Globe and Mail

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The Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto.

The paper was founded as The Globe in 1844 by George Brown, who was later a Father of Confederation. Brown selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotation from Junius, "The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures."

Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the newspaper grew from a local Toronto affair to a national one, adopting the masthead slogan "Canada's National Newspaper" in the process.

In 1936, after a merger with the Mail and Empire (ironically, the Mail was the paper of Brown's arch-rival, Sir John A. MacDonald), the Globe became the Globe and Mail. In 1962, the paper added its popular Report on Business section.

Owned by the Kenneth Thomson family, in 2001 the paper was sold to BCE Inc., also owners of the CTV network. The network and paper are now run under the Bell Globemedia division, and several reporters from one of the outlets frequently appear on the other.

Editorially, the Globe and Mail has historically been a conservative paper, though in the past few years it has become increasingly liberal, especially when compared to its chief rival, the National Post. Due to the competition from the Post the paper has made other changes, such as the introduction of colour photographs and the creation of the "Review" section on Arts and Entertainment.