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Newcom buys magazines

Newcom Media Inc, the family-owned Canadian B2B publisher and operator of websites and event brands, has bought a number of magazine titles from TC Transcontinental including: Investment Executive, Finance et Investissement, Adviser’s Edge and Conseiller.

Transcontinental is also selling titles to Pierre Marcoux, son of the company’s founder, including: Benefits Canada and Les Affaires. Marcoux is setting up newco Contex Group to house the titles. Transcontinental will now focus on printing, packaging and book publishing and exit completely from magazines. Terms not disclosed. 

Newcom Media Inc operates in the automotive, bridal, dental, fashion, insurance, meetings, solid waste, supply chain, and trucking industries. Headquartered in Toronto, the company has operations in Quebec and the US.

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