Tampa Fla. August 31 2010 – SAXOTECH a leader in content management and ad solutions announced today Montreal-based Gesca publisher of seven daily newspapers and one of Canada’s premiere media companies has expanded its usage of the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to include Quebec’s Le Soleil.
Le Soleil will be the fifth Gesca publication to take advantage of unmatched efficiency and production speed designed for multi-channel publishing. The SAXOTECH Mediaware Center will bring Gesca’s print and digital publishing together allowing its media properties to produce and share news content in a streamlined and collaborative environment. The additional Gesca properties currently live on the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center platform are La Presse (Montreal) Le Droit (Ottawa-Gatineau) Le Quotidien (Saguenay) and La Voix de L’est (Granby).
All of Gesca’s newspapers will have access to organization-wide assets utilizing the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center enabling all users to pool their resources for regional and national stories. In addition to the centralization of content management each publication will be able to maintain the editorial flexibility and creativity associated with each market’s individual needs.
"Since 2005 we ve been proud to support Gesca s print and digital publishing needs for hundreds of journalists and multi-media content producers " said senior vice president of sales Jesper Frank. "Providing centralized access to all assets streamlines workflow while supporting collaboration and the creative process."
The SAXOTECH Mediaware Center will provide Le Soleil’s content producers and editors with a wide array of tools to plan stories and manage content based on resource availability. By managing each new story from conception through multi-channel delivery in the same system producers will realize unsurpassed productivity – extending content and enhancing news publishing operations.
“We are pleased to expand our partnership with Gesca one of Canada’s leading publishing groups ” said Anders Christiansen CEO SAXOTECH. “Gesca has a solid history of news reporting and we are confident Le Soleil now has a solution that empowers better control of their production processes. We look forward to their continued success.”
About the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center
Designed to support both digital and print channels SAXOTECH’s flexible and cost effective solution enables publishers to efficiently produce and share news and information in a streamlined and collaborative production environment. Offering true channel-agnostic content management the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center allows media companies to achieve significant efficiencies in all aspects of the production of editorial products through the creation of a fully integrated digital and print newsroom.
GESCA
The Gesca communications group publishes seven newspapers including Quebec s newspaper of record La Presse. Our other papers: Le Soleil Le Nouvelliste Le Droit La Tribune Le Quotidien and La Voix de l Est. In addition Cyberpresse.ca provides an exceptional online presence for our newspapers along with focused sub-sites that target interests such as business movies home improvement cars and online technology (LaPresseAffaires MonCinema MonToit MonVolant and Technaute).
About SAXOTECH
SAXOTECH helps media companies meet current and future challenges in the media landscape by providing cost efficient solutions for new business models based on multimedia multi-channel consumer interaction. Our scalable easy-to-implement solutions are used to plan create edit design and publish content as well as drive online directories and serve display advertising through multiple channels. Our customers receive world-class implementation training and support complemented by ongoing development of products and best practices With offices in Tampa Fla. Bedford NH and Aalborg Denmark SAXOTECH’s solutions are in use by more than 600 news organizations around the world.
