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Montreal, December 21, 2007 – Transcontinental
Media today announced it has acquired the newspaper L’Autre
Voix, which serves 13,500 households in the Côte-de-Beaupré
region of Quebec. The acquisition brings Transcontinental
Media’s newspaper total to 172 community publications
across Canada, with approximately 250 million copies
annually.
L’Autre Voix was founded by area businessperson
Mathieu Tremblay four years ago to give the community a voice
that represents local residents and businesses around the
area east of Quebec City, including Boischatel, L’Ange-Gardien,
Château-Richer, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saint-Joachim,
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
and Saint-Tite-des-Caps.
“Transcontinental is committed to serving local communities
with information that is relevant to them,” said Serge
Lemieux, General Manager of the Newspaper Group for Quebec
and Ontario, Transcontinental Media. “L’Autre
Voix is a very respected community paper and we look forward
to being a part of its future growth.”
Transcontinental Media, as the second largest publisher of
community newspapers in Canada, publishes daily, weekly, bi-weekly
and monthly newspapers in seven provinces: Ontario, Quebec,
Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island,
New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.
For more information on L’Autre Voix, visit www.lautrevoix.com.
About Transcontinental Media
The fourth-largest print media group in Canada, with
more than 3000 employees and annual revenues of $633 million
in 2007, Transcontinental Media is the country’s leading
publisher of consumer magazines and of French-language educational
resources as well as being 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 15,000 employees
in Canada, the United States and Mexico and reported revenues
of C$2.3 billion in 2007.
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For information:
Media
Nessa Prendergast
Director, Media Relations
Transcontinental Inc.
Telephone: (514) 954 2809
nessa.prendergast@transcontinental.ca
Financial Community
Jennifer F. McCaughey
Director, Investor Relations
Transcontinental Inc.
Telephone: (514) 954 2821
jennifer.mccaughey@transcontinental.ca |
