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Transcontinental, which has only one printing plant in Ville Saint-Laurent, buys 50% of the shares of Messageries Publi-Maison Ltée and begins door-to-door distribution of advertising flyers.
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| Transcontinental Publications is formed following the purchase of the newspaper Les Affaires and the magazine SIC (now Affaires PLUS). |
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| Transcontinental Publications acquires Revue Commerce, published since 1896 by the Montreal Chamber of Commerce. |
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| Transcontinental Publications acquires a majority share of Éditions du Feu Vert (Décormag and Le Bel Âge) and buys the magazine PME. Éditions Transcontinental inc. also starts publishing books for the first time. |
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First foothold in Manitoba with the acquisition of six weekly newspapers and Canadian Publishers, a distribution company in Winnipeg.
Various titles are added to the Transcontinental Publications family, including Santé (now called Capital Santé), the newspaper Constructo, and Good Times.
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The acquisition of 20 Telemedia weeklies published in the Greater Montreal area makes Transcontinental a player in the Quebec local and regional newspaper market.
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Transcontinental acquires Publications Dumont from Cogeco: adding 32 weekly newspapers in Ontario and Quebec to its portfolio, of which 17 are in the Montreal area.
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| Acquisition of the Journal économique in Quebec City. |
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Acquisitions of Investment Executive, and 7 titles from Plesman Communication, including Computing Canada and Direction informatique. Launch of Finance et investissement.
Transcontinental becomes involved in website development, bringing the content of its magazines and newspapers to the Web. Launch of the preshopping site Publisac.ca.
In the biggest acquisition in its history, Transcontinental buys the publishing division of Telemedia Communications Inc., with its 11 titles: Canadian Living, Coup de pouce, Homemakers, Madame au foyer (now Madame ), Elle Québec, Style at Home, Sympatico Netlife, Western Living, Vancouver Magazine, TV Guide and TV Hebdo.
An organizational restructuring puts all magazine and newspaper publishing, as well as door-to-door advertising distribution, under "Transcontinental Media."
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Transcontinental acquires the weekly newspapers of Unimedia Group and most of Gesca's weekly papers. This major acquisition adds 18 weekly newspapers and six periodicals to its portfolio. The Corporation consolidates its position as the largest local and regional newspaper publisher in Quebec, and second-largest in Canada.
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Transcontinental Media launches the weekday daily Métro, distributed free to users of the Montreal subway system under an exclusive agreement with the Montreal Transit Corporation. The tabloid is the result of a partnership with the Swedish firm Métro International S.A. and Gesca, which publishes the daily La Presse.
Launch of Elle Canada for the English market in Canada: Canada is the only country that has two versions of this respected title.
Launch of Lesaffaires.com, a business and financial information web site, as well as the portals mokasofa.com and mochasofa.com, Web extensions of women's magazines.
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With the acquisition of the printer and publisher Optipress, Transcontinental Media integrates 25 weekly and bi-weekly newspapers in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, becoming the leading publisher of local and regional newspapers in the Atlantic provinces.
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TRANSCONTINENTAL MEDIA
1100 René-Lévesque Blvd. West
24th Floor
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 4X9
Telephone: (514) 392-9000 |
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