In the countdown to the Toronto Sun's 40th anniversary on Nov. 1, a final Toronto Sun Family tribute to the 62 men and women who, in one hectic weekend, moved from the defunct Toronto Telegram to a former factory called the Eclipse White Wear Building to follow a dream.
Doubters ate crow, while the 62 Day Oners and the hundreds who followed, thanks to focus and dedication, enjoyed the fruits of their success in the form of profit sharing, stock options, sabbaticals, Christmas bonuses, staff parties etc.
A salute to The 62:
A salute to The 62:
John Douglas Creighton was one of three Toronto Sun co-founders and founding publisher. A newspaperman's newspaperman, he was known to most as Doug during his 22 years at the Toronto Telegram and 21 years at the Sun. Doug was 21 when he began his media career as a junior Telegram police reporter in 1948 after working briefly for the Canadian High News and Toronto Stock Exchange as a post boy, He was chairman and CEO of the Sun and the soul of the Little Paper That Grew when ousted by the board in November 1992. To many within the Sun, it was the day the music died. Doug, a 1992 Order of Canada recipient, died on Jan. 7, 2004, from Parkinson's. He was 75.
We want to give everyone the opportunity to mark the 40th anniversary.
If you are a Toronto Sun Day Oner and have a bio or memories to share, please email with a photo.
If you are one of the hundreds of men and women in all departments who followed The 62 and want to share your memories of the Toronto Sun in the next few weeks, email TSF.
We want to give everyone the opportunity to mark the 40th anniversary.
" ... enjoyed the fruits of their success in the form of profit sharing, stock options, sabbaticals, Christmas bonuses, staff parties etc."
ReplyDeleteThis is like reading a science fiction novel ... was there really a time these things existed?
Yes it was real.
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