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Eye Weekly
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TypeWeekly city magazine
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Torstar
PublisherLaas Turnbull
Founded1991
Ceased publication2011
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
ISSN1192-6074

Eye Weekly was a free weekly newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was owned by Torstar, the parent company of the Toronto Star, and was published by their Star Media Group until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The following week, Torstar launched a successor publication, The Grid.[2]

History

Eye Weekly began publishing on October 10, 1991. The content was first posted online via Usenet in March 1994, and its website launched in October 1994, becoming one of the first publications to put its content online. It had an audited circulation of 120,000 copies,[3] as of a 2005-2007 report.

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References

  1. ^ Karla Zimmerman (1 April 2008). Canada. Lonely Planet. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-1-74104-571-0. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Toronto Can Say Bye to Eye, It's Changing to The Grid". Marketing, April 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Masthead and Contacts - EYE WEEKLY". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
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