Maclean-Hunter
The Maclean-Hunter Building in 1929 | |
| Maclean-Hunter | |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Defunct | December 19, 1994 |
| Fate | Acquired by Rogers Communications |
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| Headquarters | College Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Products | Radio, television, magazines, newspapers and cable television |
| Website | www |
Maclean Hunter Limited (M-H) was a Canadian communications company, which had diversified holdings in radio, television, magazines, newspapers and cable television distribution. The company was known for its publishing of its namesake magazine. It was founded in 1887 as Maclean-Hunter Publishing as a publisher for Canadian Grocer and General Storekeeper.
By the later half of the 20th century, the company began to expand to radio and television. As of 1991, Maclean-Hunter owned 21 radio stations, CFCN-TV in Calgary and owned a minority stake in CTV Television Network.
In 1994, Rogers Communications acquired Maclean-Hunter leading to the creation of the Rogers Sports & Media; but some of its radio stations were sold to third party companies while Sun Media was sold in an employee buyout in 1996. Comcast also acquired the American cable unit of Maclean-Hunter in 1994. Today, in addition to Rogers' ownership of its radio stations and cable television distribution, the publishing division of M-H is owned by St. Joseph Communications and Sun Media is owned by Postmedia Network. The company's headquarters were located in Toronto, Ontario.