Bundles of Ga Straight newspapers are in the again of a supply truck | Straight.com
Overstory Media Team nowadays introduced that it has acquired the 55-12 months-outdated city weekly newspaper, the Ga Straight.
No acquisition cost was straight away discovered, but the Straight’s prior owner, Media Central Corp. Inc. filed for an assignment in bankruptcy in March. That Toronto-centered undertaking experienced acquired the Straight in 2020.
Media Central Corp. merged the Straight’s editorial department with advertising and marketing and profits, and eliminated the paper’s long-standing concentration on local arts and tradition protection, according to Overstory.
The transfer returns the Vancouver-dependent news, way of living, and amusement outlet to West Coast possession.
The May possibly 2021-started Overstory now operates 13 publications, together with the Vancouver Tech Journal, the Burnaby Beacon and the Fraser Valley Latest.
“Overstory’s initial action will be to reinstate the Straight’s arts and society aim and increase its fantastic coverage of area occasions, leisure, music, foods, and information,” Overstory claimed in a information release.
“As aspect of this hard work, the Straight will keep on to host some of the city’s most beloved, perfectly-regarded cultural functions, like the Most effective of Vancouver and Golden Plates awards. Overstory is presently selecting, with multiple open up roles posted on their job board, such as arts editor, new music editor, and foodstuff writer.”
Overstory’s CEO Farhan Mohamed wrote on LinkedIn that “growing up in Vancouver, the Straight meant so a lot. It was distinct. It was the beating coronary heart of the city’s society.”
In Could 1967, lifestyle-long Vancouver resident Dan McLeod launched the Straight as portion of a collective with Pierre Coupey, Milton Acorn and Stan Persky. McLeod edited and posted the newspaper until eventually 2020.
The Straight has a popularity for currently being an outspoken choice media outlet. It engaged in famous battles with former Vancouver Mayor Tom Campbell, who tried in vain to have the paper shut down.
McLeod also battled provincial governments, these as the just one led by previous Leading Gordon Campbell. The Straight was sent bill in excess of $1 million for unpaid provincial revenue tax. The Straight did not qualify for an exemption from the PST on printing charges, in accordance to the authorities, since it did not have at the very least 25 for every cent editorial content material.
The paper also has the difference of owning Stay Support organizer and former Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof as one particular of its former journalists.
