Profile on Black Press

Here’s a short profile on Black Press Ltd:

Black Press Ltd.
818 Broughton St
Victoria BC, V8W 1E4

Phone: 250-480-0755
Fax: 250-480-7217

website: www.blackpress.ca


Sound Publishing Holdings, buyer of the BJ, is a subsidiary of Victoria-based Black Press Ltd., a company with newspapers in B.C. and other parts of western Canada. The Black Ltd. web site lists over 100 newspapers and 17 printing operations

Black Press is 20 per cent owned by Torstar, publisher of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest circulation daily paper. Black Press Ltd. also owns the Honolulu Star Bulletin.

Click here for a profile on David Black, owner of Black Papers Ltd. A blog post on May 2 reported his visit to the BJ.

If you go to the web site you will find all divisions listed in the main menu.

The promo under Sound Publishing says:

“Anybody can tell you what's going on in the world--CNN, USA Today, or Yahoo. But where do you turn when you want to know about the new construction site down the street or the latest school board vote?

“That's where we come in. Sound Publishing newspapers cover local news, high school sports, police activity, weddings and new babies - whatever is going on in your community. We touch the lives of over half a million people in Washington every week with news about the San Juan Islands, Whidbey Island, Federal Way, Vashon Island, and Kitsap County.

“If you want to hear world news, ask the big guys. But if you want to know what's going on in your neighborhood, we've got you covered. Click on a map below to learn about the newspapers nearest to you.”

Click on the links under the Sound Publishing section and you can see front pages from some of the newspapers.