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Word: quebecor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1977-1977
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...failing bilingual weekly outside Montreal for $1,500. He eventually parlez-voused it into an empire of 20 tacky Canadian newspapers, 22 magazines (most of them sold in the U.S., including the [ikes of Boxing Illustrated and Pioneer West), eight printing plants and an ink-making concern. The firm, Quebecor Inc., had sales last year of $104 million and is listed on the American Stock Exchange. Péadeau (or "Pile-o-dough," as he is sometimes called in Canada) blew into Philadelphia only three months ago, quietly hired a staff of 50 local journalists and rented typewriter space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Hoagie City Hero | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

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