The story
Founded by Jacques Francœur, who sold it to another Canadian media mogul, Conrad Black, in 1988. On November 10, 2000, Gesca purchased Unimédia from Black, despite initial concerns from the Government of Quebec about a possible media monopoly. At the time, Pierre DesMarais was the chief and president of Unimédia.
Gesca currently controls seven French language newspapers in Quebec and Ontario, but has abandoned weeklies, which are currently held by Transcontinental Media.
From Wikipedia’s article on Unimédia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3