On May 26, 2020, Torstar, agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm; the deal was expected to close by year end.

[2] The Record traces its history back to the founding of the Daily News, first published on February 9, 1878, by former Methodist preacher Peter Moyer at a printing press located at King and Ontario streets in Berlin (now Kitchener).

Motz and Euler fought over control of the newspaper for the next two decades, with the former eventually winning majority interest.

The administrative records and photographic negatives of the paper amassed prior to the Sun Media acquisition are maintained at the University of Waterloo Library.

In January 2005, the paper was moved to Market Square on King Street East in Kitchener's downtown core.

The New York Times has a million subscribers but the publication has an international cachet that makes it a "must-read", especially in the U.S. where Fake news has been widespread.

[10] The Record has won the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism four times: 1978, 1981 (shared), 1983, and 2001.

Both the Cambridge Times and the Record are owned and published by Metroland Media Group but keep separate newsrooms and operations.