Autonet.ca Captures Local Markets With Sun Media Partnership
October 05 2009 - 3:29PM
Marketwired
Today, Autonet.ca, a leading Canadian automotive print and online
source, gains a local voice as it partners with Sun Media to
deliver exclusive and extensive automotive content in six of its
major urban markets.
Sun Media, Canada's largest newspaper publisher and Autonet.ca
today launch the availability of local automotive content featuring
exclusive vehicle news, reviews, comprehensive used car listings
and extensive new vehicle information in Toronto
(torontosun.com/autos), Ottawa (ottawasun.com/autos), London
(lfpress.com/autos), Calgary (calgarysun.com/autos), Edmonton
(edmontonsun.com/autos) and Winnipeg (winnipegsun.com/autos).
Automotive sections of the SUN and London Free Press websites
are now powered by Autonet.ca and offer extensive and unique
research, shop and compare capabilities locally.
"I am thrilled to deliver a local Autonet.ca experience to
visitors of the sun.com and lfpress.com websites," says Stefan
St-Laurent, VP Automotive. "The Sun Media websites are trusted
local sites and leaders in delivering news, sports, information and
entertainment to their readers every day. Providing a local
automotive experience powered by Autonet.ca content was a natural
extension." he adds.
SUN and London Free Press readers and advertisers are already
familiar with Autonet.ca as a regular weekly special section
featured in their local Sun Media newspaper. "We're very excited to
offer even more localization and choice to automotive dealers and
provide complete multi-media exposure opportunities to our
automotive business partners," said St-Laurent.
Local visitors will be offered a complimentary industry
newsletter, bringing the hottest vehicle information directly to
users' desktop, and the option to follow the local automotive scene
on Twitter and Facebook. "There's something for everyone," said
St-Laurent. "News, reviews, extensive local dealer inventory and
much more. We have it all," he added.
About Autonet.ca
Autonet.ca is Canoe.ca's and Sun Media Corporation's online
source for automobile dealer listings and automotive information.
Autonet.ca is the automotive category brand for more than 200 Sun
Media daily and community newspapers across Canada and their
respective websites, including the classifiedextra.ca ad network.
Autonet.ca also incorporates ASL Ltd., one of Canada's top
providers of automobile dealer websites and related dealer
services, which offers online technology platforms and dealer
support to Autonet.ca advertisers.
Sun Media Corporation
Sun Media Corporation, a member of the Quebecor Media family of
companies, is Canada's largest newspaper publisher. With 43
paid-circulation and free dailies in Canada's key urban markets and
more than 200 community newspapers, shopping guides and other
speciality publications, Sun Media Corporation's English and French
language papers are leaders in providing local news and information
to more than 10.5 million readers every week. Sun Media Corporation
is also involved in the operation of SUN TV, a general-interest
television station in Toronto, and provides a range of commercial
printing and related services as well as distribution for
newspapers, flyers and magazines. For additional details, visit our
parent company's website at www.quebecor.com.
Contacts: Autonet.ca Stefan St-Laurent Vice-President,
Automotive 514-504-2701 416-947-2157 stefan.st-laurent@canoe.ca
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