M - Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers

Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers M

Mail see Daily Mail

Mail and Advocate (evening edition) see Evening Advocate

Mail and Advocate (morning edition) see Morning Advocate

Mail and Advocate (weekly edition) see Fishermen's Advocate

Mailman
  • Place of publication: St. John's
  • Officially registered:
    • May 18, 1928.
    • Apr. 25, 1936.
  • Frequency: Monthly.
  • Editor: Calvert C. Pratt, 1928.
  • Editor and publisher: William B. Temple, 1936.
  • Publishing company: Trade Printers and Publishers.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN Dec. 1945
    • PRL Mar. 31, 1942 (vault, box 3, no. 60)
    • THS Sept. 1948
Mariner
  • Place of publication: Bonavista
  • Began publication: Apr. 18, 1989
  • Last issue located: June 26, 1989.
  • Frequency: Biweekly.
  • Editor: Don Mifflin.
  • Description:
    Intended to fill the gap left when theFishermen's Advocate folded, the Mariner was a community newspaper for the tip of the Bonavista Peninsula. It featured local news, social and club news, sports, school and church news and advertisements. It ceased publication after about eight issues.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1989]
Maritimes Miner
  • Place of publication: Tilt Cove
  • Earliest issue located:Oct. 17, 1961 (v. 1, no. 9).
  • Last issue located: Jan. 11, 1962.
  • Frequency: Biweekly
  • Editor & publisher: Robert W. Brown.
  • Description:
    The Maritimes Miner was a mimeographed publication featuring "News & views of the Tilt Cove District." It offered 8-10 pages of local news, sports, editorials, local history, advertisements, television schedules and social and club news. Besides the editor and publisher, the paper had a two person advisory board and two reporters.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1961-1962]
Memorial Times
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Earliest issue located: Nov. 28, 1936 (v. 1, no. 2).
  • Last issue located: Dec. 19, 1947.
  • Suspended publication: Mar. 1937-Nov. 30, 1945.
  • Frequency:
    • Bimonthly during the academic year, 1936-Nov. 15, 1947.
    • Monthly, Dec. 19, 1947.
  • Publisher: Memorial University College.
  • Editor:
    • Michael Harrington, Nov. 28, 1936.
    • I. Newell, May 4, 1937.
    • Al Taylor, Nov. 30-Dec. 18, 1945.
    • Bill Summers, Mar. 20, 1946.
    • F. W. Rowe, Aug. 14, 1946.
    • Edison J. Lowe and John A. Ryan, Nov. 14-Dec. 19, 1947.
  • Description:
    The Memorial Times published news of Memorial University College. Its successor was the MUSE.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1936-1937], 1945-[1946-1947]
Mercantile Journal see Newfoundland Mercantile Journal

Mercury see Evening Herald

Mercury and General Advertiser
  • Place of publication: Carbonear
  • Began publication: Feb. 3, 1846.
  • Last issue located: Oct. 15, 1846.
  • Frequency: weekly.
  • Editor and proprietor: Thomas Westlake Spry.
  • Description:
    The Mercury and General Advertiser published local, domestic and foreign news, poetry, "tales of an interesting and moral character", legislative proceedings, shipping and fishing news, letters, and advertisements. The editorials were politically neutral supporting temperance and the establishment of Carbonear as a free port.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1846 Microfilm
    • PRL 1846 Original and microfilm
Metro
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Dates of publication: Nov. 18, 1984-Sept. 14, 1986..
  • Frequency: Weekly.
  • Title varies:
    • Metro Advertiser, Nov. 18, 1984-Mar. 10, 1985.
    • Metro, Mar. 17, 1985-Sept. 14, 1986.
  • Publisher: Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing Ltd.
  • Editor: Paul Sparkes.
  • Description:
    The Metro was distributed free of charge and featured local news, travel, social and political commentary, sports, social news, business news, a veterans' column, a religion column, television listings, government notices and advertisements. The editorials were frequently critical of the Peckford administration. The Metro was a predecessor to the Sunday Express.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1984-1986 Microfilm
    • PRL 1984-1986 Original and microfilm
Metro Advertiser see Metro

Monitor
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Dates of publication: Feb. 17, 1934-
  • Frequency: Monthly.
  • Publisher: Archdiocese of St. John's (Roman Catholic Church).
  • Editor:
    • T. J. Flynn, 1934-May 1945.
    • C. S. Eagen, June 1945-Sept. 1956.
    • Thomas J. Moakler, Oct. 1956-June 1958.
    • C. O'N. Conroy, July/Aug. 1958-July 1960.
    • J. J. Murray, Sept. 1960-Sept. 1970.
    • Patrick J. Kennedy, Oct. 1970-Sept. 1973.
    • James Hickey, Oct. 1973-Nov. 1977.
    • G. L. Hogan, Dec. 1977-Dec. 1982.
    • Maxine Davis, Jan.-Feb. 1983.
    • Michael O'Hearne, Mar. 1983-July 1986.
    • William R. Callahan, Aug. 1986-Aug. 1987.
    • Patrick J. Kennedy, Sept. 1987-
  • Description:
    The Monitor was originally published on behalf of St. Patrick's parish in St. John's, but eventually became an all-Newfoundland Catholic monthly. It prints provincial church news, statements from the Vatican, and national and foreign news on Catholic affairs. Articles reflecting Church policy on social issues and world affairs are featured.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1934-1995 Microfilm
    • MUN 1970- * Original
    • PRL 1934-1995 Microfilm
    • PRL 1940-[1944]-[1946]-[1950]- Original
Monthly Post
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Officially registered: Sept. 19, 1939.
  • Frequency: Monthly.
  • Publisher: John T. O'Brien.
  • Editor: E. T. Furlong.
  • No holdings recorded.
Monthly Register
  • Place of publication: Hermitage
  • Began publication: Sept. 1888 (only issue located).
  • Frequency: Monthly.
  • Proprietors: William James Kent and Henry Bishop.
  • Description:
    The only issue of the Monthly Register which is available contained a serial story, reprints from foreign newspapers, and an editorial and article about the herring fishery. The paper is listed in the Yearbook and Almanac of Newfoundland in 1890, but the 1892 Canadian Newspaper Directory states that it had ceased.
  • Holdings:
    • PANL Sept. 1888 (GN 32/3, no. 58)
Morning Advertiser
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Officially registered: Nov. 11, 1881.
  • Frequency: 3 per week.
  • Publisher: William James Crocker.
  • No holdings recorded.
Morning Advertiser and Shipping Gazette.
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Began publication: Sept. 21, 1844.
  • Last issue located: Apr. 26, 1845.
  • Frequency: 4 times a week.
  • Printer and publisher: Ebenezer Winton.
  • Editor: William Beck.
  • Description:
    The Morning Advertiser contained news and other items extracted from foreign journals, local news, legislative proceedings, shipping lists, public notices, poetry, fiction and advertisements. No editorial commentary was included in its pages.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1844-1845 Microfilm
    • PRL 1844-1845 Original and microfilm
Morning Advocate
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Dates of publication: Dec. 18, 1916-July 21, 1917.
  • Frequency: Daily (except Sunday).
  • Title varies:
    • Mail and Advocate (Morning edition), Dec. 18-30, 1916.
    • Morning Advocate, Jan. 2-July 21, 1917.
  • Publisher: Union Publishing Co. Ltd.
  • Editor in chief: Alex. W. Mews.
  • Morning editor: Richard Hibbs.
  • Other editions:
  • Description:
    The Morning Advocate was the morning edition of the Fishermen's Advocate. For a description of the editorial policy and content, see the entry for Fishermen's Advocate.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1916]-1917 Microfilm
    • PRL [1916]-1917 Original and microfilm
Morning Chronicle
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Began publication: Jan. 1, 1862.
  • Last issue located: May 5, 1881.
  • Frequency:
    • Daily (except Sunday), Jan. 1, 1862-1873.
    • 3 per week, 1875-Apr. 19, 1881.
    • Daily (except Sunday), Apr. 23-May 6, 1881.
  • Title varies:
    • Day-Book, Jan. 1, 1862-Aug. 24, 1865.
    • Morning Chronicle, Aug. 30, 1865-Apr. 19, 1881.
    • Chronicle, Apr. 23-May 6, 1881.
  • Editor, publisher, and proprietor: Francis Winton.
  • Other editions:
  • Description:
    The Day-Book, later called the Morning Chronicle, was started by Francis Winton after he left the St. John's Daily Newswhich he had run with his brother Robert. The papers became rivals and disagreed on most matters. Started with the aid of a loan from C. F. Bennett (Feb. 23, 1875), the Chronicle was acknowledged to be his mouthpiece. The paper became the principal anti-Confederate newspaper and opposed the Newfoundlander and the Carter government. Although Francis Winton was a Protestant, he spoke out against the political use of Orange societies. Originally opposed to government financing of the railway, the paper supported the project in 1881.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1862-[1865-1870]-[1872-1873, 1875]-[1880-1881] Microfilm
    • PANL 1862-[1865-1870]-[1872-1873] Microfilm
    • PRL 1862-1873, 1875-1880 * Original
    • PRL 1862-[1865-1870]-[1872-1873, 1875]-[1880-1881] Microfilm
Morning Courier see Courier

Morning Courier and General Advertiser see Courier

Morning Despatch
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Began publication: July 13, 1892.
  • Last issue located: Aug. 22, 1892.
  • Frequency: Daily.
  • Publisher: H. W. LeMessurier.
  • Description:
    The Morning Despatch was published "from the office on M. Monroe's wharf" apparently on the same press used for the defunct Mosquito. Commencing a few days after the Great Fire of 1892, it at first consisted entirely of advertisements and information about the fire. Later issues included domestic and foreign news and editorials. It was officially registered under the title Phoenix, but, the publisher explained, "The Morning Despatch is not called so by choice, but perforce, as there is not suitable type enough in town to print any other name. It will not necessarily be printed in the morning, but when it can be and editions will be issued at all hours of the day" (July 13, 1892). During its short existence, the Morning Despatch took a pro-Confederation stance.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1892] Microfilm
    • PRL [1892] Microfilm and original
Morning Herald
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Earliest issue located:Nov. 28, 1879 (no. 8).
  • Last issue located: Feb. 21, 1880.
  • Frequency: Daily (except Sunday).
  • Publisher: Pierce J. Brien.
  • Description:
    The Morning Herald contained foreign and domestic news, fiction, poetry, advertisements, public notices and thoughtful editorials. A typical example was an editorial of Nov. 28, 1879 which called for two lockups for prisoners awaiting trial, one on each end of the city, instead of only one. "Often we have seen hundreds of persons following one prisoner for nearly a mile, and he, probably, degraded through the mud or slob for half that distance."
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1879-1880] Microfilm
    • PRL [1879-1880] Microfilm
    • PRL [1879] Original
Morning Post
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Began publication: July 21, 1919.
  • Latest issue located: Dec. 31, 1919.
  • Frequency: Daily (except Sunday).
  • Title varies:
    • St. John's Daily Post, July 21-22, 1919.
    • Morning Post, July 23-Dec. 31, 1919.
  • Publisher: St. John's Daily Post Publishing Co.
  • Managing editor: H. M. Mosdell.
  • Other edition: St. John's Daily Star Apr. 17, 1915-July 23, 1921.
  • Description:
    The Morning Post was published as a morning edition of the St. John's Daily Star in the months leading up to the 1919 election. The paper supported Squires to such an extent that it is, effectively, Liberal-Reform campaign literature.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1919 Microfilm
    • PRL 1919 Original and microfilm
Morning Post and Daily Advertiser see Morning Post and Shipping Gazette

Morning Post and Shipping Gazette
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Dates of publication: June 13, 1843-Mar. 29, 1862.
  • Frequency:
    • 3 per week, June 13, 1843-1849.
    • 3 per week and daily (except Sunday) during the session of the Legislature when there are proceedings for publication, Feb.-May 16, 1850.
    • 3 per week, May 18, 1850-1856.
    • Semiweekly, 1859-Aug. 7, 1860.
    • Daily (except Sunday), Aug. 9-Oct. 16, 1860.
    • Semiweekly, Oct. 20, 1860-Mar. 29, 1862.
  • Title varies:
    • Morning Post and Shipping Gazette, 1843-Aug. 7, 1860.
    • Morning Post and Daily Advertiser, Aug. 9-Oct. 16, 1860.
    • Morning Post and Shipping Gazette, Oct. 20, 1860-Mar. 29, 1862.
  • Editor: William J. Ward, 1843-Mar. 29, 1845
  • Publisher: Joseph Woods, 1843-Mar. 29, 1845
  • Editor, publisher, and proprietor: William J. Ward, May 2, 1846-1862.
  • Description:
    The Morning Post contained local and foreign news, commercial, fishing and shipping news, legislative proceedings and advertisements. The editorials were politically neutral, stressing the need for local improvements such as the telegraph, "steam communication with the mother country", a volunteer fire brigade and the establishment of the Newfoundland Building and Investment Society. The Post "conscientiously abstained from the intermeddling with the vexed political disputes and religious dissentions" which characterized many of the papers of the time. (Mar. 29, 1862) Ward, who continued to publish the Commercial Journal, closed the Post down because the journal "seems not suited to the present conditions ... and there is a superabundant supply of papers" (Mar. 29, 1862).
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1843-1846, 1848-1851, 1853-1856, 1859]-1862 Microfilm
    • PRL [1843-1846, 1848-1851, 1853-1856, 1859]-1862 Original and microfilm
Mosquito
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Began publication: Feb. 18, 1881.
    Last issue located: Aug. ? 1881.
  • Frequency: Weekly.
  • Proprietors: William D. Crichton and James Heale.
  • Publisher: Mosquito Printing and Publishing Co.
  • Description:
    The Mosquito described itself as "an independent weekly newspaper" and featured gossip about prominent persons, satirical articles on local events and advertisements. The journal was mentioned in the Morning Chronicle on Feb. 19, 1881, which noted, "The first peck the Mosquito takes is at the Morning Chronicle." The "fawning and cringing" editor of that publication admitted he did not know who the writers were, but understood that they were "the hired servants of Mr. Philip Hutchins, a very respectable gentleman of this town."
  • Holdings:
    • PRL One damaged issue, probably Aug. 1881 Original
    • PRL Feb. 18 & Mar. 18, 1881 On microfilm roll of "Scrapbook of P.K. Devine."
Mount Pearl Citizen
  • Place of publication: Mount Pearl
  • Began publication: Mar. 13, 1985.
  • Last issue located: Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 1987.
  • Frequency: Weekly.
  • Publisher:
    • Watchman Publishing Co. Ltd., Mar 13-Dec. 4, 1985.
    • Jamieson Enterprises Ltd., Dec. 11, 1985-Feb. 3, 1987.
  • Editor:
    • Freeman White, Mar. 13-Sept. 18, 1985.
    • Bas Jamieson, Dec. 11, 1985-Feb. 3, 1987.
  • Description:
    The Mount Pearl Citizen featured local news, sports, entertainment, club news, church news and social news. The editorials were confined to local issues.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN 1985-1987 Microfilm
    • PRL 1985-1987 Original and microfilm
Mount Pearl "Paper"
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Earliest issue located:Feb. 19, 1964.
  • Latest issue located: July 30, 1965.
  • Title varies:
    • Paper, Feb. 14, 1964.
    • Mount Pearl "Paper", Apr. 24-July 30, 1965.
  • Publisher: Mimeograph Printers Ltd.
  • Managing editor: Ron Pumphrey.
  • Editor: Irene Emberley.
  • Description:
    The Mount Pearl "Paper" featured items of interest to Mount Pearl and the west end of St. John's including local, social, club and personal news.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1964-1965]
    • PRL [1964-1965] (JNM 38)
Mount Pearl Post
  • Place of publication: Mount Pearl
  • Dates of publication: Mar. 27, 1991-Feb. 22, 1994.
  • Frequency: Weekly
  • Publisher: HEBB Publications.
  • Managing editor: Gordon F. Follett.
  • Description:
    The Mount Pearl Post was distributed free of charge to the Mount Pearl area. It contained Mount Pearl and provincial news, social news, sports, editorials and advertisements. There were also columns on business, food and health.
  • Holdings:
    • PRL 1991-1994.
Mount Pearl Pride
  • Place of publication: Mount Pearl
  • Dates of publication: April 8, 1998-July 5, 1999.
  • Frequency: Weekly.
  • Publisher: Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing Ltd.
  • Editor: Steve Bartlett.
  • Description:
    The Mount Pearl Pride was Robinson-Blackmore's first attempt to publish a paper for the Mount Pearl market. It featured city council news, personal profiles, sports, stories and local news. At least the first issue was distributed free of charge.
  • Holdings:
    • PRL 1998-1999.
MUSE
  • Place of publication: St. John's.
  • Dates of publication: Dec. 11, 1950-
  • Frequency: Biweekly during the academic year.
  • Publisher:
    • Undergraduates of Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1951-1960.
    • Council of the Students' Union, 1961-
  • Description:
    The MUSE is published for the students of Memorial University and contains local campus news, provincial, national and international news on issues affecting college students, sports, entertainment, social commentary, and satire.
  • Holdings:
    • MUN [1951]-1995 Microfilm
    • MUN 1950- * Original
    • PRL [1951]-1995 Microfilm
    • PRL [1962-1969]- Original

July 15, 2008
Suzanne Ellison