Column: StarPhoenix rooted in history, ready for the future

On Oct. 16, 1902, the founders of what would eventually become the Saskatoon StarPhoenix churned out a thousand newspapers on a simple hand press.
Last night, on the 115th anniversary of that first production day, an efficient German-made press spit out almost 30 times as many. An audience of thousands and thousands more consumed the stories, photography and ads on their mobile phones, tablets and computers.
Surely, the Norman brothers — who created the paper — were completely absorb