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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. It covers -
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline on this site.
antecedents
1856
Rand McNally founded in Chicago
1904 World Color Printing founded in St Louis Missouri
1917 Rand McNally publishes first US road maps using numbered
highways
beginnings
1950 Pierre Péladeau buys Le Journal de Rosemont
1951
buys L'Est montréalais
1951 launches Le Guide de l'Est, Le Guide de Saint-Michel
and Le Guide de Saint-Laurent neighborhood papers
1952
establishes Les Publications indépendantes to publish
newspapers
1954
buys printing presses of Le Canada newspaper and
opens Hebdo printshop
1955
entertainment weekly Nouvelles et potins launched
1958 Nouvelles et potins renamed Nouvelles illustrées
1960-61 sells neighbourhood newspapers
1961
buys Journal des vedettes
1962
founds Montréal Offset printing company
1962 buys Radiomonde, La Revue Populaire and
Le Samedi
1963
launches Photo-Vedettes and Le Grand Journal
illustré
1964
launches Le Journal de Montréal
1964
launches Messageries Dynamiques
1965 establishes Quebecor
1966 Métro-Express newspaper closes
1967
launches Journal de Québec
1967 buys Le Grand Journal
1969
buys Échos-Vedettes
1969
buys Dumont printing
1970 founds Encres du Québec
1971
buys Graphic Web printing plant in Ontario, Quebecor's
first out-of-province purchase
1971 Toronto Sun founded
1972
Quebecor listed on NYSE and Montreal Stock Exchange
1973 buys Etco Photo Color
1974 buys Wilson Publishing in Ontario and Sunday Express,
Montreal's only English-language weekly
1974
buys Vivre magazine publishing
1975 buys several regional newspapers and the Franco-Quebec
publishing company Les Presses de la Cité
1976 buys Service de Musique Trans-Canada
1977 launches Philadelphia Journal (closed 1981)
1978 founds Éditions Quebecor publishing house
1978 Edmonto Sun founded
1979 Groupe Quebecor established as holding company
1980 launches Filles d'aujourd'hui magazine
1980 Calgary Sun founded
1982 buys St-Romuald Offset printing company
1983 buys Winnipeg Sun from Thomson
buys Hachette's Canadian arm
1983 buys Québec-Livres and the Hachette Canada
distribution network from Hachette
1983
launches Les Idées de ma maison interior
decorating magazine
1984
buys regional Québec newspapers
1982 Maclean-Hunter group
buys 50% of Sun group for C$54m
1985
Quebecor buys Pendell Printing in Michigan, its first
printing plant outside Canada
1985 closes Sunday Express
1986 buys Groupe de Musique Experts (merged with Service
de Musique Trans-Canadato form Groupe de Musique Trans-Canada)
1987 buys Donohue papermills in partnership with Robert
Maxwell
1987 buys Eusey Press and Somerset Publishing in US
1987
buys The Record in Quebec
1987 Sun sells Houston Post to Singleton's Media
News for US$150m
1988
buys BCE's printing plants
1988 Sun buys Bowes Publishers, chain of small dailies,
weeklies, magazines and printing operations
1988 Sun launches Ottawa Sun
1989
Quebecor buys Montreal Daily News
1989
buys Éditions Le Nordais
1989 buys Ronalds Printing
1990 buys Maxwell Graphics' printshops
1991
buys Graphicas Monte Alban in Mexico
1992 buys Arcata Graphics
1993 buys Fécomme printing plant in France, Quebecor's
first acquisition in Europe
1993 Rand McNally buys Allmaps Canada
1994 Quebecor founds Quebecor Multimedia
1994 Rogers buys Maclean-Hunter
for C$3.1bn
1994 Quebecor buys Libre Expression publishing house
1995 buys Jean Didier printing company in France
1995 buys Hunter Print in England
1995
establishes printing subsidiary in India
1995 buys St Remy Media publishing house
1996 buys Libre Expression publishing house
1996 buys Cino Del Duca printing operations in France
for US$5.5m
1996 buys Groupe Lopès and Inter-Routage in France
1996 buys Altair company in Spain
1996 Rogers sells 65% stake in Sun Publishing, C$411m
management buyout results in Sun Media Corporation
1996 World Color buys Ringier America from Ringier
for $415m
1997 Quebecor buys TQS television network
1997
buys Alain Stanké, Trécarré and Diffulivre
publishing houses
1997 buys printing plants in Chile and England
1997
death of Pierre Péladeau
1997 Sun buys London Free Press and Netmar group of community
publications
1997 World Color Press buys Rand McNally
1998 Sun buys Brockville Recorder and Times
1998 Sun buys Hamilton Spectator, Kitchener-Waterloo
Record, Guelph Daily Mercury and Cambridge
Reporter from Hollinger
1998 buys printing plants in Peru, Colombia and Scandinavia
buys Sun Media
1998 buys Sun Media group - assets include daily/local
newspapers, CANOE Internet portal and Toronto TV station
Pulse 24
1998
buys Champion International’s two Texas newsprint
plants
1999 merger of Quebecor Printing and World Color Press
in US$2.7bn deal to create Quebecor World
1999 merger of Intellia and Informission to create Nurun
Inc
1999 buys Thomas Bros. Maps
1999 sells The Record to Hollinger
2000 sells interest in Donohue to Abitibi-Consolidated
(which later buys Tribune-controlled
QUNO)
2000
buys Groupe Vidéotron
2001
sells TQS television network to Cogeco
2001 sells electronic security business Protectron for
C$61.5m
2002 buys Hachette Filipacchi
Medias printing assets in Europe (inc printing and bindery
facilities in France and Hachette's 50% ownership of Helio
Charleroi in Belgium)
2004 buys Toronto 1 tv station from CHUM
for C$46m, sells 30% stake in Toronto news station CP24
to CHUM
2007 agrees to pay C$517m for Osprey Media Income Fund
(54 daily and weekly newspapers)
2008 Quebecor World goes into receivership
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