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Line 1: ~~'''''eye~~{{Short ~~weekly'''''~~description\|Former isfree anweekly ~~[[alternative~~newspaper ~~newsweekly]] [[newspaper]]~~published in [[Toronto, Ontario]], [[Canada~~]].~~}} {{more citations needed\| date=September 2008}} {{Infobox newspaper \| name = Eye Weekly \| image = [[File:Eye Weekly (newspaper).jpg\|272px\|alt=Cover\|border]] \| type = Weekly city magazine \| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)\|Tabloid]] \| foundation = 1991 \| ceased publication = 2011 \| owners = [[Torstar]] \| headquarters = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada \| editor-in-chief = Laas Turnbull \| publisher = Laas Turnbull \| ISSN = 1192-6074 \| website = }} '''''Eye Weekly''''' was a free weekly [[newspaper]] published in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="Zimmerman2008">{{cite book\|author=Karla Zimmerman\|title=Canada\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kv4nlSWLT8UC&pg=PA105\|access-date=17 March 2011\|date=1 April 2008\|publisher=Lonely Planet\|isbn=978-1-74104-571-0\|pages=105–}}</ref> It was owned by [[Torstar]], the parent company of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'', and was published by their [[Star Media Group]] until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The following week, Torstar launched a successor publication, ''[[The Grid (newspaper)\|The Grid]]''.<ref name=marketing>[http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/media-news/toronto-can-say-bye-to-eye-it%E2%80%99s-changing-to-the-grid-25808 "Toronto Can Say Bye to Eye, It's Changing to The Grid"]. ''[[Marketing (magazine)\|Marketing]]'', April 11, 2011.</ref> == History == ~~It is owned by [[Torstar]], the parent company of the [[Toronto Star]]. It has been published since [[1991 in Canada\|1991]], and as of [[2005]] it has a readership of 310,000 people.~~ ''Eye Weekly'' began publishing on October 10, 1991. The content was first posted online via [[Usenet]] in March 1994, and its [[website]] launched in October 1994, becoming one of the first publications to put its content online. It had an audited circulation of 120,000 copies,<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/5671 \|title=Masthead and Contacts - EYE WEEKLY<!-- Bot generated title --> \|access-date=2008-07-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509094806/http://www.eyeweekly.com/article/5671 \|archive-date=2008-05-09 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> as of a 2005-2007 report. ==See also== Prominent columnists at various points through the newspaper's life have included [[William Burrill]], [[Lynn Crosbie]], [[Sky Gilbert]], [[Robert Hunter (journalist)\|Bob Hunter]], [[Bruce LaBruce]], [[Donna Lypchuk]], [[John Sewell]] and [[Marc Weisblott]]. [[List of newspapers in Canada]] ==References== ~~[[Gareth Lind]]'s comic strip ''[[Weltschmerz (comic strip)\|Weltschmerz]]'' appears in the paper weekly.~~ {{reflist}} {{Torstar}} ~~==External link==~~ [http://www.eye.net/ eye weekly online] [[Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in Canada]] ~~{{news-stub}}~~ [[Category:Torstar publications]] [[Category:~~Toronto~~Newspapers ~~media~~published in Toronto]] [[Category:~~Canadian~~Newspapers ~~alternative~~established ~~weekly~~in ~~newspapers~~1991]] [[Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2011]] [[Category:Defunct newspapers published in Ontario]] [[Category:Weekly newspapers published in Ontario]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Ontario]] [[Category:2011 disestablishments in Ontario]]