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{{Distinguish|text=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)]], a Quebec newspaper with a similar name in French}}
{{Short description|Canadian news agency established in 1917}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Canadian Press
| logo = The Canadian Press logo.svg
| image = TheCanadianPress.jpg
| image_caption = The Canadian Press head office on [[King Street (Toronto)|King Street]] in [[Toronto]]
| native_name = La Presse canadienne
| native_name_lang = fr
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| industry = [[News agency]]
| founded = 1917
| hq_location_city = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| hq_location_country = Canada
| owners = {{ubl|''[[The Globe and Mail]]''|[[Square Victoria Communications Group]]|[[Torstar]]}}
| key_people = Andrea Baillie, Editor-in-Chief<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Newsrooms |url=http://www.thecanadianpress.com/contact/our-newsrooms/ |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref>
| products =
| num_employees = 180
| num_employees_year = 
| website = {{official URL}}
}}

'''The Canadian Press''' ('''CP'''; {{lang-fr|La Presse canadienne}}, {{lang|fr|PC}}) is a Canadian national [[news agency]] headquartered in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. Established in 1917 as a vehicle for the time's Canadian newspapers to exchange news and information,<ref name="CP History">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.thecanadianpress.com/about/|access-date=19 May 2020|website=The Canadian Press}}</ref> The Canadian Press has been a [[privately-held company|private]], [[Nonprofit organization|not-for-profit]] [[cooperative]] owned and operated by its member newspapers for most of its history. In mid-2010, however, it announced plans to become a [[business|for-profit business]] owned by three media companies once certain conditions were met.<ref name="Major">{{cite news|author=Flavelle, Dana|date=November 26, 2010|title=Major publishers invest in Canada's oldest news agency|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/media/article/897603--major-publishers-invest-in-canada-s-oldest-news-agency|access-date=8 January 2011}}</ref>

Over the years, The Canadian Press and its affiliates have adapted to reflect changes in the [[Mass media|media industry]], including technological changes and the growing demand for [[24-hour news cycle|rapid news updates]]. It currently offers a wide variety of text, audio, photographic, video, and graphic content to websites, radio, television, and commercial clients in addition to newspapers and its longstanding ally, the [[Associated Press]] (AP), a global news service based in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Compelling Licensed Editorial Video |url=http://www.thecanadianpress.com/multimedia/video/licensed-video/ |website=The Canadian Press}}</ref>

==History==
Initially, Canada had only region-based news associations, lacking a national wire service. The Canadian Press was created by an act of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] as a news [[Cooperative|co-operative]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical list of Private Acts — Miscellaneous|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/TablePrivateActs/miscellaneous.html|date=2020|website=Justice Laws|publisher=[[Government of Canada]]|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref> with an annual [[Grant (money)|government grant]] from 1917 to 1924,<ref name="CP History" /> for the purpose of helping newspapers cover and distribute news across the country. Initially operating as a distribution network, its first editorial staff came on board during [[World War I]] to report on the efforts of [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canadian soldiers]] overseas.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

During World War I, CP began operating Press News Limited, a radio news [[subsidiary]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Charles B. Edwards Heads Press News|date=March 27, 1944|newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]]|location=Edmonton, Alberta|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102205810/edwards-1944/}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="UPI-1983">{{cite news|title=Canadian News Briefs|date=June 23, 1983|work=[[United Press International]]|url=https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1983/06/23/Canadian-News-Briefs/2743425188800/|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref> In 1944, Press News served 35 of 90 [[List of radio stations in Canada|radio stations in Canada]], had a five-person staff in Toronto, and an annual budget of {{currency|90,000|CAD}}.<ref name="Retirement-1971">{{cite news|title=Charles Edwards of Broadcast News retires|agency=The Canadian Press|date=August 13, 1971|newspaper=[[The Brandon Sun]]|location=Brandon, Manitoba|page=10|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-13-1971-3227701/}}{{free access}}</ref> In 1945, CP established a French-language radio news service,<ref name="Retirement-1971" /><ref name="Potts-1996">{{cite web|url=https://broadcasting-history.com/personalities/edwards-charles-b|title=Charles B. Edwards (1906–1983)|last=Potts|first=J. Lyman|date=February 1996|website=History of Canadian Broadcasting|publisher=[[Canadian Communications Foundation]]|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> the first such [[News agency|wire service]] for French broadcasters in North America.<ref name="The-Province-1983">{{cite news|title='BN' Pioneer Dies at 76|date=June 24, 1983|newspaper=[[The Province]]|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95235260/edwards-1983/}}{{free access}}</ref> CP Picture Service was established in 1948, to wire photographs to television stations and [[List of newspapers in Canada|newspapers in Canada]], instead of the images being mailed via the postal service.<ref name="Retirement-1971" /><ref name="Potts-1996" /> The Canadian Press operates in both English and French, the latter service being established in 1951 as {{lang|fr|La Presse Canadienne}}.<ref name="the-CP-history">{{cite web|title=Our Team & Editorial Values|url=http://www.thecanadianpress.com/about/our-team-values/|website=The Canadian Press|access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref>

With the arrival of [[radio]] and [[television]], The Canadian Press created Broadcast News (BN) in 1954, a subsidiary to deliver text specifically written for broadcasters.<ref name="Stylebook">McCarten, James (editor). ''The Canadian Press Stylebook: A Guide for Writers and Editors, 18th edition''. Toronto: The Canadian Press, 2017.</ref> On January 1, 1954, BN replaced Press News. The venture operated in co-operation with private broadcasters, and supplied news reports to privately owned radio and [[List of television stations in Canada|television stations in Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|title=News Service to Serve Radio, TV|agency=The Canadian Press|date=January 2, 1954|newspaper=[[The Sun Times (Owen Sound)|The Sun Times]]|location=Owen Sound, Ontario|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102205952/broadcast-news-1954/}}{{free access}}</ref> [[Charles Edwards (journalist)|Charles Edwards]] was named the first manager and secretary of BN.<ref name="Potts-1996" /> In 1956, BN established the first national voice news wire service for broadcasters in Canada, which became BN Voice in 1961, which then served 34 radio stations with national and international news.<ref name="Retirement-1971" /> When Edwards retired in 1971, BN had grown to serve 298 radio and television stations in Canada, and increased to 45 staff and a $2-million budget by 1971.<ref name="Retirement-1971" /> In 1979, CP added network newscasts for subscribing stations.<ref name="Stylebook" />

The news agency has a staff of more than 180 [[journalist]]s in its bureaus across Canada,<ref name="the-CP-history" /> as well as a correspondent in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]. It had also operated a bureau in London, England, until 2004, has had reporters covering the [[Afghanistan–Canada relations|Canadian mission in Afghanistan]] since 2002,<ref name="CP History"/> and delivers news coverage to the [[West Indies]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Ford|first=Arthur R.|date=1942|title=The Canadian Press|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/chr-023-03-01|journal=Canadian Historical Review|volume=23|issue=3|pages=241–46|doi=10.3138/chr-023-03-01|s2cid=162029733|issn=0008-3755}}</ref> With its alliance through the Associated Press, there is now a worldwide exchange of news.<ref name=":1" />

Canadian Press Enterprises Inc. is the entity that was to "take over the operations of the ''Canadian Press''" according to a November 2010 article in the ''[[Toronto Star]]''.<ref name="Major"/> The new board met for the first time on November 29, 2010 to review the operations of The Canadian Press.<ref name="Major"/> As of January 2020, Torstar, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' and Montreal's [[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|''La Presse'']] continued to be the owners of The Canadian Press.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-02 |title=Media Classified acquires City Parent magazine from Metroland Media |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/media-classified-acquires-city-parent-magazine-from-metroland-media/article_f9b831fa-42ef-577e-bdee-b26e3caf560b.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Operation==
Playing an essential role in the development of [[Canadian identity]], The Canadian Press is wholly dependent on [[Lease|leased]] [[Telegraphy|telegraphic]] lines in order to send stories back and forth across the country to their vast number of readers''.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Miville|first=Serge|date=1969-12-31|title=Gene Allen, Making National News. A History of Canadian Press (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013).|journal=Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate|volume=18|issue=2|doi=10.25071/1913-9632.39319|issn=1913-9632|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In addition to providing news to [[newspapers]], [[radio]], and [[television]], The Canadian Press provides online news and photos. Now, almost every daily newspaper in Canada relies on the service brought forth by The Canadian Press.<ref name=":0" /> It introduced this online breaking news service in 1996 and now its multimedia content is published by most major Canadian news websites. The Canadian Press launched breaking news video in 2007, with clips produced specifically for websites and wireless services.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

On June 30, 2007, [[CanWest]] left The Canadian Press cooperative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4699140-1.html|title=Canadian Press Wire Service Well Prepared If CanWest Pulls Out - Trends & Events > Talks & Meetings from AllBusiness.com}}</ref>

In September 2007, The Canadian Press launched a rebranding campaign in an effort to stay competitive, notably in the wake of the pullout by The CanWest Global's newspaper, television and online news outlets (see below). All of its services, including radio networks '''''Broadcast News''''' and '''''Nouvelles télé-radio''''', were rolled into a single brand: The Canadian Press. The change marked the end of the familiar (CP) service logo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coyle |first1=Jim |title=A brand like no other accepts the price of fame |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20070925/281681135503239 |via=PressReader |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155847/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20070925/281681135503239 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |language=en-ca |date=2007-09-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Canadian Press also operates the largest online editorial archive of news pictures shot by [[photojournalists]]. It was the first in Canada to develop this online archive in 1996 and now it is home to over two million digital images with hundreds of images added each day. These photos appear in newspapers, books and magazines, and online. In addition to news and information, The Canadian Press publishes the ''Stylebook'' and ''Caps and Spelling'' book, which are considered the chief [[style guides]] for Canadian journalists, public relations professionals, editors, and writers of all disciplines.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Through a longstanding partnership, The Canadian Press is the exclusive distributor of the [[Associated Press]] (AP) and [[Associated Press Television News]] (APTN) material in Canada. The AP is likewise the exclusive distributor of The Canadian Press in the United States and worldwide.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

On March 11, 2009, [[Sun Media]] announced that it would also be pulling out of the cooperative.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wrcanadianpress12/BNStory/Business/home |location=Toronto |work=The Globe and Mail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314041301/http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wrcanadianpress12/BNStory/Business/home |title=Sun Media to pull out of Canadian Press |last=Blackwell |first=Richard |date=March 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 14, 2009 }}</ref>

In July 2010, a tentative deal was struck between The Canadian Press' three largest stakeholders, [[Bell Media|CTVglobemedia]], [[Torstar]], and [[Gesca]], to transform the newswire from a co-operative into a for-profit entity.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE6643ZA20100705?sp=true | work=Reuters | title=Canadian Press in tentative revamp deal: source | date=July 5, 2010}}</ref> On November 26, 2010, Torstar, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', and Square Victoria Communications Group announced they have invested in a new for-profit entity, Canadian Press Enterprises Inc., to take over the operations of The Canadian Press. The change in the ownership structure from a non-profit co-operative to a for-profit private business allowed the company to cover its pension needs and take advantage of future business opportunities, Phillip Crawley, publisher of ''The Globe and Mail'', said in an interview, November 26, 2010. The Canadian Press had a serious pension shortfall, which was, in 2010, valued at $34.4 million.<ref name="Major" />

==Notable staff==
* [[William Ashbury Buchanan]], elected president of The Canadian Press in 1944<ref>{{cite news|title=Sport Snap-ups|last=Thomas|first=Syd|agency=The Canadian Press|date=March 31, 1944|newspaper=[[Medicine Hat News|Medicine Hat Daily News]]|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|page=4|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-mar-31-1944-3037911/}}{{free access}}</ref>
* [[Charles Edwards (journalist)|Charles Edwards]], The Canadian Press journalist from 1933 to 1944, manager of Press News from 1944 to 1954, manager of Broadcast News from 1954 to 1971<ref name="Retirement-1971" />
* [[Jack Sullivan (journalist)|Jack Sullivan]], The Canadian Press sports editor from 1948 to 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=183&lang=EN|title=Jack Sullivan|year=1983|website=[[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]]|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada|Journalism}}
* [[Canadian Newsmaker of the Year]]
* [[Canadian Press Cable Service]]
* [[CNW Group]]
* [[Quoi de Neuf]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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