Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes news. In addition to the Toronto Star, its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Niagara Region, and Waterloo Region In addition to the Metroland Media Group and a minority position on Canadian Press. The corporation was initially established in 1958 to take over operations of the Star from the Atkinson Foundation after a provincial law banned charitable organizations from owning for-profit entities. From 1958 to 2020, the class A shares of Torstar were held by the families of the original Atkinson Foundation trustees. The private investment firm NordStar Capital LP, now owned by Jordan Bitove, acquired the company in 2020.
One Yonge Street, the former Torstar headquarters.
The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division.
Front page of the January 23, 2013, edition of the Toronto Star
Joseph E. Atkinson, c. 1910s. The Star became Toronto's largest newspaper under his leadership.
Front page of the Star in 1922, covering Frederick Banting's accomplishments with insulin.
A Canada Post mailbox next to an empty Toronto Star vending box.
