St. Joseph Communications

St. Joseph Communications is a Canadian communications company based out of Toronto.

History

St. Joseph Communications was founded in 1956 by Gaetano Gagliano as a printing house. Gagliano and his growing family emigrated from Italy shortly after the war. He initially found work laying track for CP Rail, but could not forget about his lifelong dream of becoming a printer. So in 1956, he started a small print business in the basement of his family home. He specialized in letterpress work such as birth announcements, invitations and business cards. He expanded business through new equipment and technology, strategic acquisitions and bigger facilities. By the 1980s, St. Joseph Print was one of the largest privately owned print companies in Canada, and growth continued in the 1990s and early 2000s. In addition to printing, the company expanded into photography, content creation, publishing, and media.[1]

Company

It is Canada's largest privately owned printing company. The company currently has three divisions:

  • the printing operation St. Joseph Print Group
  • the content creation division St. Joseph Content Group
  • St. Joseph Media Group, the magazine publisher.

Tony Gagliano is Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Other executives at the corporation include Frank Gagliano, Vice Chairman; John Gagliano, President Print Group; Kin-Man Lee, CFO; Doug Templeton, President Content Group; and Doug Knight, President Media Group. The corporation has 1300 employees.[2]

In September 2010, St. Joseph Communications partnered with PrinterOn to set up ePRINTit centres where users can print directly from their smartphones.[3]

Magazines

St. Joseph's magazine division was established in 2001 with the acquisition of Multi-Vision Publishing, and expanded further the following year with the acquisition of Key Media.

Major current titles include Fashion Magazine, Quill & Quire, and Toronto Life. The company also previously published Saturday Night, Elm Street, Books for Everybody, The Look and Shift. In March 2011, St. Joseph Media acquired the Toronto blog Torontoist.com.[4]

Weddingbells

Weddingbells
Editor-in-chief Alison McGill
Categories Wedding
Publisher St. Joseph Media
First issue 1985
Country Canada
Language English
Website Official site

Weddingbells is a Canadian bridal magazine, published by St. Joseph Media.

Where

St. Joseph runs the Canadian editions of this travel magazine. The primary distribution point is in hotel rooms. A total of 43 Where magazines are printed internationally, by a variety of local publishers.The Canadian editions are based in Calgary, the Canadian Rockies, Edmonton, Halifax, Mississauga, Montreal, Muskoka, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler and Winnipeg.

Awards

St. Joseph Communications has been recognized as Canada's 50 best-managed companies,[5] and has won multiple awards for its publishing titles and content creation work. In 2017, the company has won two awards at the first Canadian Magazine Awards, three Vertex Awards for the St. Joseph's packaging work for Metro, and ten PAC Awards.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stjoseph.com/company/history
  2. ↑ http://www.stjoseph.com/company/our-team
  3. ↑ "St. Joseph partners with PrinterOn". Print Action. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Torontoist bought by magazine company".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-23.

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