Street where the paper had been produced since 1899. At the same time, Telegram Corporation acquired a majority interest in Toronto TV station CFTO-TV. In July 1964, the International Typographical Union called a strike at the Telegram, the Star, and The Globe and Mail. All three papers continued to publish despite the strike. The Telegram lost $635,000 in 1969 and $921,000 in 1970 and was on pace to lose another $900,000 in 1971 when it was shut down that year by Bassett on October 30, just as a strike was looming. Many employees moved to the Toronto Sun, which launched at the same time the Telegram shut down. The Telegram had its subscriber list sold to the Toronto Star for $10 million. The Star also leased the Telegram'''s Front Street facility, which was sold to The Globe and Mail. In the book The Death of the Toronto Telegram (1971), the former Telegram writer Jock Carroll described the decline of the paper and provided many anecdotes about the Canadian newspaper business from the 1950s to 1970. York University's library holds about 500,000 prints and 830,000 negatives of pictures taken by the Telegram's photographers. Over 13,000 images are currently searchable on line, with more appearing on a regular basis. Notable staff members Well-known reporters, editors, columnists and cartoonists included: George Bain - later joined the Globe and Mail and Toronto StarIsabel Bassett - also a reporter at CFTO and wife of publisher John Bassett, later a provincial cabinet minister under Mike Harris Jock Carroll - later an author and book editor Greg Clark - previously a war correspondent and reporter with the Toronto Daily Star, was a humour columnist at the TelegramGordon Donaldson - reporter, later an author, television journalist and producer at CBC and CTV Andy Donato - art director and cartoonist who was a key player in founding the Toronto SunJohn Downing - later editor-in-chief of the Toronto SunFrank Drea award-winning labour reporter, later a provincial cabinet minister under Bill Davis Lillian Foster - fashion editor and columnist Doug Fisher - freelance columnist while initially an NDP Member of Parliament, later joined the Toronto SunJohn Fraser - later a columnist for the Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and National Post, editor of Saturday Night, Master of Massey College Trent Frayne - later a sports columnist for the Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail and Maclean's MagazineClyde Gilmour - CBC