Transcontinental (publisher)

Transcontinental Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	TSX: TCL.A TSX: TCL.B TSX: TCL.PR.D
Industry	Printing - Publishing - Interactive
Founded	1976
Founder(s)	Rémi Marcoux, Claude Dubois and André Kingsley
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people	François Olivier
Revenue	$2.1 Billion (2010)
Employees	10,500[1]
Divisions	Transcontinental Printing, Transcontinental Media, Transcontinental Interactive
Website	www.transcontinental.com

The fourth largest print media group in Canada, with more than 3,000 employees and annual revenues of $608 million in 2010, Transcontinental Media reaches, through its multiplatform offering, over 18 million consumers across Canada. The group is the largest publisher of consumer magazines and French language educational resources in Canada, and the largest publisher of local and regional newspapers in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.

Among its media properties are Canadian Living, Coup de Pouce, Les Affaires, Elle Québec, Elle Canada, PREMIUM, The Guardian in Charlottetown, and The Telegram in St. John's. Transcontinental is also one of the Canadian publishing partners of Metro International, holding majority ownership of the Montreal and Halifax editions of the Metro free daily newspaper.

Transcontinental Media is also the leading distributor of door-to-door advertising material in Canada, with Publisac in Quebec and Targeo in the rest of Canada. Transcontinental Media is distinguished by its custom publishing, mailing and customized email database, which allows marketers to connect efficiently with more than six million consumers. Thanks to a wide digital network of more than 300 websites, Transcontinental Media reaches over 10 million unique visitors per month in Canada. Its most recent endeavor is weblocal.ca, a local search site launched in collaboration with YellowBot.

Transcontinental Media is a subsidiary of Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B, TCL.PR.D) which has operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and reported revenue of C$2.1 billion in 2010.

Publications

Newspapers

Partial list of newspapers owned by Transcontinental Media Inc.

Nova Scotia

• The Daily News (Halifax), (defunct)
• The Cape Breton Post
• The Truro Daily News
• The Amherst Daily News
• The News (New Glasgow)
• The Hants Journal
• The Kings County Register
• The Shelburne County Coast Guard
• The Digby Courier
• The Yarmouth Vanguard
• The Queens County Advance
• The Annapolis Spectator
• The Kentville Advertiser
• Nova Scotia Business Journal

Prince Edward Island

• The Charlottetown Guardian
• The Journal-Pioneer (Summerside)

Quebec

• Le Courrier Laval
• The Westmount Examiner
• The Monitor (Montreal)
• Rive-Sud Express (Longueuil)
• L'Action (Joliette)
• The Chronicle (West Island)

Magazines

Partial list of magazines owned by Transcontinental Media Inc.

• Canadian Living
• Coup de pouce
• Elle Canada
• Elle Québec
• Good Times
• The Hockey News
• Homemakers
• More
• Style at Home

Management

• Rémi Marcoux: Executive Chairman of the Board, Transcontinental Inc.
• François Olivier: President and Chief Executive Officer, Transcontinental Inc.
• Benoît Huard: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Transcontinental Inc.
• Brian Reid: President, Transcontinental Printing
• Natalie Larivière: President, Transcontinental Media
• Christian Trudeau : President, Transcontinental Interactive

References

1. ^ "Company Profile for Transcontinental Inc Cl A (CA;TCL.A)". http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=CA;TCL.A&page=quotesearch. Retrieved 2008-10-09. 

External links

• Transcontinental Inc.
• Transcontinental Printing
• Transcontinental Media
• * Publisac / Canadian Media Network