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in Montreal]] ''The Gazette'', often called ''The Montreal Gazette'' to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily Newspaper published in Montreal , Quebec . In 1778 , Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language newspaper called ''Gazette Littéraire de Montréal''. After this was shut down in 1779, with Mesplet and the editor, Valentin Jautard , being imprisoned, Mesplet began a second weekly in 1785, the ''Gazette de Montréal'', which was the direct ancestor of today's ''Gazette.'' For many years, the Montreal ''Gazette'' was eclipsed by the city's other English-language daily newspaper, ''The Montreal Star '', which had a considerably higher circulation. However, the ''Montreal Star'' was shut down by a long Strike Action and ceased publication forever in 1979 , less than a year after the strike was settled. Today, the Gazette's audience is primarily the Anglophone and Allophone communities which account for about 30% of the population of the Island of Montreal. Numerous Francophone s also read English; more than half of the population of Montreal is bilingual. Recently, the newspaper has aggressively targeted bilingual francophone (French mother tongue) professionals and adjusted their "culture" coverage accordingly. It is owned by CanWest Global Communications . PAST AND PRESENT GAZETTE PERSONALITIES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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