 Voir magazine (October 2016) | |
| Type | Monthly magazine Previously a Weekly then a bi-monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Communications Voir Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Pierre Paquet |
| President | Pierre Paquet |
| Editor-in-chief | Simon Jodoin |
| Founded | 1986[1] |
| Language | French |
| Ceased publication | 2020 |
| City | Montreal |
| Country | Canada |
| ISSN | 0849-5920 |
| Website | http://voir.ca/ |
Voir was afrancophonealternative weekly newspaper inMontreal,Quebec, published byCommunications Voir.Voir was founded by Pierre Paquet in November 1986. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 27 November 1986. Later on the newspaper developed various local issues with more targeted content.
In 2013, the newspaper dropped from weekly to biweekly publication.[2]
On April 29, 2015, it was announced that all shares owned by Paquet were purchased by a group of buyers composed of XPND Capital, a Quebec-basedprivate equity firm, and two members ofVoir's management team, Michel Fortin and Hugues Mailhot.[3]
Starting 2016, it commenced publishing as a free monthly magazine.[4] In February 2019, the owners Mishmash Média announced that it was discontinuing the monthly paper edition to concentrate on the digital online edition. The paper format however may be used occasionally and very selectively on certain special issues and supplements of the publication.[5]
In 2020,Voir ceased publication.[6][7]
The newspaper also formerly published local editions inQuebec City,Saguenay/Alma,Estrie,Mauricie andGatineau/Ottawa. They published a mix of locally oriented news and advertisement and listings, as well as chainwide common content published by all the editions.
Communications Voir ceased publication of these regional editions in 2012 and 2013,[8][9][10] retaining regionally focused content only on the publication's website
Communications Voir, the paper's publisher, also published the now-defunctanglophone alternative weekliesHour in Montreal andXPress inOttawa, Ontario.[10] Both have been discontinued.