Transcontinental Sees Strong Improvement in Profitability

• Providing solutions for local communities is an important area of growth for Transcontinental. Thus, four new community papers and their websites were launched in Quebec: Rive-Sud Express.ca, which serves Longueuil, Brossard and Saint-Lambert on Montreal’s South Shore; Point de vue Sainte-Agathe and Point de vue Mont-Tremblant, in the Laurentians; and Abitibi Express in Val-d’Or and Amos in Abitibi. These launches fulfill consumer demand for Transcontinental to introduce a local and regional paper that would include, among other things, input from “citizen contributors.” These new papers, combined with new digital services, will also bring the benefits of enhanced media tools to local businesses and their respective markets.