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Quebecor

Quebecor Inc.is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company servingQuebecbased inMontreal.It was spelled Quebecor in bothEnglishandFrenchuntil May 2012, when shareholders voted to add theacute accent,Québecor,in French only.[3][4][5]

Quebecor Inc.
Native name
Québecor Inc.
Company typePublic
TSX:QBR.A
TSX:QBR.B
S&P/TSX Composite Component
IndustryTelecommunications,Diversifiedmediaandbroadcasting
Founded1965[1]
FounderPierre Péladeau
Headquarters
612Saint-Jacques St.
Montreal, Quebec
H3C 4M8
,
Canada
Area served
Most of Canada through various subsidiaries
Key people
Pierre Karl Péladeau(CEO, President and Chairman, majority shareholder)
ServicesAdvertising
Marketing
Publishing
RevenueIncreaseCA$4.532 billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)[2]
IncreaseCA$810.1 million (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)[2]
IncreaseCA$596.7 million (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)[2]
Total assetsDecreaseCA$10.625 billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)[2]
Total equityIncreaseCA$1.357 billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2022)[2]
OwnerPierre Karl Péladeau(majority shareholder) through Les Placements Péladeau inc. (74.13%)
Number of employees
8,832 (2022)
DivisionsLe SuperClub Vidéotron
Freedom Mobile
TVA Group
Vidéotron
VMedia
SubsidiariesQuebecor Media
Websitewww.quebecor

The company was founded in 1965 byPierre Péladeauand remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. ownsQuebecor Mediaand formerly owned the printing companyQuebecor World.[6]

Assets

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Telecommunications

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Media

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  • Groupe TVA[15][16]
  • Quebecor Content (television content production)[22]
  • Le Journal de Montréal(Montréalnewspaper)
  • Le Journal de Québec(Quebec Citynewspaper)
  • 24 Heures(free newspaper)
  • J5 mobile app
  • QUB Radio (online radio and podcast platform)
  • QUB Musique (music streaming platform)
  • NumériQ[23]
    • Billie
    • En 5 minutes
    • Le Sac de chips
    • Pèse sur Start
    • Porte-monnaie
    • Silo 57
    • TABLOÏD
    • Le Guide de l’auto
  • Groupe Livre Québecor Média (bookpublishing)[24]
    • Groupe Sogides (general literature)
      • Groupe Homme
        • Les Éditions de l'Homme
        • Le Jour Éditeur
        • Les Éditions La Griffe
        • Les Éditions Petit Homme
        • Juniper Publishing (English-language publishing)
      • Groupe Charron Éditeur
        • Éditions La Semaine
        • Recto-Verso Éditeur
      • Groupe Ville-Marie Littérature
        • Éditions VLB
        • Éditions de l'Hexagone
        • Les Éditions du Journal
        • Éditions TYPO
        • Les Éditions de La Bagnole
      • Groupe Librex
        • Éditions Libre Expression
        • Éditions Stanké
        • Les Éditions Publistar
        • Éditions Trécarré
        • Éditions Logiques
    • Les Éditions CEC (school books)
    • Messageries ADP (distribution)[19]
  • Quebecor Advertising Sales & Marketing[25]
  • Quebecor Out of Home[26]
  • Mirabel Printing (newspaper printing)[19]
  • Agence QMI (press agency)

Sports and entertainment

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Sponsorship

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Quebecor headquarters in Downtown Montreal

The company began a push towards sports: it acquired the naming rights and a management contract for theVideotron Centre,currently owns theQuebec Rempartsof theQMJHL,has backed a proposedNational Hockey Leagueexpansion franchiseinQuebec City(which would bring the NHL back to the city for the first time since theQuebec Nordiqueswere relocated in 1995, and would play at the new arena), and launched aTVA-branded sports networkin 2011.[4][31]

On 20 July 2015, Quebecor officially submitted its application for an NHL expansion team in Quebec City. The application has since passed two phases of league scrutiny, with a final decision expected in early 2016.[32]

Corporate governance

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Former Prime Minister of CanadaBrian Mulroneyserved as chair of the board before his death in February 2024.[33]

Current members of theboard of directorsof Quebecor Inc. are:[34]Françoise Bertrand,Jean La Couture, Sylvie Lalande, Pierre Laurin, A. Michel Lavigne, Geneviève Marcon, and Normand Provost.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Quebecor's Founder".Quebecor Inc.Retrieved20 June2014.
  2. ^abcde"Quebecor Inc. Consolidated financial statements".Quebecor.31 December 2022.Retrieved29 April2023.
  3. ^"Les actionnaires de Québecor votent pour l'ajout d'un accent"(in French). The Canadian Press. 10 May 2012.Retrieved26 March2013.
  4. ^abVan Praet, Nicolas (9 April 2012)."Quebecor to propose French version of name for Quebec".Financial Post.Montreal.Retrieved26 March2013.
  5. ^Van Praet, Nicolas (2 February 2012)."Quebec puts accent on linguistic correctness".Financial Post.Montreal.Retrieved26 March2013.
  6. ^"Quebecor announces the closing of the purchase of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec's interest in Quebecor Media and the issuance of a convertible debenture".
  7. ^"Videotron – Québecor".
  8. ^Jordan Pinto (13 July 2021)."Quebecor readies unscripted-focused streamer VRAI".Playback.Retrieved24 September2021.
  9. ^"Our services | Pay-per-view Events & Movies".
  10. ^"Videotron Business – Québecor".
  11. ^"MAtv, Videotron's community channel – Québecor".
  12. ^ab"Videotron le superclub and Microplay – Québecor".
  13. ^"SETTE Postproduction – Québecor".
  14. ^Dobby, Christine (28 July 2022)."If you live in the GTA, Quebecor could soon be your ISP as it snaps up small internet and TV provider VMedia".Toronto Star.Retrieved28 July2022.
  15. ^"Television – Québecor".
  16. ^"Pierre Karl Péladeau quitte la direction de Québecor - Le reportage de Chu Anh Pham".CanoeTV.Retrieved29 March2023.
  17. ^"TVA+ | Quebecor Expertise Media".
  18. ^"Publications du Groupe TVA | Groupe TVA".
  19. ^abcd"Distribution – Québecor".
  20. ^"MELS – Québecor".
  21. ^"TVA Group acquires Incendo group | Groupe TVA".
  22. ^"Quebecor Content – Québecor".
  23. ^"NumériQ – Québecor".
  24. ^"Groupe Livre Québecor Média".2022.Retrieved27 December2022.
  25. ^"Advertising Sales & Marketing – Québecor".
  26. ^"Out of home – Québecor".
  27. ^"Music – Québecor".
  28. ^abFrédéric Tomesco (10 February 2021)."Québecor deepens music push with Audiogram acquisition".Montreal Gazette.Retrieved18 July2021.
  29. ^"Gestev – Québecor".
  30. ^ab"Quebec Major Junior Hockey League – Québecor".
  31. ^Magder, Jason."New TVA Sports channel takes a shot at RDS".Montreal Gazette.Retrieved27 July2011.
  32. ^"Dreger Report: Expansion on the agenda at 'special' meeting".Bell Media. 8 January 2016.Retrieved9 January2016.
  33. ^"Brian Mulroney to be named chairman of media and telecom giant Quebecor".The Globe and Mail.29 May 2014.Retrieved29 May2014.
  34. ^Quebecor | Board of DirectorsArchived21 May 2012 at theWayback Machine
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