Two of Canada’s biggest newspapers are merging their delivery services for print editions in Ontario.
The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail say the deal will be for delivery of their banner newspapers.
It will not apply to any other newspapers owned by their parent companies.
The companies say the partnership is expected to reduce overall costs and create more efficient distribution.
Subscribers will see no changes to their service, nor will there be any changes to their delivery fees as a result of the new agreement.
The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail will continue to operate separately in all other aspects of their businesses, including editorial, advertising, sales and production.
“This is strictly a distribution agreement,” said Toronto Star spokesman Bob Hepburn.
“We both feel that the service levels are very good at this moment and we believe they’ll continue to be very good.”
The companies will transition to the new contracts over several months, as their current agreements expire.
The Toronto Star is a division of Star Media Group, which owns several newspapers and trade publications including one third of The Canadian Press news agency, as well as the Metro free daily newspaper chain, and Metroland Media Group – publishers of community and daily newspapers in Ontario.
The Globe and Mail is printed in the Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Montreal and Halifax.
