DOCSLIB.ORG

Videotron ■ Sun Media Corporation ■ TVA Group ■ Archambault Group ■ Canoe ■ Nurun ■ Le Superclub Vidéotron ■ Quebecor World 2005 in BRIEF

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Videotron ■ Sun Media Corporation ■ TVA Group ■ Archambault Group ■ Canoe ■ Nurun ■ Le Superclub Vidéotron ■ Quebecor World 2005 in BRIEF QUEBECORQUEBECOR INC.INC. ANNUAL REPORT 200520052005 INITIATE INNOVATE INVEST high-speedhigh-speed multimedia Videotron ■ Sun Media Corporation ■ TVA Group ■ Archambault Group ■ Canoe ■ Nurun ■ Le SuperClub Vidéotron ■ Quebecor World 2005 IN BRIEF March • Quebecor World renews a multi-year contract with Dex Media to print more than 200 telephone directories in 14 U.S. states • Sun Media Corporation launches its third free commuter daily, Vancouver 24 HoursTM, in Vancouver • Videotron rolls out its cable telephone service in Laval April • Videotron and Reeves Interactive launch Microplay OnlineTM, a networked gaming service May • Videotron rolls out its cable telephone service in Montréal January West Island • Videotron becomes the first major cable provider in Canada to offer residential telephone service via cable June • Videotron extends its February collective agreements • Archambault opens a new 15,000 square-foot store in with its employees in Gatineau, Québec the Montréal, Québec City, Saguenay– • TVA Group launches ARGENT, the first French-language, Lac-Saint-Jean and all-business specialty channel in North America Gatineau regions July • Videotron rolls out its cable telephone service in Québec City and announces investments of $29.0 million in the region • Quebecor Media makes initial partial repurchase of Senior Notes as part of the refinancing of its long-term debt 2 QUEBECOR INC. August November • Plans to build a new $110.0 million printing plant for • Videotron rolls out its residential Le Journal de Montréal in Saint-Janvier-de-Mirabel are cable telephone service on announced Montréal’s North Shore • Plans to build a new printing plant in Islington, Ontario, to December be operated jointly by Quebecor Media and Quebecor World, • Quebecor Media closes the are announced acquisition of Sogides, adding seven publishing houses and a • Quebecor World signs a US$900.0 million multi-year distributor, Messageries A.D.P., contract with Yellow Book USA to its family of companies • Videotron rolls out its cable telephone service on the rest of • Quebecor World renews and the Island of Montréal extends its US$1.0 billion credit facility • illico Digital TV breaks through the 400,000 customer mark September • Videotron signs a strategic • Videotron’s immensely successful agreement with Rogers Wireless new cable telephone service closes to introduce a wireless telephone the year with 163,000 customers service in the second half of 2006 • Archambault opens store in • micasa.ca is officially Les Galeries de la Capitale in launched and quickly Québec City becomes a leading real estate site in January 2006 Québec • Quebecor Media refinances its long-term debt and reduces its October annual financing costs by • Quebecor World signs a US$500.0 $80.0 million million multi-year agreement with Time to print 15 magazines • Nurun closes the acquisition of China Interactive, an Asian interactive marketing firm • Archambault opens a new 18,000 square-foot store in • Quebecor World announces US$250.0 million retooling Boucherville, Québec program for its European manufacturing platform QUEBECOR INC. 3 HIGHLIGHTS Fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 (in millions of Canadian dollars, except per share data) 2005 20041 20031 Operations Revenues $ 10,208.5 $ 10,613.4 $ 10,718.6 Operating income2 1,542.1 1,729.9 1,501.1 Contribution to net income: Continuing operations 102.1 114.1 26.9 Gain on re-measurement of exchangeable debentures 101.8 36.4 – Unusual items and write-down of goodwill (127.3) (39.4) 38.6 Discontinued operations (6.9) 1.1 0.9 Net income 69.7 112.2 66.4 Cash flows provided by continuing operations 973.5 995.1 899.2 Basic per share data Contribution to net income: Continuing operations $ 1.58 $ 1.76 $ 0.42 Gain on re-measurement of exchangeable debentures 1.58 0.57 – Unusual items and write-down of goodwill (1.97) (0.61) 0.60 Discontinued operations (0.11) 0.02 0.01 Net income 1.08 1.74 1.03 Dividends 0.19 0.08 – Shareholders’ equity 22.51 22.35 21.44 Weighted average number of shares outstanding (in millions) 64.5 64.6 64.6 Financal position Working capital $ 4,687.7 $ 4,888.2 $ 5,286.4 Shareholders’ equity 1,451.7 1,443.6 1,384.9 Total assets 13,677.0 14,438.7 15,180.2 Employees 46,000 47,000 49,000 1 The comparative figures for the years 2004 and 2003 have been reclassified to conform with the definition adopted for the year ended December 31, 2005. 2 Operating income is not a measure of results that is consistent with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada. This measure is defined in the Management Discussion and Analysis (Financial Section) on page 45 of this Annual Report. Share Price (QBR.SV.B) Operating Income In dollars In millions of dollars 2,000 $1,886 $1,748 ◆ $1,730 30 ◆ $1,501 ◆ $1,542 ◆ 1,500 $1,357 $1,307 ◆ ▲ ▲ $1,032 $888 ▲ 20 1,000 $807 ▲ ▲ ■ ■ ■ ■ 500 $697 $734 ■ $572 $612 $389 10 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ■ Quebecor Media Inc. ▲ Quebecor World Inc.◆ Quebecor Inc. 4 QUEBECOR INC. MESSAGE TO SHAREHOLDERS Initiate, Innovate, Invest The three words above aptly sum up the year past at Quebecor. The Company forged ahead with the hard but necessary changes it needs to make in order to remain a world leader in commercial print media. It continued to innovate with new product launches. It made significant investments in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all its operations. More specifically, our three keywords translated into the following initiatives: • Quebecor World launched a retooling program worth more • The Books segment doubled its publishing houses from than US$580.0 million to modernize its manufacturing 7 to 14 when it acquired Sogides. The transaction also platform in North America and Europe. included Messageries A.D.P., strengthening Quebecor’s position in book distribution. • Quebecor Media announced $220.0 million in investments to relocate and modernize printing plants in Québec and On the financial front, Quebecor posted net income of Ontario. $69.7 million ($1.08 per basic share) in 2005, compared with $112.2 million ($1.74 per basic share) in 2004. • Videotron realigned the telecommunications marketplace Quebecor’s revenues were $10.21 billion and operating in Québec by launching an IP-based residential income was $1.54 billion. telephone service, the success of which has surpassed all expectations. • TVA Group continued investing in its specialty channels, in incorporating the analog television station Sun TV, acquired at the end of 2004, into its operations, and in new magazine launches. • Nurun acquired an interactive agency in China, breaking into the high-potential Asian market. PIERRE KARL PÉLADEAU President and Chief Executive Officer JEAN NEVEU Chairman of the Board QUEBECOR INC. 5 Videotron still in growth mode In the Newspapers segment, Sun Media Corporation Videotron was a formidable growth driver for Quebecor remains, year after year, one of Canada’s most profitable again in 2005. In recent years, Videotron has withstood the newspaper chains. In 2005, Sun Media Corporation assault from satellite television services while providing an announced two major capital projects worth $110.0 million Internet access service of superior quality and competing each. The first involves modernizing the Journal de Montréal head-on with the big phone companies in residential printing plant and relocating it to a cutting-edge facility in telephone service, a field in which they have had a monopoly Saint-Janvier-de-Mirabel, north of Montréal. The second for more than 100 years. At the beginning of 2005, involves the construction of a new printing plant in Videotron became the first major cable provider in Canada Islington, in the Toronto area, to be operated jointly by to offer its customers high-quality IP-based telephone Quebecor Media and Quebecor World. Quebecor Media service, and it did so at prices that defy competition. plans to apply the business model that has worked so well in Québec and unite its media properties in the Ontario market Videotron took advantage of the introduction of its into a strong, consistent, convergent voice, for the benefit of IP telephone service to launch a large-scale campaign to customers and advertisers. promote its bundled services, which proved immensely successful. In addition to signing up no less than 163,000 customers for its new IP telephone service, Videotron logged Sun Media Corporation remains, year record annual customer growth figures for its cable Internet access and illico Digital TV services. At the end of 2005, after year, one of Canada’s most illico Digital TV had 474,600 customers, a one-year increase profitable newspaper chains of 140,900 (42.2%), and the cable Internet access service had 638,000 customers, an increase of 135,400 (26.9%) from 2004. In the Broadcasting segment, TVA Group maintained its market dominance in 2005. During the fall 2005 season, the TVA Network, propelled by the repeated phenomenal success of the reality talent show Star Académie, had With the addition of telephone service, 19 of the 20 most popular television programs in Québec Videotron now provides genuine one-stop and a total audience share of 31%, more than its two main shopping for telecommunications and rivals, Radio-Canada (15%) and TQS (13%), combined. TVA Films had a successful year, largely because of the entertainment solutions stellar performance of the films C.R.A.Z.Y. and White Noise, combined with excellent numbers for DVD releases of humour shows and television programs. With the addition of telephone service, Videotron now provides genuine one-stop shopping for telecommunications Archambault Group and Quebecor Media’s Books and entertainment solutions.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Just How Nasty Were the Video Nasties? Identifying Contributors of the Video Nasty Moral Panic
    Stephen Gerard Doheny Just how nasty were the video nasties? Identifying contributors of the video nasty moral panic in the 1980s DIPLOMA THESIS submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Magister der Philosophie Programme: Teacher Training Programme Subject: English Subject: Geography and Economics Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Evaluator Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Helbig, M.A. Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Klagenfurt, May 2019 i Affidavit I hereby declare in lieu of an oath that - the submitted academic paper is entirely my own work and that no auxiliary materials have been used other than those indicated, - I have fully disclosed all assistance received from third parties during the process of writing the thesis, including any significant advice from supervisors, - any contents taken from the works of third parties or my own works that have been included either literally or in spirit have been appropriately marked and the respective source of the information has been clearly identified with precise bibliographical references (e.g. in footnotes), - to date, I have not submitted this paper to an examining authority either in Austria or abroad and that - when passing on copies of the academic thesis (e.g. in bound, printed or digital form), I will ensure that each copy is fully consistent with the submitted digital version. I understand that the digital version of the academic thesis submitted will be used for the purpose of conducting a plagiarism assessment. I am aware that a declaration contrary to the facts will have legal consequences. Stephen G. Doheny “m.p.” Köttmannsdorf: 1st May 2019 Dedication I I would like to dedicate this work to my wife and children, for their support and understanding over the last six years.
    [Show full text]
  • Grille Des Canaux Classique Février 2019
    Shaw Direct | Grille des canaux classique février 2019 Légende 639 CTV Prince Albert ..................................... 092 Nat Geo WILD HD..................................... 210 ICI Télé Montreal HD ............................... 023 CTV Regina HD .......................................... 091 National Geographic HD ...................... 707 ICI Télé Ontario .......................................... Chaînes HD 648 CTV Saint John ........................................... 111 NBA TV Canada HD ................................. 221 ICI Télé Ottawa-Gatineau HD ............ ...............Chaîne MPEG-4 378 CTV Saskatoon .......................................... 058 NBC East HD (Detroit) ........................... 728 ICI Télé Quebec.......................................... La liste des chaînes varie selon la région.* 641 CTV Sault Ste. Marie ................................ 063 NBC West HD (Seattle) ............................... 732 ICI Télé Saguenay ..................................... 356 CTV Sudbury .................................................... 116 NFL Network HD....................................... 223 ICI Télé Saskatchewan HD ................... 650 CTV Sydney ................................................. 208 Nickelodeon HD ........................................ 705 ICI Télé Trois-Rivieres ............................. 642 CTV Timmins ............................................... 489 Northern Legislative Assembly ........ 769 La Chaîne Disney .....................................
    [Show full text]
  • 2011 BCE Annual Information Form
    Annual Information Form BCE Inc. For the year ended December 31, 2011 March 8, 2012 In this Annual Information Form, Bell Canada is, unless otherwise indicated, referred to as Bell, and comprises our Bell Wireline, Bell Wireless and Bell Media segments. Bell Aliant means, collectively, Bell Aliant Inc. and its subsidiaries. All dollar figures are in Canadian dollars, unless stated otherwise. The information in this Annual Information Form is as of March 8, 2012, unless stated otherwise, and except for information in documents incorporated by reference that have a different date. TABLE OF CONTENTS PARTS OF MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INFORMATION (REFERENCE TO PAGES OF THE BCE INC. FORM 2011 ANNUAL REPORT) Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 2 32-34; 54-69 Corporate Structure 4 Incorporation and Registered Offices 4 Subsidiaries 4 Description of Our Business 5 General Summary 5 23-28; 32-36; 41-47 Strategic Imperatives 6 29-31 Our Competitive Strengths 6 Marketing and Distribution Channels 8 Our Networks 9 32-34; 54-69 Our Employees 12 Corporate Responsibility 13 Competitive Environment 15 54-57 Regulatory Environment 15 58-61 Intangible Properties 15 General Development of Our Business 17 Three-Year History (1) 17 Our Capital Structure 20 BCE Inc. Securities 20 112-114 Bell Canada Debt Securities 21 Ratings for BCE Inc. and Bell Canada Securities 21 Ratings for Bell Canada Debt Securities 22 Ratings for BCE Inc. Preferred Shares 22 Outlook 22 General Explanation 22 Explanation of Rating Categories Received for our Securities 24 Market for our Securities 24 Trading of our Securities 25 Our Dividend Policy 27 Our Directors and Executive Officers 28 Directors 28 Executive Officers 30 Directors’ and Executive Officers’ Share Ownership 30 Legal Proceedings 31 Lawsuits Instituted by BCE Inc.
    [Show full text]
  • Notice of 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders And
    NOTICE OF 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR WHAT'S INSIDE NOTICE OF 2009 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING ...................................................................................... 2 MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR ...................................................................................................................... 3 VOTING YOUR SHARES........................................................................................................................................... 4 BUSINESS OF THE MEETING................................................................................................................................ 10 THE NOMINATED DIRECTORS............................................................................................................................. 12 STATEMENT OF GOVERNANCE PRACTICES.................................................................................................... 19 COMMITTEES........................................................................................................................................................... 24 COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE OFFICERS .................................................................................. 29 AIR CANADA'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM............................................................................. 34 PERFORMANCE GRAPHS ...................................................................................................................................... 39 OTHER IMPORTANT
    [Show full text]
  • 2 504 ICI Radio-Canada (Montréal) 3 503 Zonetv
    POSITION NOM DE LA CHAÎNE SD HD 2 504 ICI Radio-Canada (Montréal) 3 503 ZoneTV (Télé communautaire de Maskatel) 4 563 TVA (Sherbrooke) 5 502 V (Montréal) 6 505 CBC (Montréal) 8 501 Télé-Québec 9 Canal Savoir 10 Global (Montréal) 11 507 TVA (Montréal) 12 506 CTV (Montréal) 13 560 ICI Radio-Canada (Sherbrooke) 14 516 RDI 16 MusiquePlus 17 Météo Média 18 583 NBC (Detroit) 19 518 TV5 20 519 RDS 21 CBS (Detroit) 22 ABC (Detroit) 23 APTN 24 The Weather Network 25 525 UNIS TV 26 FOX (Rochester) 27 CBC News Network 28 528 ICI ARTV 29 513 Vrak 30 HGTV 31 514 Canal D 32 CMT 33 Slice 34 Discovery channel 35 TSN 36 PBS (Detroit) 37 Max 38 510 Canal Vie 39 508 LCN 40 Télétoon 41 Showcase 43 511 Historia 44 544 Évasion 45 515 Z télé 46 512 Séries+ 47 CPAC Français 48 CPAC Anglais 50 BNN 52 552 ICI Explora 54 Assemblée Nationale 55 AMI TV 56 AMI Télé 61 561 ICI Radio-Canada (Québec) 64 564 TVA (Québec) 66 536 CASA 68 City 71 FYI 75 RFO St-Pierre/Miquelon 78 MTV 79 Wild TV 81 CBS (Seattle) 82 ABC (Seattle) 83 PBS (Seattle) 86 FOX (Seattle) 88 NBC (Seattle) 89 589 Télémagino 90 Disney La Chaîne 91 591 Yoopa 93 509 AddikTV 94 594 Investigation 95 595 Prise 2 95 596 Zeste 97 597 Moi & Cie 98 538 TVA Sports 99 RDS Info 100 539 RDS2 101 YTV 102 CTV News Channel 103 Much Music 106 Space 107 Vision 108 Teletoon 109 Bravo 110 Fox Sports Racing 111 WGN (Chicago) 112 SN360 113 Comedy Network 116 History 117 Treehouse TV 119 Gusto 122 OLN 123 Dtour 124 Food Network 125 ONE 126 E! 127 OWN 128 Documentary 130 National Geographic 132 DejaView 133 Movie Time 135 IFC
    [Show full text]
  • 13 March 2003 Mr. Alex Himelfarb Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
    13 March 2003 Mr. Alex Himelfarb Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet Langevin Block 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A3 Bernard A. Courtois Executive Counsel Dear Mr. Himelfarb: BCE & Bell Canada Subject: Canada Gazette – Notice No. DGTP-001-03 Petition to the Governor in Council from Quebecor Média inc. under Section 12 of the Telecommunications Act in regard to the following CRTC Decision: Quebecor Média inc. – Alleged anti-competitive cross-subsidization of Bell ExpressVu, Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-61 These comments are filed on behalf of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada in response to the petition by Quebecor Média inc. (“Quebecor”) to the Governor in Council regarding Telecom Decision CRTC 2002-61 (“the Decision”). In its application of 4 April 2002, filed with the CRTC pursuant to Part VII of the CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure, Quebecor alleged that BCE has been using profits generated by Bell Canada to anti-competitively cross-subsidize the entry of Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership (“ExpressVu”) into the Quebec broadcasting distribution market. Quebecor argued that mechanisms put in place by the Commission to prevent cross-subsidization of ExpressVu by Bell Canada be activated in order to prevent Bell Canada, the dominant player in local telephone service, from becoming the dominant broadcasting distribution undertaking (“BDU”). In its Decision of 8 October 2002, the Commission found that Bell Canada was not, in fact, inappropriately cross-subsidizing ExpressVu, and furthermore, that ExpressVu was not the dominant BDU that Quebecor warned about: [T]he Commission remains of the view that the existing mechanisms, including those recently modified in Decision 2002- 34, are appropriate and sufficient to prevent inappropriate cross- subsidization of ExpressVu by Bell Canada, at the expense of users of telecommunications services.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction to Innovation
    DEMOCRATIZING IN THE AMERICAS Introduction to Innovation By: Shanae Owen Project Coordinator [email protected] Module 2: Types of Innovation Module 2 – Types Innovations (25 minutes) Types of innovation o -Incremental & Disruptive o -Definition and characteristics Innovation Case Studies - Incremental - Coca Cola (International Example) - Grace (Local Example) o Activity #2: Identifying Incremental Innovations Innovation Case Studies -Disruptive - Netflix vs Blockbuster - Encyclopedia vs Wikipedia o Activity #3: Identifying Disruptive Innovations Module 2 Description In module 2 of the Introduction to Innovation Course, students will explore the 2 main types of innovation currently shaping the world, that is Incremental and Disruptive innovations. Students will also be taken through a series of Jamaican and international examples of these main types of innovations. This module will end with brief case studies of both Incremental and Disruptive innovations. Incremental Innovation is……………. A series of small improvements to an existing product or product line that usually helps maintain or improve its competitive position over time. Incremental innovation is regularly used within the high technology business by companies that need to continue to improve their products to include new features increasingly desired by consumers. -The Business Directory Characteristics of incremental innovation (Product or service) This type of innovation is about improving on the existing It concentrates on solving or responding to the needs of the customer
    [Show full text]
  • Postmedia Network Inc. DB Plan for Employees of Osprey
    Postmedia Network Inc. DB Plan for Employees of Osprey Actuarial Valuation as at April 13, 2015 In Respect of the Transfer of Assets Resulting From the Purchase of Sun Media Corporation on April 13, 2015 Report prepared on December, 2015 Registration number: Pending Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 1 SECTION 1 – ACTUARIAL OPINION .............................................................................................................. 3 PRIOR ASSET TRANSFER ......................................................................................................................................... 3 ASSET TRANSFER .................................................................................................................................................... 4 AFTER ASSET TRANSFER ......................................................................................................................................... 4 SECTION 2 – GOING-CONCERN FUNDED STATUS (PRIOR ASSET TRANSFER) ............................................. 7 SECTION 3 – SOLVENCY AND HYPOTHETICAL WIND-UP FUNDED STATUS (PRIOR ASSET TRANSFER) ...... 8 SECTION 4 – TRANSFER OF ASSETS ........................................................................................................... 10 SECTION 5 – GOING-CONCERN FUNDED STATUS (AFTER ASSET TRANSFER) ........................................... 11 SECTION 6 – SOLVENCY AND HYPOTHETICAL
    [Show full text]
  • Quebecor Inc
    ANNUAL REPORTANNUAL 2001 2001 annual report QUEBECOR INC. QUEBECOR INC. QUEBECOR INC. Table of Contents General Information Highlights 2 ANNUAL MEETING Shareholders are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2002 at Studio H, TVA Group Inc., Year 2001 Highlights 3 1600 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East, Montréal, Québec. Overview of Quebecor 4 STOCK EXCHANGE LISTINGS The Class A Multiple Voting Shares and the Class B Subordinate Voting Shares are Message to Shareholders 6 listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbols QBR.A and QBR.B, respectively. Quebecor: Making Convergence Happen 9 REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT Computershare Trust Company of Canada Financial Section 21 Place Montreal Trust 1800 McGill College Avenue Montréal, Québec List of Directors and Officers 84 H3A 3K9 TRANSFER OFFICES – Toronto – Vancouver – United States (American Securities Transfer & Trust Inc. – Denver, CO) AUDITORS KPMG LLP INFORMATION For further information or to obtain copies of the Annual Report and the Annual Information Form, please contact the Company’s Corporate Communications at (514) 380-1973, or address correspondence to: 300 Viger Street East Montréal, Québec H2X 3W4 Web Site: http://www.quebecor.com Vous pouvez vous procurer une copie française de ce rapport annuel à l’adresse indiquée ci-dessus. DUPLICATE COMMUNICATIONS Shareholders who receive more than one copy of a document, particularly of the Annual Report or the quarterly reports, are requested to notify Computershare Trust Company of Canada at (514) 982-7555 or 1 800 564-6253. CURRENCY All dollar amounts appearing in this Annual Report are in Canadian dollars, except if another currency is specifically mentioned.
    [Show full text]
  • Its Name Was Jonas Its Name Was Jonas
    !"#&$"%%!´ THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 2016 |68th Ye ar Number 3 PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE FORT MEADE COMMUNITY FTMEADE.ARMY.MIL IIttss nnaammee wwaass JJoonnaass Sean Carter shovels out his driveway in Heritage Park on Monday in the aftermath of Winter Storm Jonas that dropped more than 2 feet of snow in the region. Much of Fort Meade was operational by midweek. For more coverage, see Pages 6-11. PHOTO BY NATE PESCE HIGH HOPES UPCOMING EVENTSMILITARY CHILD CARE Post employee to Friday, 10:30 a.m.: Cooking Matters Commissary tour - Commissary New DoD website to Feb. 7, 5:30 p.m.: Super Bowl 50 Party - The Lounge at The Lanes climb Everest ... again Go to facebook.com/ftmeade for to get updates after the historic improve process PAGE 3 snow, and on your phone by sending "follow ftmeadealert" to 40404 PAGE 4 2 NEWS THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 2016 |SOUNDOFF! COMMANDER’S COLUMN !"#&$"%%!´ Soldiering through the snow EDITORIAL STAFF appy New Year, Team 2016. With this money we will Garrison Commander Meade! resurface Mapes Road as soon as H We knew it was only a the asphalt plants open in the Col. Brian P. Foley matter of time. Seventy degrees spring (and the snow melts!), Garrison Command on Christmas, and 2.5 feet of completely renovate our two old- Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes snow on the ground a month est Child Development Centers, Public Affairs Officer later. Clearly, Mother Nature was and complete renovation of Hale Chad T. Jones 301-677-1301 saving this up! Garrison Hall. [email protected] As I write, Sunday morning Commander The spotlight of cyber growth Assistant Editor & Senior Writer dawned bright and sunny.
    [Show full text]
  • POST-SUN MERGER APPROVED Posted on April 2, 2015
    STOP THE PRESSES: POST-SUN MERGER APPROVED Posted on April 2, 2015 Categories: Insights, Publications On March 25, 2015, after a five month review, the Competition Bureau cleared the purchase by Postmedia of Sun Media's English language assets. Postmedia publishes the National Post as well as local daily papers in towns and cities across Canada, including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Montreal. Sun Media's principal English language assets are its online Canoe network as well paid circulation daily newspapers in towns and cities in Canada including Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton and London. As a result of the merger, there will be only one owner of daily paid circulation newspapers in a number of Canadian cities including Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa. Historically the Competition Bureau has been quite concerned about mergers in the newspaper business – taking the Southam case to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1997.[1] It has also historically taken the view that different types of media (print, online, broadcast, etc.) are not particularly close substitutes for one another. However, times change. In its background release with respect to the merger the Bureau noted a number of factors which lead to its decision not to challenge the transaction, including: 1. A lack of close rivalry between Postmedia's broadsheet newspaper and Sun Media's tabloid newspapers, including their different editorial focus. 2. Competition from free local daily newspapers. 3. The increasing competitive pressures from digital alternatives in an evolving media marketplace. 4. The ongoing incentive for the merged company to obtain readership and maintain editorial quality in order to continue to attract advertisers to its newspapers.
    [Show full text]
  • Form 20-F Quebecor Media Inc
    Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 20-F REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR _ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to OR SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report ... ... For the transition period from to Commission file number: 333-13792 QUEBECOR MEDIA INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Province of Québec, Canada (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 612 St-Jacques Street Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 4M8 (Address of principal executive offices) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act. Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered None None Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act. None (Title of Class) Table of Contents Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act. 5¾% Senior Notes due January 2023 (Title of Class) Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report. 95,441,277 Common Shares Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
    [Show full text]