Canadian Heritage committee  We used to own regional newspapers. We sold some regional newspapers and we have an agreement not to compete with them and to work with them. We do a lot of collaboration with regional newspapers in Quebec. We share a lot of our work and this doesn't cause any problems.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  It'll cost almost $3.

Canadian Heritage committee  First, I want to say that I was named editor of La Voix de l'Est when I was 29 years old. The first time I ran a communications company was at La Voix de l'Est, so I'm quite familiar with the market in Granby. The problem with our application is that the newspaper would need a n

Canadian Heritage committee  It's free.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Now, the information is free. For example, think of how many websites around the world you can now visit to read about a major tragedy, an explosion, or a plane crash. We decided to go with the free model, because we think it helps us reach young readers and helps us get ne

Canadian Heritage committee  Many of them are and the reasons are quite simple. We show advertisers the readership figures. We tell them that people spend 40 minutes reading La Presse+ during the week, that we reach people between the ages of 25 and 54, that these are active participants in society, and that

Canadian Heritage committee  Sales are very significant. After distribution, printing and plant costs are deducted, we are in a better position today than we were in 2010.

Canadian Heritage committee  That was certainly necessary at the time, since we were the first. Now, there are opportunities for those who want to acquire our technology or a similar technology. I'm confident that this is the only way forward. Four years ago, most of the traffic to the La Presse websites fr

Canadian Heritage committee  We transferred the program's intellectual property to a company called Nuglif, whose main role is to export our know-how. At present, we are negotiating with a very important American group and another player in a unique U.S. market, which nevertheless has a large share of the ma

Canadian Heritage committee  Your question is interesting. Sometimes there are large gaps between what we want and what the market can bear. You are absolutely right. What is fascinating about our application, La Presse+, is that it allows us to know exactly how people use the time they spend on reading.

Canadian Heritage committee  I do not know. Laws are not the same from province to province. I will give you an example. In Quebec, car dealerships are not open on Sunday, at least for the most part. However, the law is changing. Some dealers have decided to open on Saturdays and Sundays. I think that is an

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, when we decided to adopt the tablet model, no one in the world was publishing a daily newspaper on a tablet. There were some tools available for tablet layout, but they were used more by magazines or weekly papers. Producing a daily paper is a big job. I will give

Canadian Heritage committee  The Saturday paper edition, which we kept, accounts for 8% of our revenue. Today, the digital platform accounts for 88% of our revenue. We are the first media outlet in the world to achieve this result. I am going to give you some information without naming any companies, becaus

Canadian Heritage committee  There are two factors. I will give you a very broad answer, but I will still help you to understand what I believe is at the heart of the industry. Earlier, you saw the tables on intention to read the news. Young people no longer want to read a paper copy of the newspaper. Regar