It was briefly circulated as The Independent Weekly before returning to its original title, which is now commonly stylized as the newspaper with intentional lowercase.

In The Newspaper's first year of publication, prominent professors at the University of Toronto contributed articles, including Allan Bloom, Denis Duffy, and Robertson Davies.

The Newspaper's offices were originally located at 1 Spadina Crescent and were moved to 256 McCaul Street in 2013 due to renovations.

In November 2015, The Newspaper published a food-themed issue called The Foodpaper, though it is unknown whether this will be a recurring edition.

Film director Atom Egoyan, novelists Rohinton Mistry and Ray Robertson, and television public affairs host Steve Paikin all contributed to The Newspaper while attending the University of Toronto.