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30-404: The company began in 1887, when brothers John Bayne Maclean and Hugh Cameron Maclean launched their first trade publication, Canadian Grocer & General Storekeeper . Hugh left the company in 1899 and later return to Toronto to establish his own publication firm. John subsequently expanded his company into other areas of publishing, launching the general interest magazine Maclean's in 1905,

60-609: A Door-to-door flyer distribution division known as Publi-Home Distributors. In 1979, the company entered the publishing industry after acquiring Les Affaires and SIC . It also purchased the Imprimerie Chartier (now Transcontinental Saint-Hyacinthe) printing plant. In 1984, the company went public on the Montreal Exchange , and later the Toronto Stock Exchange . Transcontinental subsequently performed

90-535: A prepress in Markham, Ontario, in exchange for Transcontinental's Mexican operations, and a stake in a black-and-white book printing operation owned by the company. In 2012, Rémi Marcoux stepped down as chair of the board, and was succeeded by his daughter Isabelle Marcoux. In December 2013, Quebecor Media subsidiary Sun Media announced that it would sell 74 of its community newspapers in Quebec to Transcontinental in

120-623: A brief teaching career, Maclean worked at The Toronto World as reporter and then worked his way to becoming a financial editor of the Toronto Mail before entering publishing with his brother Hugh Cameron Maclean by founding Canadian Grocer & Storekeeper's Newspaper in 1887. He then added a number of trade magazines : Hardware and Metal (1888 ), Dry Goods Review , and Printer and Publisher . In 1905 he founded The Business Magazine which became The Busy Man's Magazine before changing its name to Maclean's Magazine in 1911. He founded

150-973: A contract to print magazines and marketing materials for TVA through 2021. In May 2016, Transcontinental sold its 13 newspapers in Saskatchewan to Star News Publishing of Alberta. As a result, a Transcontinental plant in Saskatoon was also shut down. On December 1, 2016, Transcontinental Media acquired Rogers Media 's financial industry publications, including Advisor's Edge , Avantages , Benefits Canada , and Conseiller. On April 13, 2017, Transcontinental announced that it had divested media assets in Atlantic Canada to SaltWire Network . On April 18, 2017, Transcontinental announced that it planned to place 93 of its remaining newspapers in Ontario and Quebec (including Montreal's Métro ) for sale, in order to "contribute to

180-702: A deal valued at $ 75 million. The Competition Bureau approved the sale in May 2014, under the condition that Transcontinental divest 34 of its Quebec newspapers for competition reasons. In March 2014, Transcontinental acquired U.S.-based Capri Packaging to expand into the flexible packaging market. The company described it as a "new promising growth area", amidst softening revenue in advertising, and decreases in its core printing businesses. In November 2014, Transcontinental sold 15 of its consumer magazines, including Canadian Living and The Hockey News , to Quebecor's Groupe TVA for $ 55.5 million. Transcontinental also received

210-461: A digital-only model. In May 2019, Transcontinental announced that it would close its Brampton plant by the end of 2019. The Media Sector of TC Transcontinental is composed of TC Media Books and Groupe Constructo. TC Media Books is the leading Canadian French-language educational publishing group as well as a trade book publisher, the leader in the supplemental educational material market in Québec and

240-442: A member of TC Transcontinental’s Executive Management Committee since then. Transcontinental established its packaging business in 2014 with the purchase of Capri Packaging, as part of a move to diversify its business activities. The division focuses primarily on the production of flexible packaging , such as bags, pouches, rollstocks, labels, die cut lids, shrink films and advanced coatings.The division has grown primarily via

270-502: A number of acquisitions over the decade that followed, including 20 Telemedia -owned community newspapers in the Montreal area, The Hockey News , and a number of commercial printing companies (including Southam Inc. 's plants and printing division), among others. On January 29, 2000, GTC Transcontinental announced its acquisition of the publishing business of Telemedia for $ 150 million, including Canadian Living , Homemakers , and

300-547: A transaction which moved Baton significantly closer to its eventual takeover of the entire CTV network. Shaw acquired Maclean-Hunter's share in the New Country Network , which was licensed but had not yet launched at the time of the takeover. Maclean-Hunter owned 21 radio stations. Most were spun off by Rogers to other owners; only the Kitchener and Ottawa stations are still owned by Rogers today. Maclean-Hunter Cable served

330-608: Is publicly-traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange , and has over 7,500 employees—the majority of which are based in Canada , the United States and Latin America . The company was founded in 1976 by Rémi Marcoux and partners Claude Dubois and André Kingsley as a flyer -printing business. It generated $ 2.9 million in revenue in its first year of operations. In 1978, the company was renamed GTC Transcontinental Group Ltd., and it established

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360-644: The Financial Post and the Maclean Publishing Company, later known as Maclean-Hunter . Maclean was born in Crieff , Canada West (bordering south end of Guelph ), to Scottish-born parents, Catherine (Cameron) and Andrew MacLean. Maclean's father was a Presbyterian minister in Puslinch Township. Maclean moved to Chatsworth, Ontario , and graduated as a teacher from Toronto Normal School . After

390-608: The Financial Post in 1907, the Farmer's Magazine in 1910, Mayfair in 1927 and Chatelaine in 1928 building Canada's largest magazine empire. His military rank was earned through service with the Canadian militia , in which he was Commanding Officer of Montreal 's The Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars from 1898 to 1903. His longtime collaborator and associate, Horace Talmadge Hunter , succeeded Maclean as company president upon

420-610: The Toronto Star announced it would outsource its newspaper printing to Transcontinental with a five-year contract beginning in July 2016, and the contract has been extended to the end of 2027. The operations were shifted to its Vaughan plant. This was followed in November 2017 by the announced closure of its Métropolitain plant, primarily due to the La Presse newspaper ceasing print and moving to

450-562: The 1970s, M-H merged its Le Maclean French-language magazine with Actualité , and began publishing L'actualité . In 1982, the company acquired a controlling interest in Sun Media ; ownership of the Financial Post was transferred to Sun Media for $ 46 millions in 1987 to facilitate the publication's expansion from a weekly to a daily newspaper. The following year Maclean Hunter acquired additional shares of Sun Media, bringing its total ownership to 60.5% of all shares (up from 50.8% in 1987). By

480-473: The Canadian editions of Elle and TV Guide . In 2002, Transcontinental acquired 12 newspapers and two printing plants in Atlantic Canada and Saskatchewan from CanWest Global for $ 255 million, in what was one of the company's largest transactions to date. In 2003, after receiving the contract to print La Presse , the company established its new Transcontinental Métropolitain printing plant. In 2006,

510-632: The acquisitions of other vendors, having consolidated into one of the largest converters of flexible packaging in North America. TC Transcontinental Packaging has operations in the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. TC Transcontinental is the largest commercial printing company in Canada, and one of the largest in North America. In January 2016,

540-401: The business newspaper Financial Post in 1907, the lifestyle magazine Canadian Homes and Gardens in 1925, the women's magazine Chatelaine in 1928, and its French-language counterpart, Châtelaine in 1960. Horace Talmadge Hunter joined Maclean Publishing in 1903, moving up the management ranks from general manager in 1911 to succeed John Bayne Maclean as president in 1933; in 1945

570-690: The cable holdings and radio stations, Telemedia and Blackburn Radio acquired other radio stations, and the consortium of Baton Broadcasting and Electrohome acquired CFCN and the CTV shares. Sun Media was sold in an employee buyout in 1996. Maclean-Hunter also had cable holdings in the United States , which were acquired by Comcast in 1994 for $ 1.27bn. In 2016 L'actualité was sold to Mishmash (XPND Capital). The former assets of Maclean-Hunter, including Maclean's magazine, were sold by Rogers to St. Joseph Communications in March 2019. Maclean-Hunter's main office

600-400: The company enters a segment offering strong growth potential in the publishing market by acquiring Chenelière Éducation, the leading publisher of French-language educational resources in Canada.   In 2011, Transcontinental reached an agreement to exchange assets with the U.S. printer Quad/Graphics , acquiring six of its Canadian plants (dating back to its predecessor Quebecor World ) and

630-483: The company's name was changed to Maclean-Hunter. Hunter retired in 1952 and died in 1961. Hunter's son Donald Fleming later became president and chairman of M-H. In 1961, the company began to diversify, adding its first broadcasting asset, radio station CFCO in Chatham , Ontario . In 1968 Maclean-Hunter Publishing Company Limited was renamed to Maclean-Hunter Limited and finally as Maclean Hunter Limited in 1981. In

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660-430: The continued sustainability of local media and to foster greater connections with the advertisers and communities they serve", and to focus more on its educational publishing and specialty media operations. In April 2018, Transcontinental announced that it would acquire Coveris Americas for US$ 1.3 billion, its largest acquisition to-date, as part of an effort to bolster its flexible packaging business. Isabelle described

690-642: The early 1990s, Maclean-Hunter's assets also included cable television services in 35 Ontario markets, 21 radio stations, television station CFCN in Calgary and a significant minority share in CTV . Maclean-Hunter was acquired in 1994 by Rogers Communications . The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approved the transaction, but required Rogers to divest itself of some of Maclean-Hunter's individual assets to alleviate concerns about concentration of media ownership . Shaw Communications acquired some of

720-449: The following markets in Ontario . These were acquired by Rogers, although some were later sold to Shaw Cable or Cogeco . Shaw's share was sold to Rogers in 2023. More than 400,000 television service subscribers. John Bayne Maclean Lieutenant Colonel John Bayne Maclean (26 September 1862 – 25 September 1950) was a Canadian publisher. He founded Maclean's Magazine ,

750-476: The founder's retirement. In 1945, the company was renamed Maclean-Hunter. Maclean died in Toronto in 1950. This biography about a Canadian businessperson is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Transcontinental (company) Transcontinental Inc. , operating as TC Transcontinental , is a Montreal -based packaging, commercial printing and specialty media company. Transcontinental

780-469: The last 13 as President and Chief Executive Officer. On December 10, 2021, Peter Brues. A member of the Board of Directors of Transcontinental Inc. since 2018, succeeds him as President and Chief Executive Officer. On June 7, 2023, Thomas Morin was named TC Transcontinental's President and Chief Executive Officer. He previously served as President of TC Transcontinental Packaging, beginning in 2019, and has been

810-492: The leading distributor of French-language specialized books in Canada. TC Media Books publishes for all levels of instruction in print and digital formats, mainly under the Chenelière Éducation, Gaëtan Morin Éditeur, Beauchemin, Modulo, Graficor and Édisem brands. TC Media Books is also being active in general interest publishing mainly under the Éditions Caractère and Éditions Transcontinental brands. During decades, TC Media

840-468: The proposed purchase as one that would "[crystalize] our strategic shift toward flexible packaging and solidifies our commitment to profitable growth". The purchase would make Transcontinental the seventh-largest packaging company in North America. On September 19, 2019, Transcontinental divested its financial industry publications between Contex Media and Newcom Media. On December 9, 2021, Francois Olivier retires after 28 years with TC Transcontinental,

870-495: Was at College Park from the 1980s until its acquisition by Rogers in 1994. Its previous head office was in a series of buildings along the corner of Dundas Street and University Avenue. Maclean's magazine moved to Rogers Communications premises at 1 Mount Pleasant Road ( Rogers Building ) and remained there until it was sold to St. Joseph Communications. In 1948, M-H moved their printing plant at 210 Dundas Street West to North York ( Highway 401 - Yonge Street ). The large plant

900-537: Was built near the home of Robert Earl Bales, Reeve of North York. The plant was sold and demolished in 2001 for re-development as "Mansions of Avondale" condominiums and Avondale Park. Macleans along with other Rogers Media print publications are now printed by Transcontinental . At the time of Maclean-Hunter's takeover by Rogers in 1994, the company owned the following assets: Rogers immediately spun off Maclean-Hunter's television assets. Baton Broadcasting and Electrohome acquired CFCN-TV and Maclean-Hunter's share of CTV,

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