BRANCHEZ-VOUS! names Carl Charest, from Canoe, as Editor and Content Director
Montréal, May 28, 2007 -- BRANCHEZ-VOUS! (TSX Venture : BZV) today welcomes Carl Charest as Content Director and Editor of the BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com portal. In this new function, he will lead content developments and establish partnership and promotion strategies for BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com.Carl Charest has been, for the past year, responsible of the Techno section of the French version of the Quebecor-owned Canoe Web portal. Before that, he had worked in Web production and ad sales-related functions, for Astral Media and for the Showbizz.net site, among others.
"I am delighted to join a portal which, for the past twelve years, resisted the competition from large media groups and established its position as a leader of independent publishers", says Carl Charest. "While large converging groups are still exploring how to profit from their web operations, the Web-only model of BRANCHEZ-VOUS! has proved its worth. Now that Internet is widely acknowledged as a major media, BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com has the potential to become a first-rank player. This is a very exciting challenge."
"The triple Web competency of Carl - in publishing, production and ad sales - and his long-time interest in technologies made him a perfectly qualified candidate to lead our portal", says Patrick Pierra, CEO of BRANCHEZ-VOUS! and publisher of the portal. "I am very pleased that he is joining our team."
Also, to sustain the growth of its sales, BRANCHEZ-VOUS! today welcomes Marie-Hélène Théberge-Giannatos as Advertising Consultant. She previously worked in the advertising department of La Presse.
About BRANCHEZ-VOUS! inc.
BRANCHEZ-VOUS! inc. is a leading Montreal-based Internet media company. It owns and operates the BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com portal and the BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Network.
BRANCHEZ-VOUS.com is the largest independent portal in Quebec. With a news, business and technology focus, it primarily targets an audience of active adults working in and/or interested by technology and reaches over 500,000 users each month.
The BRANCHEZ-VOUS! Network is the largest French-language Internet advertising network, comprised of over 50 web sites for which BRANCHEZ-VOUS! sells national advertising. It reaches over 3 million French Canadians every month and includes LeDevoir.com, the French version of Canada411, LesPAC.com and ten sites owned and operated by Astral Media.
BRANCHEZ-VOUS! is listed on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol BZV and has approximately 29.3 million shares outstanding. Additional information on the Corporation can be obtained on SEDAR and at www.branchez-vous.com/inc/english
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