| Former editors | Dan McLeod, Charlie Smith, Ian Hanington, Beverley Sinclair, Charles Campbell, Bob Mercer, Nick Collier |
|---|---|
| Categories | Alternative weekly newspaper |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | 1967 |
| Company | Overstory Media Group |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1485-1318 |
The Georgia Straight is a free Canadian weekly news and entertainment newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Overstory Media Group. Often known simply as The Straight, it is delivered to newsboxes, post-secondary schools, public libraries and a large variety of other locations. The Straight has a long history of independent, unconventional editorials and content, and is known as a vocal critic of government, notably the former Liberal government of Gordon Campbell.
As surveyed by VAC its per-issue circulation average as of January 25, 2011[update], was once 119,971 copies, and its average weekly readership was once 804,000 as of 2009[update].[1] Its website traffic once ranked 92,215 globally and 5,395 within Canada, according to November 2, 2021, figures[update] from Alexa.[2]
In January 2020, the newspaper's acquisition by Media Central Corporation was announced, a few weeks after the same company announced a deal to acquire the similar Toronto publication Now.[3] In September 2022, after Media Central Corporation filed for bankruptcy, The Straight was acquired by Overstory Media Group.[4]
- ^ Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Archived 2004-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Straight.com". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Georgia Straight sold to Media Central Corp. for $1.25M". CBC News British Columbia, January 6, 2020.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "Overstory Media Group acquires Vancouver alt weekly The Georgia Straight". Broadcast Dialogue, September 27, 2022.