Torstar

Torstar

Owns daily newspapers and digital platforms

Overview

Torstar is a Canadian media and data company that owns daily newspapers, regional titles, and digital properties. It delivers news and local information through print editions and digital sites and apps, including The Toronto Star and thestar.com, plus platforms like eyeReturn, VerticalScope, Homefinder.ca, and Save.ca. It differentiates itself with a dense Ontario network of community brands combined with diversified digital assets, offering cross-brand reach and locally focused coverage. Its goal is to help people understand the world and each other by delivering reliable journalism, local information, and data-driven solutions to readers, advertisers, and partners.

About Torstar

Simplify's Rating
Why Torstar is rated
C
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Entertainment

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • National advertisers can buy unified English-French campaigns through one Canadian package.
  • Vertical-specific inventory strengthens sales in food, lifestyle, sports, automotive, real estate, and tech.
  • Torstar gains additional monetization from partnerships with Meltwater and Notified.

What critics are saying

  • Ad yield depends on MediaTonik sustaining fill rates and CPM improvements.
  • Larger ad-tech competitors can replicate bilingual buying tools and outbid Torstar.
  • Partnership-led monetization exposes Torstar to partner repricing, defections, and inventory churn.

What makes Torstar unique

  • Bilingual programmatic access spans Torstar English inventory and MediaTonik French inventory.
  • The partnership reaches 130+ Canadian sites and 320 million monthly impressions.
  • Torstar monetizes trusted local and national brands through display, video, and native ads.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Paid Vacation

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Stock Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Hybrid Work Options

Company News

Postmedia Network
Jun 4th, 2025
Torstar and MediaTonik pair up for programmatic scale that's truly Canadian

Torstar Corporation has announced a strategic partnership with MediaTonik, expanding the scale of their programmatic media solutions.

GlobeNewswire
Jan 13th, 2025
Canadian Publishers Implementing Liveramp'S Authenticated Traffic Solution

TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Environics Analytics (EA) announced today that Postmedia, Toronto Star and Metroland have joined the growing list of publishers who are implementing LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution as a privacy-conscious way of bringing identity and addressability to the Canadian digital ecosystem. LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution is part of the LiveRamp Data Collaboration Platform that helps publishers and marketers connect first-party user data with LiveRamp’s durable, privacy-centric identifier, RampID, to enable advertising on authenticated inventory in a privacy-forward manner. RampID allows marketers to find audiences everywhere they want, including directly from publishers, through open exchanges, in private marketplaces, and on every channel and browser.   Using LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution, Postmedia, Toronto Star and Metroland can also integrate interoperable identity solutions including The Trade Desk’s Unified ID 2.0, Yahoo’s ConnectID, Epsilon’s CORE ID, and Google’s Publisher Advertiser Identity Reconciliation (PAIR). LiveRamp’s exclusive Canadian partnership with EA, announced in May 2024, enables EA customers to use LiveRamp’s Data Collaboration Platform and activate anywhere their audiences are spending time via RampID, as well as any publishers that have implemented Authenticated Traffic Solution in Canada and across the world. “We’re delighted that Postmedia, Torstar and Metroland are joining the ranks of publishers implementing LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution in Canada,” remarks Jan Kestle, President and CEO of Environics Analytics

MarTech360
Dec 20th, 2024
Notified and Torstar Partner to Help Canadian Businesses Expand Visibility

Notified, a globally trusted technology partner for public relations and investor relations professionals, announced an exclusive partnership with Torstar Corporation that enables businesses to expand their audience reach in Canada.

Newswire
May 22nd, 2024
The Altitude Platform and Torstar Pair Up to Simplify Rich Media Ad Production With an Emphasis on Engagement

TORONTO, May 22, 2024 (Newswire.com) - The Altitude Platform is proud to announce it is working with Torstar in a strategic collaboration that makes it easier for clients to enhance - and measure - their digital display campaigns with rich media.

BetaKit
Mar 14th, 2024
R|T: The Retail Times - Life House CEO departs following mismanagement accusations

Calgary-based last-mile delivery startup Ziing has acquired Metroland Parcel Services (MPS) from TorStar Corp. for an undisclosed amount.

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