Quebec magazine association elects board, sets new priorities

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L'Association québécoise des éditeurs de magazine (AQEM), the Quebec association of magazine publishers, has elected a new board of directors. Chair is Aude Marie Marcoux, associate editor of Sélection. Other board members are:

• Vice President: Michel Nivischiuk, TVA
• Vice President: Mariève Paradise, Planète F
• Treasurer: Jean-François Morin, Bayard Canada
• Secretary: Josianne Massé, Muse magazine
• Director: Sarah Châtelain, TVA
• Administrator: Evelyne Labonté, TC Media
• Director: Geneviève Vézina Montplaisir, Caribou magazine
• Director: Stephan Rene, Ovations médias

The association, which has had a  rough few years, has created five new committees, reflecting the relevant priorities about which it heard from the industry:

1. Government: subsidies, recycling and other collective interests
2. Suppliers and partners: including Canada Post; printers; distributors; audience measurement bureaus like CCAB, AAM and Vividata; advertising agencies; and digital platform providers
3. Joint initiatives with Magazines Canada
4. Research: including how readers consumer content (editorial and advertising) on different platforms
5. Digital transition