20080407/太阳报有权收购现代日报半数股权

捷克佳/英文媒体“多伦多太阳报”与华文媒体“现代日报”签署协议，太阳报有权购买现代日报50%的股权。

多伦多太阳报之前便与现代日报达成战略协议，双方共享相关资源，并在多方展开合作。此次协议的签署，意味着双方结束同居关系，正式联姻。这也是继星报集团收购星岛日报之后，又一个主流媒体与华文媒体的合作。这一现象表明，日益增加的少数族裔群体已经引起主流媒体的高度重视。

现代日报2005年11月在多伦多面世，是多伦多继世界日报、星岛日报、明报之后第四份中文日报。多伦多太阳报隶属于太阳传媒集团，是多伦多四个收费的英文媒体之一，其他三个是环球邮报、多伦多星报和国家邮报。

据现代日报从业人员介绍，目前暂时还看不到收购后的前景，福利待遇方面还是维持原样，但估计将会有一些调整。

不久前，多伦多另一间即将运营的华文媒体–加华视讯旗下的WOW电视台举行招聘会，近千人应聘，场面蔚为壮观。

联邦统计局最新数据表明，加拿大华裔人口达到121.6万，占全加总人口的3.9%，其中大多伦多地区有54万华人，数量冠全国。在大多伦多地区已有两间播有国粤语节目的电视台、新时代电视和OmniTV，以及加拿大中文电台、A1中文电台、多伦多华语电台（原美加华语）几间电台，还有20余家免费的中文周报，以及星岛日报、明报为抢占中国大陆移民市场而特别出版的免费周报。另外，还有为数众多的中文网站。在多伦多，中文媒体市场的竞争可以用“惨烈”一词来形容。

Sun Media to buy half of Toronto Chinese-language paper

Apr 07, 2008 03:55 PM
THE CANADIAN PRESS

The company that publishes the Toronto Sun and other daily newspapers across Canada has signed an agreement giving it the right to buy 50 per cent of Today Daily News, a Chinese-language daily newspaper in Toronto.

“This venture creates a strategic partnership with a well-respected newspaper in the Greater Toronto Area that will allow for synergies in distribution services, editorial content, advertising opportunities and promotion and marketing,” said Toronto Sun publisher Kin-Man Lee, who is also executive vice-president of Sun Media.

Today Daily News is a relative newcomer to Toronto’s competitive newspaper market, which has three other Chinese-language dailies in addition to the mainstream English-language daily newspapers.

It began publishing in November 2005, joining Ming Pao, World Journal, and Sing Tao, which is jointly owned by a Hong Kong company and Torstar Corp. (TSX: TS.B), publisher of the Toronto Star daily newspaper.

Herbert Moon, president of Today Daily News said in a statement that the partnership with Sun Media will enhance the growth potential of the Chinese-language daily and “offer better services to the Chinese community in the Greater Toronto Area.”

Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed, but the companies said there are about 500,000 Chinese-speaking people live in the Greater Toronto Area.

Sun Media Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media, part of the Quebecor group (TSX: QBR.B).

The Toronto Sun is one of four paid-circulation daily English-language papers in Toronto, which is considered one of the most competitive newspaper markets in North America. The city also has two free commuter publications.