Transcontinental Inc. has completed a transaction to acquire 74 weekly newspapers owned by Sun Media Corporation in Quebec and their related web properties. Transcontinental now owns all the weekly newspapers acquired from Sun Media Corporation.
The Competition Bureau set a requirement that Transcontinental must put 34 of the 154 newspapers in its portfolio up for sale for a period of 60 days, including some that are part of the transaction with Sun Media, as announced in a press release onMay 28, 2014. The sale of the newspapers is being handled by a third party.
The following is the list of weekly newspapers being put up for sale, in alphabetical order.
Transcontinental Inc. (TC Media) – 12 weekly newspapers
- Abitibi Express – Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda
- Abitibi Express – Val d’Or, Val-d’Or
- Chambly Express, Chambly
- Châteauguay Express, Châteauguay
- Courrier du Saguenay, including its regional editions: Courrier du Fjord, Courrier de Jonquière and Courrier de Chicoutimi
- Édition Beauce Nord, Sainte-Marie
- Point de vue Laurentides, Mont-Tremblant
- Rive-Sud Express, Longueuil
- Roussillon Express, La Prairie
- Sorel-Tracy Express, Sorel-Tracy
- Vallée du Richelieu Express, Mont-Saint-Hilaire
- Valleyfield Express, Valleyfield
Sun Media – 22 weekly newspapers
- Agri-Vallée, Valleyfield
- La Voix de la Matanie, Matane
- La Voix Gaspésienne, Matane
- L’Écho de Laval, Laval
- L’Écho de la Rive-Nord, Sainte-Thérèse
- L’Écho de Repentigny, Repentigny
- L’Écho de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- L’Écho de Shawinigan, Shawinigan
- L’Écho de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières
- L’Écho de Victoriaville, Victoriaville
- L’Écho du Nord, Saint-Jérôme
- Le Courrier du Fleuve, Rimouski
- Le Journal de Joliette, Joliette
- Le Journal de Magog, Magog
- Le Journal de Saint-Hubert, Saint-Hubert
- Le Point du Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Félicien
- Le Progrès Écho, Rimouski
- Le Réveil, Saguenay
- Le Rimouskois, Rimouski
- Le Riverain, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
- L’Impact de Drummondville, Drummondville
- Pub Extra Magazine, Laval-Laurentides
