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Toronto Telegram

The Toronto Evening Telegram was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at the federal and the provincial levels. The paper competed with an afternoon paper, The Toronto Daily Star, which supported the Liberals. The Telegram strongly supported Canada's connection with the United Kingdom and the rest of the British Empire as late as the 1960s.

History
The Toronto Evening Telegram was founded in 1876 by publisher John Ross Robertson. He had borrowed to buy the assets of The Liberal, a defunct newspaper, and published his first edition of 3,800 copies on April 18, 1876. John R. (Black Jack) Robinson succeeded Pirie as editor-in-chief in 1888 and held that position until he died in 1928. The Telegram focused on local issues The Sunday edition was unsuccessful and ceased publication after four months. just as a strike was looming. Many employees moved to the Toronto Sun, which launched the Monday after the Telegram ceased publication. The Telegram subscriber list was sold to the Toronto Star for . The Star also leased the Telegram's Front Street facility, until it was sold to The Globe and Mail. In the book The Death of the Toronto Telegram (1971), the former Telegram writer Jock Carroll described the decline of the paper and provided many anecdotes about the Canadian newspaper business from the 1950s to 1970. York University's library holds about 500,000 prints and 830,000 negatives of pictures taken by the Telegram's photographers. Over 13,000 images are currently searchable on line, with more appearing on a regular basis. ==Notable staff members==
Notable staff members
Well-known reporters, editors, columnists and cartoonists included: • George Bain - later joined the Globe and Mail and Toronto StarIsabel Bassett - also a reporter at CFTO and wife of publisher John W. H. Bassett, later a provincial cabinet minister under Mike Harris • Jock Carroll - later an author and book editor • Greg Clark - previously a war correspondent and reporter with the Toronto Daily Star, was a humour columnist at the TelegramGordon Donaldson - reporter, later an author, television journalist and producer at CBC and CTV • Andy Donato - art director and cartoonist who was a key player in founding the Toronto SunJohn Downing - later editor-in-chief of the Toronto SunFrank Drea award-winning labour reporter, later a provincial cabinet minister under Bill Davis • Aaron Einfrank - award-winning journalist, United Nations Bureau Chief; Moscow Bureau Chief; Washington D.C. News Bureau Chief • Lillian Foster - fashion editor and columnist • Doug Fisher - freelance columnist while initially an NDP Member of Parliament, later joined the Toronto SunJohn Fraser - later a columnist for the Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and National Post, editor of Saturday Night, Master of Massey CollegeTrent Frayne - later a sports columnist for the Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail and ''Maclean's Magazine'' • Clyde Gilmour - CBC Radio broadcaster and later Toronto Star movie reviewer • Dale Goldhawk - later a broadcaster at CBC, CTV and Rogers • George Gross - later Toronto Sun sports editor • Ron Haggart - crime correspondent who played a key in ending the 1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot. • Fraser Kelly - political editor, later news anchor at CFTO and CBLT • Robert Kirkland Kernighan - columnist and poet • Bob MacDonald - later a Toronto Sun columnist • J. Douglas MacFarlane - vice-president and editor-in-chief, 50 years in the newspaper business, 1949 to 1969 at the Telegram, from city editor, advancing to top editorial position • C.A. (Arnie) Patterson Later founder of CFDR and CFRQ radio, Dartmouth NS and Press Secretary to Pierre Elliott TrudeauH.W. (Pat) Patterson - North American politics editor • Earl Pomerantz - later a U.S. television sitcom writer-producer • Gary Ralph - covered many front-page stories including The October Crisis and Woodstock in the five years leading to the Tely's last edition. Award winner for his police reporting. • Jessie M. Read - Food Economist (Joined 1934) Three Meals A Day and First Cooking School Film in Canada Kitchen Talks and Radio Cooking School CKCL Toronto • Ted Reeve - later at Toronto SunPaul Rimstead - later at Toronto SunJudith Robinson - contributed a daily column from 1953 to 1961. • Margaret Scrivener - later a provincial cabinet minister under Bill DavisMerle Shain - feature writer, later associate editor of the Chatelaine, and as a columnist for Toronto SunC.H.J. Snider - feature writer, later managing editor, known for his column "Schooner Days" • Walter Stewart - later at Toronto SunBert Wemp - reporter who became mayor of Toronto (1930) • Ben Wicks - cartoonist, later joined the Toronto StarPeter Worthington - played a major role in starting the Toronto Sun and served, initially, as its editor • Ritchie Yorke - later music writer for The Globe and Mail, Canadian editor of Billboard magazine and Rolling StoneScott Young - sports reporter and father of singer Neil Young, later Globe and MailLubor J. Zink - later a Toronto Sun columnist ==See also==
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