Le Journal de Québec

"Le Journal de Québec" is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec (Canada). The newspaper is printed in tabloid format and has a the highest circulation for a Quebec City newspaper, with its closest competitor being "Le Soleil".

Like its sister paper, the much more widely-read "Le Journal de Montréal", it was established by Pierre Péladeau and is owned by the Sun Media division of Quebecor Média.

A lockout of unionized employees (members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees) that began in April 2007 continued until July 2008, the longest running lockout for a French-language newspaper in the history of Canada.

As an answer to the lockout, the workers launched their own free daily newspaper, MédiaMatin Québec. [ [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003576092 Editor & Publisher, April 25, 2007 11:40 AM ET – Locked-Out 'Journal de Quebec' Workers Start Free Paper] retrieved May 2, 2007] [ [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2007/24/c8700.html CUPE press release distributed through Canada Newswire, April 24, 2007 - Locked-out Journal de Québec staff launch free newspaper in Quebec City] retrieved April 24, 2007]

ee also

*List of Quebec media

External links

* [http://www.canoe.qc.ca The Quebec Canoe portal] features many of the paper's articles
* [http://www.journaldequebec.com Le Journal de Québec]

References