Michael Bate was one of the founders of the Central Canadian Frank Magazine. Bate was a long time Ottawa musician who worked as a radio producer and as a computer programmer before starting the Central Canadian edition of Frank with David Bentley in 1989. An Atlantic Canada edition of the magazine had been begun in 1987 in Halifax. The magazine soon became a success due to its cutting edge blend of satire and humour. Bate sold the magazine in 2003 to Fabrice Taylor. Circulation declined after the sale and the magazine went out of business in December, 2004. Frank is a noted pair of Canadian scandal sheets and satirical magazines, often compared to the British title Private Eye. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ... David Bentley, (born August 27, 1984), is an English football player. ... Halifax redirects here. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fabrice Taylor is a Toronto journalist who became publisher of the now defunct Central Canada edition of Frank Magazine, a Canadian satire magazine . ...

Bate regained ownership of the property and plans to start an internet version of the magazine called Efrank in Steptember, 2005.