information |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |access-date=April 13, 2012}}</ref> The merger was arranged by George McCullagh, who fronted for mining magnate William Henry Wright and became the first publisher of ''The Globe and Mail''. Press reports at the time stated that "the minnow swallowed the whale" because ''The Globe''{{'}}s circulation (at 78,000) was smaller than that of ''The Mail and Empire'' (118,000).
===1930s–1990s=== From 1937 until 1974, the newspaper was produced at the William H. Wright Building, located at then 140 King Street West on the northeast corner of King Street and York Street, close to the homes of the ''Toronto Daily Star'' at Old Toronto Star Building at 80 King West and the Old Toronto Telegram Building at Bay and Melinda. The building at 130 King Street West was demolished in 1974 to make way for First Canadian Place.<ref name=buildinghist>{{cite web|url=http://torontoist.com/2008/04/historicist_the/|title=Historicist: The Old Lady of Melinda Street|last=Bradburn |first= Jamie |website=Torontoist|date=April 19, 2008|access-date=June 29, 2014|archive-date=July 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724064016/http://torontoist.com/2008/04/historicist_the/|url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Globe and Mail staff wait for news.jpg|thumb|left|''The Globe and Mail'' staff await news of the D-Day invasion. June 6, 1944.]] McCullagh committed suicide in 1952, and the newspaper was sold to the Webster family of Montreal. As the paper lost ground to ''The Toronto Star'' in the local Toronto market, it began to expand its national circulation. The newspaper was unionized in 1955, under the banner of the American Newspaper Guild.<ref name=song>{{cite web|url=http://www.unifor87m.org/our-history |website=Unifor87-M |title=Our History|access-date=May 7, 2015|archive-date=May 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505171309/http://www.unifor87m.org/our-history|url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1965, the paper was bought by Winnipeg-based FP Publications, controlled by Bryan Maheswary, which owned a chain of local Canadian newspapers. FP put a strong emphasis on the Report on Business section that was launched in 1962, thereby building the paper's reputation as the voice of Toronto's business community.
The newspaper moved locations from the William H. Wright Building to 444 Front Street West in 1974. The new location had been the headquarters of the ''Toronto Telegram'' newspaper, built in 1963. ''The Globe and Mail'' remained in the building until 2016, when it relocated to the Globe and Mail Centre.<ref name=buildinghist/> The Front Street building along with the Toyota dealership next door were demolished and redeveloped as The Well.
FP Publications and ''The Globe and Mail'' were sold in 1980 to The Thomson Corporation, a company run by the family of Kenneth Thomson. After the acquisition, there were few changes made in editorial or news policy. However, there was more attention paid to national and international news on the editorial, op-ed, and front pages in contrast to its previous policy of stressing Toronto and Ontario material.<ref>Walter I. Romanow and Walter C. Soderlund, "Thomson Newspapers' Acquisition of 'The Globe and Mail:' A Case Study of Content Change", ''Gazette: The International Journal for Mass Communication Studies'' (1988) 41#1 pp 5-17.</ref> thumb|Exterior of ''The Globe and Mail''{{'}}s former building at 444 Front Street in 2016. The newspaper relocated to its new offices in the same year. ''The Globe and Mail'' has always been a morning newspaper. Since the 1980s, it has been printed in separate editions in six Canadian cities: Montreal, Toronto (several editions), Winnipeg (Estevan, Saskatchewan), Calgary and Vancouver.
Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild (SONG) employees took their first-ever strike vote at ''The Globe'' in 1982, also marking a new era in relations with the company. Those negotiations ended without a strike, and the Globe unit of SONG still has a strike-free record. SONG members voted in 1994 to sever ties with the American-focused Newspaper Guild. Shortly afterwards, SONG affiliated with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP).<ref name=song/>
Under the editorship of William Thorsell in the 1980s and 1990s, the paper strongly endorsed the free trade policies of Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The paper also became an outspoken proponent of the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord, with their editorial the day of the 1995 Quebec Referendum mostly quoting a Mulroney speech in favour of the Accord.<ref>Globe and Mail, Oct 30, A12</ref> During this period, the paper continued to favour such socially liberal policies as decriminalizing drugs (including cocaine, whose legalization was advocated most recently in a 1995 editorial) and expanding gay rights.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
In 1995, the paper launched its website, globeandmail.com; on June 9, 2000, the site began covering breaking news with its own content and journalists in addition to the content of the print newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|author=Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/pages/ten-years-of-globeandmail/ |title=10 Years of globeandmail.com |work=Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=January 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119213842/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/pages/ten-years-of-globeandmail/ |archive-date=January 19, 2011 }}</ref>
===21st century=== Since the launch of the ''National Post'' as another English-language national paper in 1998, some industry analysts had proclaimed a "national newspaper war" between ''The Globe and Mail'' and the ''National Post''. Partly as a response to this threat, in 2001 ''The Globe and Mail'' was combined with broadcast assets held by BCE Inc. to form the joint venture Bell Globemedia.
In 2004, access to some features of globeandmail.com became restricted to paid subscribers only. The subscription service was reduced a few years later to include an electronic edition of the newspaper, access to its archives, and membership to a premium investment site.
On April 23, 2007, the paper introduced significant changes to its print design and also introduced a new unified navigation system to its websites.<ref>{{cite news|author=Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070421.wgreenspon21/BNStory/National/home |title=The next generation of The Globe |work=Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |date=April 21, 2007 |access-date=June 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515192200/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070421.wgreenspon21/BNStory/National/home |archive-date=May 15, 2008 }}</ref> The paper added a "lifestyle" section to the Monday-Friday editions, entitled "Globe Life", which has been described as an attempt to attract readers from the rival ''Toronto Star''. Additionally, the paper followed other North American papers by dropping detailed stock listings in print and by shrinking the printed paper to 12-inch width.
At the end of 2010, the Thomson family, through its holding company Woodbridge, re-acquired direct control of ''The Globe and Mail'' with an 85-percent stake, through a complicated transaction involving most of the Ontario-based mediasphere.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bce-ctv-deal-remakes-media-landscape/article1379835/ globeandmail.com: "BCE-CTV deal remakes media landscape"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311182435/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bce-ctv-deal-remakes-media-landscape/article1379835/ |date=March 11, 2016 }}, September 10, 2010</ref><ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bell-ushers-in-new-era-with-ctv-deal/article1320795/ globeandmail.com: "Bell ushers in new era with CTV deal"], September 11, 2010</ref> BCE continued to hold 15 percent, and would eventually own all of television broadcaster CTVglobemedia.<ref>{{cite web|author=Canada|url=http://www.bce.ca/en/news/releases/corp/2010/09/10/75551.html|title=Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV|publisher=BCE|date=September 10, 2010|access-date=January 5, 2011|archive-date=November 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109185105/http://bce.ca/en/news/releases/corp/2010/09/10/75551.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="globesale-2011">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/915934--torstar-completes-first-stage-of-ctvglobemedia-sale|title=Torstar completes first stage of CTVglobemedia sale|work=Toronto Star|date=January 4, 2011|access-date=January 9, 2011|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024004313/http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/915934--torstar-completes-first-stage-of-ctvglobemedia-sale|url-status=live}}</ref>
====2010 redesign and relaunch==== On October 1, 2010, ''The Globe and Mail'' unveiled redesigns to both its paper and online formats, dubbed "the most significant redesign in ''The Globe''{{'}}s history" by Editor-in-Chief John Stackhouse.<ref name=EditorsNote10012010>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/community/digital-lab/a-new-globe-in-print-and-online/article1735935/ "A new Globe — in print and online"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314062618/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/community/digital-lab/a-new-globe-in-print-and-online/article1735935/ |date=March 14, 2017 }}, Editor's Note from ''The Globe and Mail'', January 10, 2010</ref> The paper version has a bolder, more visual presentation that features 100 per cent full-colour pages, more graphics, slightly glossy paper stock (with the use of state-of-the-art heat-set printing presses), and emphasis on lifestyle and similar sections (an approached dubbed "Globe-lite" by one media critic).<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/globe-and-mail-unveils-bold-redesign-1.948786?ref=fh,www.northpine.com "Globe and Mail unveils bold design"], from cbcnews.ca, January 10, 2010</ref> ''The Globe and Mail'' sees this redesign as a step toward the future (promoted as such by a commercial featuring a young girl on a bicycle),<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-globe-commercial-and-the-promise-of-the-future/article1736153/ "The Globe commercial and the promise of the future"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314152205/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-globe-commercial-and-the-promise-of-the-future/article1736153/ |date=March 14, 2017 }}, from ''The Globe and Mail'', January 10, 2010</ref> and a step towards provoking debate on national issues (the October 1 edition featured a rare front-page editorial above the ''Globe and Mail'' banner).<ref name=EditorsNote10012010/><ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/qa-the-new-globe-and-mail/article1736629/ Q&A with Editorial Board chair John Geiger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120001729/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/qa-the-new-globe-and-mail/article1736629/ |date=January 20, 2011 }} from globeandmail.com, January 10, 2010</ref>
The paper has made changes to its format and layout, such as the introduction of colour photographs, a separate tabloid book-review section, and the creation of the Review section on arts, entertainment, and culture. Although the paper is sold throughout Canada and has long called itself "Canada's National Newspaper", ''The Globe and Mail'' also serves as a Toronto metropolitan paper, publishing several special sections in its Toronto edition that are not included in the national edition. As a result, it is sometimes ridiculed for being too focused on the Greater Toronto Area, part of a wider humorous portrayal of Torontonians being blind to the greater concerns of the nation. Critics sometimes refer to the paper as the "Toronto Globe and Mail" or "Toronto's National Newspaper."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Staples |first=David |date=June 4, 2015 |title=Staples: Toronto sports writer sets out to be Edmonton's villain, ends up a bit of a joke |work=The Edmonton Journal |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/staples-toronto-sports-writer-sets-out-to-be-edmontons-villain-ends-up-a-bit-of-a-joke |access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Macklem |first=Katherine |date=June 11, 2001 |title=A dimming Sun |work=Maclean's |url=http://archive.macleans.ca/article/2001/6/11/a-dimming-sun |access-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204015344/http://archive.macleans.ca/article/2001/6/11/a-dimming-sun |url-status=live }}</ref> In an effort to gain market share in Vancouver, ''The Globe and Mail'' began publishing a distinct west-coast edition, edited independently in Vancouver, containing a three-page section of British Columbia news.{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ''The Globe and Mail'' published a Sunday edition, marking the first time that the paper had ever published on Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/the-globes-olympic-coverage/article4306409/|title=The Globe's Olympic coverage|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809032046/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/the-globes-olympic-coverage/article4306409/|url-status=live}}</ref>
====2010–present==== In October 2012, ''The Globe and Mail'' relaunched its digital subscription offering under the marketing brand "Globe Unlimited" to include metered access for some of its online content.<ref>"[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/help/globe-unlimited/globe-unlimited-press-release/article4627011/ Globe Unlimited press release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423080108/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/help/globe-unlimited/globe-unlimited-press-release/article4627011/ |date=April 23, 2017 }}". ''The Globe and Mail''. October 22, 2012</ref>
On September 25, 2012, ''The Globe and Mail'' announced it had disciplined high-profile staff columnist Margaret Wente after she admitted to plagiarism.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 25, 2012|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/globe-takes-action-on-allegations-against-columnist/article4565683/?service=mobile|title=Globe takes action on allegations against columnist Margaret Wente|access-date=September 25, 2012|archive-date=September 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929030717/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/globe-takes-action-on-allegations-against-columnist/article4565683/?service=mobile|url-status=live}}</ref> The scandal emerged after University of Ottawa professor and blogger, Carol Wainio, repeatedly raised plagiarism accusations against Wente on her blog.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 25, 2012|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1261886--margaret-wente-affair-a-timeline-of-plagiarism-allegations|title=Margaret Wente affair: A timeline of plagiarism allegations|newspaper=The Toronto Star|access-date=September 25, 2012|archive-date=September 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927020703/http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1261886--margaret-wente-affair-a-timeline-of-plagiarism-allegations|url-status=live}}</ref>
On October 22, 2012, online Canadian magazine ''The Tyee'' published an article criticizing the ''Globe'''s "advertorial" policies and design.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sas |first1=Jonathan |title=Globe’s Oil Sands Advertorial Blurs Lines Public Editor Won’t Discuss |url=https://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/10/22/Globe-Oil-Sands-Advertorial/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |work=The Tyee |date=22 Oct 2012 |location=Vancouver}}</ref> ''The Tyee'' alleged the ''Globe'' intentionally blurred the lines between advertising and editorial content in order to offer premium and effective ad space to high-paying advertisers. ''The Tyee'' reporter Jonathan Sas cited an 8-page advetorial section in the October 2, 2012, print edition, called "The Future of the Oil Sands", to illustrate the difficulty in distinguishing the section from regular ''Globe'' content, but did note that Page 2 of the section notes that the report was produced by a marketing agency (Randall Anthony Communications) in conjunction with the advertising department of The Globe and Mail.
In 2013, ''The Globe and Mail'' ended distribution of the print edition to Newfoundland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/stop-the-presses-globe-and-mail-ends-print-edition-in-maritimes-1.4256289|title=Stop the presses: Globe and Mail ends print edition in Maritimes|publisher=CBC.ca|author=Jon Tattrie|author-link=Jon Tattrie |date=August 21, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808192227/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/stop-the-presses-globe-and-mail-ends-print-edition-in-maritimes-1.4256289|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2014, then-publisher Phillip Crawley announced the recruitment of a former staffer returned from afar, David Walmsley, as Editor-in-Chief, to be enacted March 24.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-globe-and-mail-appoints-david-walmsley-as-editor-in-chief/article17566145/|title=The Globe and Mail appoints David Walmsley as editor-in-chief|date=March 19, 2014|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=September 16, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222731/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-globe-and-mail-appoints-david-walmsley-as-editor-in-chief/article17566145/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Globe and Mail Centre.jpg|thumb|upright|In 2016, the newspaper moved its headquarters to the Globe and Mail Centre on King Street East.]] The headquarters site at 444 Front Street West was sold in 2012 to three real estate firms (RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, and Diamond Corporation) that planned to redevelop the {{convert|6.5|acre|ha}} site at Front Street West into a retail, office and residential complex.<ref>{{cite news|title=Globe and Mail's head office site sold to three real estate firms|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globe-and-mails-head-office-site-sold-to-three-real-estate-firms/article5212389/|access-date=June 29, 2014|date=November 12, 2012|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017130741/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/globe-and-mails-head-office-site-sold-to-three-real-estate-firms/article5212389/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, the newspaper moved to 351 King Street East, adjacent to the former Toronto Sun Building. It now occupies five of the new tower's 17 stories, and is named the "Globe and Mail Centre" under a 15-year lease.<ref>{{cite news|title=Globe and Mail to be lead tenant of new Toronto office tower|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/globe-and-mail-to-be-lead-tenant-of-new-toronto-office-tower/article14400923/|access-date=June 29, 2014|date=September 18, 2013|archive-date=June 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606082121/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/globe-and-mail-to-be-lead-tenant-of-new-toronto-office-tower/article14400923/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2015, the Woodbridge Company acquired the remaining 15 per cent of the newspaper from BCE.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/bce-inc-sells-15-stake-in-globe-and-mail-stake-to-thomson-family-company|title=BCE Inc sells 15% stake in Globe and Mail stake to Thomson family company|newspaper=Financial Post|date=August 14, 2015|last1=Pellegrini|first1=Christina|access-date=August 28, 2015|archive-date=August 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820231647/http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/bce-inc-sells-15-stake-in-globe-and-mail-stake-to-thomson-family-company|url-status=live}}</ref>
Former Minister Michael Chan filed a libel lawsuit against ''The Globe and Mail'' in 2015 for $4.55 million after the paper allegedly "declined to retract their unfounded allegations" suggesting that Chan was "a risk to national security because of his ties to China."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/08/07/ontario-cabinet-minister-michael-chan-sues-globe-an-mail-for-455-million.html|title=Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan sues Globe and Mail for $4.55 million|website=thestar.com|date=August 7, 2015|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815222727/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/08/07/ontario-cabinet-minister-michael-chan-sues-globe-an-mail-for-455-million.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed the case after Chan's failure to file court documents on time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boutilier |first=Alex |date=December 10, 2024 |title=Ontario court dismisses Michael Chan's 2015 lawsuit against the Globe and Mail |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10908529/court-dismisses-chan-lawsuit-globe-and-mail/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |work=Global News}}</ref>
In 2017, ''The Globe and Mail'' refreshed its web design with a new pattern library and faster load times on all platforms. The new website is designed to display well on mobile, tablet, and desktop, with pages that highlight journalists and newer articles. The new website has won several awards, including an Online Journalism Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/globe-and-mail-wins-four-online-journalism-awards-leading-all-publications/article36521789/|title=Globe and Mail wins four Online Journalism Awards, including prize for general excellence|date=October 7, 2017|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012083519/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/globe-and-mail-wins-four-online-journalism-awards-leading-all-publications/article36521789/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Globe and Mail'' also launched its News Photo Archive, a showcase of more than 10,000 photos from its historic collection dedicated to subscribers. In concert with the Archive of Modern Conflict, ''The Globe and Mail'' digitized tens of thousands of negatives and photo prints from film, dating from 1900 to 1998, when film was last used in the newsroom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/canada/canada-150/photoarchive/|title=The Globe and Mail News Photo Archive|date=July 1, 2017|access-date=October 30, 2017|archive-date=November 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108110617/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/canada/canada-150/photoarchive/|url-status=live}}</ref>
''The Globe and Mail'' ended distribution of its print edition to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI on November 30, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/12/01/another-internet-blow-to-print-newspapers/|title=Another internet blow to print newspapers|publisher=Radio Canada International|author=March Montgomery|date=December 1, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711002755/https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/12/01/another-internet-blow-to-print-newspapers/|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Globe and Mail'' employees are represented by Unifor, whose most recent negotiations in September 2021 brought in a three-year contract set to end in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Globe and Mail workers ratify new three-year deal, averting strike |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/globe-and-mail-workers-ratify-new-three-year-deal-averting-strike-884529445.html |access-date=June 17, 2022 |website=Cision |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007193732/https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/globe-and-mail-workers-ratify-new-three-year-deal-averting-strike-884529445.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{update inline|date=July 2025}}
==Report on Business== {{redirect|Report on Business|the Institute for Supply Management's economic report|ISM Report On Business}}
"Report on Business", commonly referred to as "ROB", is the financial section of the newspaper. It is the most lengthy daily compilation of economic news in Canada,{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} and is considered an integral part of the newspaper. Standard ROB sections are typically fifteen to twenty pages.
Every Saturday, a special "Report on Business Weekend" is released, which includes features on corporate lifestyle and personal finance, and extended coverage of business news. On the last Friday of every month, the ''Report on Business Magazine'' is released, the largest Canadian finance-oriented magazine.
Business News Network (formerly ROBtv) is a twenty-four-hour news and business television station, founded by ''The Globe and Mail'' but operated by CTV through the companies' relationship with CTVglobemedia.
===Top 1000=== {{see also|List of largest public companies in Canada by profit}} The Top 1000 is a list of Canada's one thousand largest public companies ranked by profit released annually by the ''Report on Business Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/top-1000/|title=The Globe and Mail - Report on Business Magazine|via=The Globe and Mail|access-date=September 16, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815125649/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/top-1000/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Political stance== In the 1990s, ''The Globe and Mail'' was the main media vehicle for Canada's right wing.<ref>{{cite book|title=Situating: Critical Essays for Activists and Scholars|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press|year=2005|page=162|author=France Henry and Carol Tator}}</ref> In 2011, Canadian sociologist Elke Winter said that ''The Globe and Mail'' was considered politically moderately-conservative-to-centrist and is less socially liberal than its competitor, the ''Toronto Star''.<ref name="Winter_2011">{{cite book |first=Elke |last=Winter |title=Us, Them and Others: Pluralism and National Identities in Diverse Societies |publisher=University of Toronto Press |date=2011}}</ref>{{rp|96}} Winter writes that "While the ''Globe'' has probably lost parts of its more conservative and corporate readership to the ''National Post'', it continues to cater to the Canadian political and intellectual elite."<ref name="Winter_2011"/> According to one 2006 publication, the newspaper was considered an "upmarket" newspaper, in contrast to downmarket newspapers such as the ''Toronto Sun''.<ref name="Russell_2006">{{cite book |first=Nicholas |last=Russell |title=Morals and the Media: Ethics in Canadian Journalism |edition=2 |date=2006 |publisher=UBC Press}}</ref>{{rp|6}}
In federal general elections, ''The Globe and Mail'' has generally endorsed right-wing parties. The paper endorsed Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives in 1984 and 1988.<ref name=endorsements/> In 1993, the paper endorsed a Liberal minority government ("We do not trust the Liberals to govern unguarded"{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}). Practically, the newspaper endorsed Preston Manning's right-wing Reform Party in Ontario and West to avoid vote splitting.<ref name=endorsements/> In 1998, the newspaper endorsed the Progressive Conservatives, and it endorsed the Liberals in 2000 and 2004. The newspaper endorsed Stephen Harper's Conservative Party in the 2006, 2008, and 2011 elections; in the 2015 election, the paper again endorsed the Conservatives but called for the party's leader, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, to step down.<ref name=endorsements>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-election-globe-editorial-endorsements-from-1984-to-now/article26827000/ Federal election: Globe editorial endorsements from 1984 to now] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926222006/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-election-globe-editorial-endorsements-from-1984-to-now/article26827000/ |date=September 26, 2019 }}, ''The Global & Mail'' (October 16, 2015).</ref> In the 2019 federal election it did not make an endorsement.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Public editor: No endorsement during this federal election campaign was a good thing|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/public-editor/article-no-endorsement-during-this-federal-election-campaign-was-a-good-thing/|access-date=January 2, 2021|archive-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706202858/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/public-editor/article-no-endorsement-during-this-federal-election-campaign-was-a-good-thing/|url-status=live}}</ref>
While the paper was known as a generally conservative voice of the business establishment in the postwar decades, historian David Hayes, in a review of its positions, has noted the ''Globe''{{'}}s editorials in this period "took a benign view of hippies and homosexuals; championed most aspects of the welfare state; opposed, after some deliberation, the Vietnam War; and supported legalizing marijuana." A December 12, 1967, ''Globe and Mail'' editorial, written by Martin O'Malley,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-journalist-martin-omalley-crisscrossed-canada-reporting-for-the-globe/ | title=Journalist Martin-O'Malley Crisscrossed Canada Reporting for The Globe | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | first=Alan | last=Freeman | date=March 6, 2025 | accessdate=March 9, 2025 }}</ref> stated, "Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation."<ref>"Unlocking the locked step of law and morality". ''The Globe and Mail''; December 12, 1967; pg. 6</ref> On December 21, 1967, then Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau, in defending the government's Omnibus bill and the decriminalization of homosexuality, coined the phrase, "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/rights-freedoms/trudeaus-omnibus-bill-challenging-canadian-taboos/theres-no-place-for-the-state-in-the-bedrooms-of-the-nation.html|title=CBC Archives|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910020242/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/rights-freedoms/trudeaus-omnibus-bill-challenging-canadian-taboos/theres-no-place-for-the-state-in-the-bedrooms-of-the-nation.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The ''Globe and Mail'' endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dear America: Please don't vote for Donald Trump |location=Toronto |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=November 2, 2016 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/dear-america-please-dont-vote-for-donald-trump/article32655412/ |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404022506/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/dear-america-please-dont-vote-for-donald-trump/article32655412/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In a 2017 survey conducted among Canadians, it was found that 50% of respondents viewed ''The Globe and Mail'' to be biased; placing it in a tie for first place with CBC Television in terms of perceived bias. Respondents who viewed ''The Globe and Mail'' as biased had mixed opinions as to whether its coverage was favourable to the Liberal Party or the Conservatives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-news-media-and-fake-news-under-a-microscope/ |title=Canadian News Media And "Fake News" Under A Microscope |date=April 29, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2021}}{{registration required}}</ref> A 2010 survey found that ''The Globe and Mail'' was perceived as slightly right of centre, in similar standing to the bulk of other Canadian news organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/public-opinionreporteng-oct1_10.pdf |title=The News Fairness and Balance Report |date=September 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref>
===Promotion of the Century Initiative=== ''Globe'' writers and columnists Andrew Coyne, John Ibbitson and Doug Saunders are proponents of the Century Initiative.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supporting a growing Canadian population |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/events/article-supporting-a-growing-canadian-population/ |website=The Globe and Mail |date=April 8, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231342/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/events/article-supporting-a-growing-canadian-population/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Doug |title=A minority government can set the stage for a nation-building vision |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-minority-government-can-set-the-stage-for-a-nation-building-vision/ |access-date=March 28, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231344/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-a-minority-government-can-set-the-stage-for-a-nation-building-vision/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ibbitson |first1=John |title=It's time for Canada to focus on expanding our population |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-its-time-for-canada-to-focus-on-expanding-our-population/ |access-date=March 28, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231351/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-its-time-for-canada-to-focus-on-expanding-our-population/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coyne |first1=Andrew |title=Andrew Coyne: Increased immigration is good for Canada — and the reasons aren't only economic |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/andrew-coyne-increased-immigration-is-good-for-canada-and-the-reasons-arent-only-economic |access-date=March 28, 2023 |publisher=The National Post}}</ref> Additionally, the ''Globe'' has devoted op-ed space to those affiliated with or sympathetic to the project.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lalande |first1=Lisa |title=With democracy in retreat, the world needs a bigger, bolder Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-with-democracy-in-retreat-the-world-needs-a-bigger-bolder-canada/ |access-date=March 28, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231352/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-with-democracy-in-retreat-the-world-needs-a-bigger-bolder-canada/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Al-Katib |first1=Murad |title=We have the drive, talent and skills – what is holding us back? |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-we-have-the-drive-talent-and-skills-what-is-holding-us-back/ |access-date=March 28, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231351/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-we-have-the-drive-talent-and-skills-what-is-holding-us-back/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The initiative's stated goal is to increase Canada's population to 100 million by 2100. Canada will need to increase its annual immigration intake to make this a reality.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Andrew |title=Canada's China envoy part of group urging higher immigration for economy |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-should-aim-to-triple-its-population-by-2100-century-initiative/ |access-date=March 28, 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231341/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-should-aim-to-triple-its-population-by-2100-century-initiative/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The initiative was founded in 2009 as the Laurier Project and is backed by Dominic Barton, the former head of the consultancy firm McKinsey & Company.
In 2021, ''The Globe and Mail'' launched a webcast in partnership with the Century Initiative called "People and Prosperity: Planning for Canadian Growth".<ref>{{cite web |title=Century Initiative and The Globe and Mail present People and Prosperity: Planning for Canadian Growth |url=https://www.centuryinitiative.ca/news/century-initiative-and-the-globe-and-mail-present-people-and-prosperity-planning-for-canadian-growth |website=Century Initiative |access-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328231354/https://www.centuryinitiative.ca/news/century-initiative-and-the-globe-and-mail-present-people-and-prosperity-planning-for-canadian-growth |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Notable staff== ===Editors-in-chief=== {{col div}} * George McCullagh (1936–1952) * Oakley Dalgleish (1952–1963) * R. Howard Webster (1963–1965) * James L. Cooper (1965–1974) * Richard S. Malone (1974–1978) * Richard Doyle (1978–1983) * Norman Webster (1983–1989) * William Thorsell (1989–1999) * Richard Addis (1999–2002) * Edward Greenspon (2002–2009) * John Stackhouse (2009–2014) * David Walmsley (2014–present) {{col div end}}
===Editorial board=== The editorial board of the newspaper is chaired by the editor-in-chief, who nominates new members as needed. The editorial board controls the overall direction of the newspaper and is given prime billing on the editorial pages. It is the editorial board who endorses political candidates in the run-up to elections. The editorial board's membership list has become a closely guarded secret under the tenure of David Walmsley.
===Foreign correspondents<ref>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/about/journalists/foreign-correspondents/</ref>=== {{col div}} * Mark MacKinnon, senior international correspondent (London, United Kingdom) * Eric Reguly, European correspondent (Rome, Italy) * Paul Waldie, Europe correspondent (London, United Kingdom) * Nathan Vanderklippe, international correspondent * Geoffrey York, Africa bureau chief (Johannesburg, South Africa)<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/about/journalists/foreign-correspondents/|title = Foreign Correspondents|website = The Globe and Mail|access-date = June 18, 2021|archive-date = June 18, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210618115741/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/about/journalists/foreign-correspondents/|url-status = live}}</ref> * James Griffiths, Asia correspondent (Hong Kong SAR) * Adrian Morrow, Washington correspondent (Washington, D.C.) * Janice Dickson, International affairs reporter {{col div end}}
==See also== {{Portal bar|Canada|Journalism}} * Media in Canada * List of media outlets in Toronto * List of newspapers in Canada * List of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation
==Notes== {{notefoot}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * David Hayes, ''Power and Influence: The Globe and Mail and the News Revolution'' (Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1992). * "The Globe and Mail" in ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', Second Edition, Volume II (Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988). * World Press Review online, "[http://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/AMERICAS/Canada.cfm Canada: Newspapers and Magazines Online]". * Merrill, John C. and Harold A. Fisher. ''The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers'' (1980). pp. 138–42.
==External links== {{Archival records|title=Globe and Mail fonds|location=|inventory_number=Fonds 1266|description_URL=http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/torontodetail.html?key=89341|dates=|access_conditions=}} * {{Commons category-inline|The Globe and Mail|Globe and Mail}} * {{Official website}} * ''[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/ Report on Business]'' * ''[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/ Report on Business Magazine]''
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