La Presse to cease weekday print publishing

One of French Canada's most  prominent newspapers, La Presse, is ceasing weekday publication, effective January 1. A hard copy version will now only be available weekly, on Saturdays, and readers will otherwise have to rely on its free tablet app La Presse+. 

"Thirty months after its launch, La Presse+ is now more successful than the print version of La Presse after 131 years of existence," president and editor Crevier said in a news release.

La Presse+ currently reaches 460,000 people a week.