Surrey Now-Leader

The Now newspaper, also referred to as Surrey Now, is a weekly newspaper serving Surrey, North Delta and White Rock in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It publishes Thursday and is owned by Black Press.

For publications with a similar title, see Now.
The Surrey Now News Leader
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Black Press
PublisherDwayne Weidendorf[1]
EditorBeau Simpson
Founded1984
Headquarters102 - 5460 152 St., Surrey, B.C., Canada V3S 5J9
Circulation66,107 (as of March 2022)[2]
ISSN0841-8764
Websitewww.surreynowleader.com

History

The newspaper was established in 1984.[3]

In 2015, Glacier Media sold The Now to Black Press.[4] Also in 2015, Now reporter Amy Reid received the S. Tara Singh Hayer journalism award due to work highlighting needs of homeless people.[5]

In March 2017, Black Press, publisher of The Now and The Surrey Leader, announced that the two papers would be merged into a single paper as of April 5, 2017. The merged paper was announced as The Surrey Now News-Leader.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Surrey Now - Our Team". thenownewspaper.com. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. "2022 Black Press Media Kit" (PDF). Black Press Media. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  3. glaciermedia.ca
  4. Bradshaw, James (2014-12-17). "Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap B.C. community newspapers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  5. "Now reporter Amy Reid receives S. Tara Singh Hayer Journalism Award in Surrey". The Now. Oct 30, 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  6. Pablo, Carlito (March 23, 2017). "Surrey Now and Surrey–North Delta Leader folding into one newspaper". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved September 17, 2021.


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