Unimédia was a French Canadian media group.

Description

Before being bought by the

Gesca Gesca Limitée is a division of the Power Corporation of Canada, which published French-language daily newspapers in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Gesca has since 2013 responded to the Internet challenge by expanding its free online servic ...

group in 2000, this groupe controlled the following dailies: ''

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'' (

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), '' Le Quotidien'' (

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), and ''

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'' ( Ottawa). It also owned about 30 weeklies and managed three printing plants that produced newspapers, magazines and paperbacks.

History

Founded by Jacques Francœur, who sold it to another Canadian media mogul, Conrad Black, in 1987. On November 10, 2000,

(property of

Power Corporation of Canada Power Corporation of Canada () is a management and holding company that focuses on financial services in North America, Europe and Asia. Its core holdings are insurance, retirement, wealth management and investment management, including a portfol ...

) purchased Unimédia from Black, despite initial concerns from the government of Quebec about a possible media monopoly. Gesca currently controls seven French language newspapers in Quebec and Ontario, but has abandoned weeklies, which are currently held by

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