Saturday Night (magazine)

in 1887.

The publication was first established as a weekly broadsheet newspaper about public affairs and the arts, which was later expanded into a general interest magazine. [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/10/20/saturday_night_suspend_051020.html|title=Publisher shelves Saturday Night|accessdate=2007-02-17|publisher=CBC] The editor, Edmund E. Sheppard, was prevented from editing a daily newspaper due to an earlier libel action. Additionally, Sabbath laws in Toronto prevented publication on Sunday. So, in its first years, the paper was restricted to being a weekly publication, published on Saturdays.

"Saturday Night" has been through a number of owners, formats, and frequencies of publication. It has ceased publication altogether on a number of occasions. It is presently owned by St. Joseph Media. On October 20, 2005, the company announced that publication would be "suspended" due to insufficient advertiser support. [cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051020/sat_night_051020?s_name=&no_ads=|title=Saturday Night magazine suspended again|accessdate=2007-02-17|publisher=Canadian Press] The editor at the time of suspension was Gary Ross, who had been editor since 2004. [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/08/19/satnight040819.html|title=West Coast author-editor takes editorship of Saturday Night|accessdate=2007-02-17|publisher=CBC] It is unclear if publication will be resumed in the future.

Editors and contributors have included:
*Hector Charlesworth
*Matthew E. Church
*Robertson Davies
*John Fraser
*Robert Fulford
*Peter Gzowski
*J. Timothy Hunt
*Michael Ignatieff
*Yousuf Karsh
*Alexander Fraser Pirie
*Mordecai Richler
*Bernard Keble Sandwell
*Clarence Tillenius
*Paul Tough
*Kenneth Whyte

ee also

* Media in Canada

References