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Transcontinental Media announces appointment of Philippe Lapointe as Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Media Development
MONTREAL, Oct. 18, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Transcontinental Media today announced the appointment...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nMONTREAL, Oct. 18, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Transcontinental Media today\n announced the appointment of Philippe Lapointe to the new position of\n Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Media Development. Mr. Lapointe\n will take up his post on October 31, 2011 and will report to Natalie\n Larivière, President of Transcontinental Media. He will be responsible\n for the development of multiplatform programs based in electronic\n media, particularly television, and webcasting. His duties will include\n responsibility for business relations with the broadcasters working\n with Transcontinental Media.\n\n\n\"Philippe Lapointe has unique expertise in electronic and television\n production that admirably complements the skills and talents of the\n Transcontinental Media team,\" said Natalie Larivière, President of\n Transcontinental Media. \"His arrival coincides with the restructuring\n announced on October 3rd of Transcontinental's media and interactive\n services, aimed at offering our customers a combination of\n multiplatform solutions - media, digital and interactive - that will\n help them attract, reach and retain their target audiences more\n effectively. With Philippe's background in the media industry, he will\n add a complementary perspective and help us create even more value for\n our customers and consumers.\"\n\n\n\"I'm very proud to be joining Transcontinental Media, a company that has\n had great success and continues to innovate,\" said Philippe Lapointe.\n \"I am very pleased at the idea of working with this dynamic team on\n stimulating projects that have an exciting vision of the future of\n media and marketing communications.\"\n\n\nBefore joining Transcontinental Media, Philippe Lapointe was president\n of Productions Pixcom, one of Quebec's leading independent producers.\n Prior to that he held several executive positions in the TVA network,\n including Senior VP, Programming; Vice President Information and Public\n Affairs; and Vice President, Operations. He also worked at Radio-Canada\n as television news director. Earlier in his career he worked as a\n producer, journalist and director. Philippe Lapointe has a Master's\n degree in Philosophy.\n\n\nAbout Transcontinental \n\n\nTranscontinental creates marketing products and services that allow\n businesses to attract, reach and retain the...