Marc Blondeau leaves Rogers

Perhaps the commuting finally got to him. Marc Blondeau, the senior vice-president, consumer publishing and président, Les Éditons Rogers – Québec, will be leaving the company on October 16th, according to a story from Mastheadonline. He has been with the company for nine years and for most of that time has been splitting his time between the Toronto campus and the Montreal offices.

The story said Blondeau has met with his management teams and staffs in both places in the past 24 hours to talk about his decision to leave. Suneel Khanna, senior director of communications for Rogers Consumer Publishing would not say if Blondeau's position will be replaced or if a successor has been named.

In an internal memo obtained by Masthead, Brian Segal, president and CEO stated that Blondeau's passion, competence, sense of humour and his abilities as a remarkable manager and colleague will be missed. "I want to thank him personally for his leadership, numerous accomplishments and many successes during his nine years with the company," said Segal in the memo. "It is under his tenure that were regrouped all of our consumer magazine brands in Canada within a new division that has permitted us to strengthen and grow our position and to launch new successful brands such as LouLou and Hello!"