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Gesca Limitée is a division of the
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 ...
, which published French-language daily newspapers in the provinces of
Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
and
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
. Gesca has since 2013 responded to the Internet challenge by expanding its free online services, which it supports through advertising.Gaëtan Tremblay, "iPublish or perish: challenges facing the Québec press in the digital age," ''Media, Culture & Society'' (Jan 2015) 37#1 pp 144-151. All of the company's publications, including ''
Le Soleil Le Soleil ("The Sun") is the name of several newspapers: * ''Le Soleil'' (Quebec), a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, founded in 1896 * ''Le Soleil'' (French newspaper), a defunct daily newspaper based in Paris fro ...
'' in
Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
and ''
Le Droit ''Le Droit'' is a Canadian French-language daily newspaper, published in Gatineau, Quebec. Initially established and owned by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the paper was published by Martin Cauchon and his company, Capitales Médias ...
'' in
Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
, were sold to in 2015. The only publication that was retained by Gesca at the time, '' La Presse'' in
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
, became an independent non-profit in 2018.


See also

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History of Canadian newspapers There were five important periods in the history of Canadian newspapers' responsible for the eventual development of the modern newspaper. These are the "Transplant Period" from 1750 to 1800, when printing and newspapers initially came to Canada ...
*
List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers Local weeklies Alberta * Airdrie – ''Airdrie Echo'' * Bashaw – '' Bashaw Star'' * Bassano – ''Bassano Times'' * Beaumont – ...


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Further reading

* Bernier, Marc-François. "«Radio-Gesca» est-il un phénomène réel?." ''Chaire de recherche en éthique du journalisme.'' (2014)
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* Landry, Olivier. "Concentration de la propriété des médias et diversité des contenus dans les quotidiens du groupe Gesca." ''Recherches sociographiques'' 52#2 (2011): 233–254. Newspaper companies of Canada Power Corporation of Canada Companies based in Montreal {{Canada-company-stub