Transcontinental Media announced yesterday it has acquired Corriere Italiano, which serves the Italian community in the Montreal area. The deal marks the first time the company will publish a newspaper in a language other than English or French.
‘Transcontinental is proud to add the Italian-language Corriere Italiano to our strong and growing roster of community newspapers,’ says Marc-Noel Ouellette, Transcontinental’s newspaper group SVP. The weekly, which currently reaches about 13,500 households, ‘has a solid history, spanning over 55 years, of serving the Italian community in Montreal, and we plan to continue that tradition.’
The second-largest publisher of community newspapers in Canada, Transcontinental publishes daily, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly newspapers in seven provinces. The Corriere Italiano acquisition brings the company’s newspaper total to 171 community publications across Canada, with approximately 250 million copies annually.
