Quebecor Inc.

Quebecor Inc.

Québecor Inc. (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B) is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Before 2012 it was spelled Quebecor (without acute accent) in both English and French.

It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc. - the broadcasting, communications and publishing company which operates various subsidiaries:

• Sun Media (newspapers) (includes the former Osprey Media)
• TVA Group (broadcasting, publishing & production)
• Vidéotron (cable television and internet service provider)
• Canoe Inc. (internet websites including Canoe.ca/Canoe.com portal and Archambault.ca)
• MediaPages (print and online directories)
• TVA Publishing Inc. (largest magazine publishing company in Quebec)
• Quebecor Media Book Group (book publishing companies)
• Archambault stores (books, music and video)
• Distribution Select (distributor of CDs and videos)
• Le SuperClub Vidéotron (DVD and Blu-ray movie rental stores)
• Nurun Inc. (interactive agency)

Quebecor Inc. also formerly owned the printing company Quebecor World.

Quebecor Media's wide range of media properties enables it to execute "convergence" strategies that are sometimes criticized. When the TVA television network was running the program Star Académie (sort of a French-language "American Idol"-type program), it was heavily cross-promoted: TVA would mention it in the "entertainment" segment of news broadcasts, the newspaper Le Journal de Montréal would run several pages on it, magazines would run articles on it, and so forth. The show was even hosted and produced by company CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau's girlfriend, TV personality Julie Snyder.