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Montreal, July 12, 2006 – Transcontinental
Media announced today the appointment of Linda Lewis as editor-in-chief
of More magazine. The appointment of Ms. Lewis will
take effect on August 23, 2006.
Linda Lewis was editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent
since 1998, where she was responsible for the magazine’s
editorial vision, mandate and content, receiving numerous
national awards for her work. Linda Lewis has her Masters
degree in magazine journalism from Syracuse University and
also worked for enRoute magazine as executive editor.
Francine Tremblay, senior vice president of consumer publications
at Transcontinental Media, said: “I’m extremely
pleased to announce the arrival of Linda Lewis as editor-in-chief
of More magazine. With her 20 years of experience
as a journalist and editor in Canada’s media market
and her professional and dynamic approach, she will be a great
asset in the Canadian ramp up of More magazine.”
Linda Lewis said that she looks forward to starting in her
new position: “I’m thrilled to be part of this
promising project, which is being launched next spring. I’m
looking forward to working with my new colleagues.”
On May 4, Transcontinental announced that it had reached an
exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement with U.S. publisher
Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP) to become the publisher of
More magazine’s Canadian version, to be launched in
spring 2007. More targets the 40+ female demographic and has
an Audit Bureau of Circulation-verified circulation of 1.1 million
copies in the U.S. The addition will bring Transcontinental
Media’s magazine total to 43, including 27 titles in
its consumer magazine portfolio. Transcontinental will also
print More’s Canadian version.
More is the defining magazine of a powerful and empowered
generation – a growing community of women over 40 who
are more accomplished, more confident, more influential and
more resourceful. With features on health, beauty, fashion,
food and lifestyle, finance, foreign and national affairs,
the arts, travel and more, More gives established
women more of what they want to get more out of life.
About Transcontinental Media
The fourth-largest print media group in Canada,
with more than 3000 employees and annual revenues of $555 million
in 2005, Transcontinental Media is the country’s leading
publisher of consumer magazines and the largest publisher
of community newspapers in Eastern Canada. It publishes the
weekday daily Métro in Montreal, owns a number
of digital business units, and is also, through Publi-Sac,
Quebec’s leading door-to-door distributor of advertising
material.
Transcontinental Media is a subsidiary of Transcontinental
Inc. (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B), which has more than 14,000 employees
in Canada, the United States and Mexico and reported revenues
of C$2.2 billion (US$1.9 billion) in 2005.
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For Information:
Media and Financial Community
Stéphane Milot
Director, Investor Relations and
External Communications
Transcontinental Inc.
Telephone: (514) 954-2821
stephane.milot@transcontinental.ca
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