La Presse, once the dominant newspaper voice of French Canada, will stop publishing a weekday paper edition in 2016. It is a decision that must send chills through the offices of papers like The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and others. LaPresse ruled public opinion, advertising and classified advertising for more than a century since its inception in 1884. Now the publication will print only a Saturday paper and rely on the readership of its internationally renowned tablet. This electronic success is read daily by some 460,000 people, LaPresse says.
