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TC Media Broadens its Extensive Community Newspaper Network by Acquiring Édition Beauce
MONTREAL, April 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - TC Media is proud to announce that it has acquired ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nMONTREAL, April 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - TC Media is proud to announce that it has acquired Édition Beauce as part of its strategy to develop its Quebec community paper network.\n Known until recently as Journal de Beauce-Nord, Édition Beauce is delivered to 57,400 households in the Beauce, Les Etchemins and\n Lotbinière, an area stretching from the southern suburbs of Metro\n Quebec City (Saint-Lambert) to the town of Saint-Georges. The\n acquisition also includes the regional online information portal www.editionbeauce.com, which is consulted by more than 35,000 unique visitors and receives\n more than 67,000 visits per month.\n\n\n\"We are very happy to be adding the top-quality Édition Beauce to our network, says Serge Lemieux, Vice President, Newspaper Division,\n Quebec and Ontario, TC Media. Over the years, Journal de Beauce-Nord built a solid position in its communities and recently expanded to\n become Édition Beauce. We are delighted to be able to continue to work with the experienced\n team already in place, who are the primary architects of the paper's\n growth. As you know, TC Transcontinental has a strong commitment to the\n Beauce region, employing some 500 people at its Beauceville printing\n plant, Transcontinental Interglobe. The addition of Édition Beauce to the TC Transcontinental family is excellent news for everyone.\"\n\n\nThe two owners of Édition Beauce, Claude Grondin and Pierre-Luc Lafrance, agree: \"We are pleased to be\n joining TC Media and working together to further the success of Édition Beauce. This new union brings new opportunities to advertisers and the\n community, both in terms of enriched information and a diverse range of\n print and digital communication platforms.\"\n\n\nWith this acquisition, TC Media reconfirms its commitment to local\n communities and its goal of developing weekly papers in Quebec. The\n TC Media network, a leading provider of local and regional information,\n serves the entire province through its own titles and partnerships with\n local independent newspapers. The Local Solutions group in the TC Media\n Newspaper Division now publishes and distributes some 3 million copies\n per week all across Quebec.\n\n\nAbout TC Media\n\n\nAs one of Canada's leading providers of media and ...