Format
Most 24 Hours are published 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) in a 460 mm × 282 mm compact format that is smaller than a tabloid (about 58% the size of a tabloid). Because its target readers are commuters heading to work, it is not published on weekends or statutory holidays, although the Vancouver edition previously provided a digital "Online Weekend Edition". Vancouver 24 Hours' print publication measures 270 mm x 330 mm, which is slightly smaller than other markets. The paper averages about 32 pages in an issue, slightly less than half being news, and relies heavily upon wire services such as Reuters, the Canadian Press and the Associated Press. The rest of the pages cover lifestyle, travel, entertainment, sports, and the like.
Exact copies of most editions are also available on their official web site. Vancouver and Montreal both operate full websites. Vancouver 24 Hours presents a wide variety of videos and podcasts. In total Vancouver 24 Hours independent news room accounts for approximately 50% of the news content in the day to day publications. The Montreal edition also includes a weekly entertainment insert, ici Week-end; until April 30, 2009, ici was its own publication, distributed separately.
24 Hours' primary national competition is the free paper Metro. P.J. Harston was the founding editor-in-chief of both 24 Hours and Metro.
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