Montreal, June 14, 2010 –
Transcontinental Media today announced the launch of three
new weekly newspapers in Quebec: Point de vue Sainte-Agathe
and Point de vue Mont-Tremblant, in the Laurentians;
and Abitibi Express in Val-d’Or and Amos in
Abitibi. The newspapers will serve each of these regions with
input from “citizen contributors” and with new
digital services to benefit local business.
“Transcontinental is thrilled to deliver even more
local content to communities and businesses in Quebec with
both the print and online editions of Point de vue Sainte-Agathe,
Point de vue Mont-Tremblant and Abitibi Express,”
said Serge Lemieux, Transcontinental Media’s Vice President,
Newspaper Division, Québec and Ontario.
The weeklies, complemented by their online counterparts,
benefit local residents and business by telling the news that
is important to them, and enhance Transcontinental’s
commitment to local community solutions, a priority area for
growth.
Point de vue Sainte-Agathe and Point de vue
Mont-Tremblant are edited by Martin Leonard, and Abitibi
Express is managed by Michel Chalifour. In addition to
staff writers, the newspapers are inviting readers to act
as “citizen contributors” and provide their input
on local news using platforms including Facebook, Twitter
and the newspaper’s website.
In Québec, Transcontinental Media publishes 63 community
papers with a total weekly circulation of more than 2.5 million
free copies delivered to households through its Publisac distribution
network.
About Transcontinental Media
The fourth largest print media group in Canada,
with more than 3,000 employees and annual revenues of $607 million
in 2009, Transcontinental Media is the country’s leading
publisher of consumer magazines and of French-language educational
resources, and the largest publisher of local and regional
newspapers in Eastern Canada. Transcontinental Media publishes
the weekday daily Métro in Montreal. It is
also the leading distributor of door-to-door advertising material
in Quebec, thanks to its famous Publisac. Transcontinental
Media is distinguished by its custom publishing, mailing and
email customized database, which allows users to maintain
close relations with more than 6 million consumers. It
also has more than 120 web sites, attracting more than 4.2 million
unique visitors per month.
Transcontinental Media is a subsidiary of Transcontinental
(TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B, TCL.PR.D), with operations in Canada,
the United States and Mexico, with revenues of $2.4 billion
in 2009.
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For information:
Media
Nancy Bouffard
Director of Communication
Transcontinental Media
Telephone: 514 392-2091
nancy.bouffard@transcontinental.ca
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