NordStar Capital buys Torstar Corp. for $52-million

Torstar Corp. says it has agreed to be sold to NordStar Capital for $52-million.

The transaction, which will see the media company taken private, was recommended by a special committee of Torstar’s board of directors and has the support of the majority of its shareholders and its largest independent shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

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