St. Joseph sells Alaska & Yukon edition of Where to U.S. franchise-holder

St. Joseph Communications has sold its Where Alaska & Yukon title to Georgia-based publisher and franchise-owner Morris Visitor Publications, LLC. The acquisition adds the visitor title to MVP's roster of Alaska-based publications, including Alaska Magazine, The Milepost, the Alaska Journal of Commerce, The Chugiak/Eagle River Alaska Star, the Alaska Equipment Trader and Destination Alaska. MVP

Canadian Geographic outsourcing all but editorial and ad sales to St. Joe's

[This post has been updated] Canadian Geographic Enterprises is outsourcing production, circulation and consumer marketing of Canadian Geographic and Canadian Geographic Travel to St. Joseph Media, effective October 1. While the editorial of the magazine will still be handled out of CGE's Ottawa headquarters, starting with the November issue, both magazines (and related special interest

Yellow Media sells off Auto Trader and other classified publications and websites

Auto Trader magazine and New Home Guide are among the properties sold by the Montreal-based publisher of the Yellow Pages to global private equity firm Apax Partners for $745 million. According to a Canadian Press story, the transaction involved Yellow Media Inc.'s Trader Corp. division. The company has about 169 print publications and 22 websites in automotive, general merchandise and employment

Halifax's Metro Guide Publishing sold to its printer, Advocate Printing & Publishing

Metro Guide Publishing of Halifax has been sold to its printer, the Pictou-based Advocate Printing & Publishing Company, expanding the printer into the glossy print media market Advocate CEO Sean Murray confirmed the sale Monday, according to a story in the New Glasgow News. 

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Sole owner Sheila Blair-Reid, who has owned the 42-year-old company for the past 21 years, wanted to allow

Would a Lagardère sale have some impact on Transcontinental Media?

The French media company Lagardère says it may sell its international magazines in order to concentrate on its domestic publishing operation. The company, which publishes Paris Match, owns Elle magazine and a change in ownership would obviously be of some interest to Transcontinental Media, which publishes Elle Canada (right) and Elle Quebec under license from Lagardère subsidiary Hachette

Venerable Editor & Publisher folded by Neilsen Business Media

In a flurry of announcements, Nielsen Business Media announced that it is selling eight titles and popped the surprise that it will fold the 108-year-old Editor & Publisher and 76-year-old Kirkus Reviews. Titles sold from Neilsen's troubled business media portfolio included the Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek and Backstage magazines, now to be owned by a newly-formed

McGraw Hill puts BusinessWeek magazine up for sale

BusinessWeek magazine is apparently being sold. According to a report by Bloomberg News, the parent company the McGraw-Hill has hired an investment bank Evercore Partners Inc. to handle the sale, which was apparently prompted by continued erosion of advertising. The magazine had $43.9 million in ad revenue in the 2nd quarter, down 30 percent from the same period a year ago; ad pages were

Rogers sells Ontario Out of Doors to Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters

Rogers Publishing has sold Ontario Out of Doors magazine to Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. The magazine has been closely associated with OFAH and the magazine is said to be going to carry on with much the same management team, according to a memorandum to staff from Marc Blondeau, Senior Vice-President, Consumer Publishing.Originally founded in 1969, OOD was purchased by Maclean

TV Guide U.S. sold to private equity firm

While TV Guide (Canada) soldiers on as an online-only product of Transcontinental Media, TV Guide magazine (U.S.) has been on the block. Now its owners, Macrovision Solutions Corporation has sold it to OpenGate Capital. Macrovision announced in January that it was going to divest the print magazine after it acquired the previous owners, Gemstar-TV Guide, although keeping the online