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Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. (TSNL) announces Weekly Scoop celebrity magazine

TORONTO, July 27 /CNW/ - Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. (TSNL), a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, today announced the launch of a new weekly glossy celebrity magazine, called Weekly Scoop, to be sold on newsstands across Canada.

Celebrity news is the hottest and fastest growing category in magazines. On October 3rd, Weekly Scoop will hit the newsstands with the latest celebrity, style and entertainment news. The launch of Weekly Scoop magazine, is part of a strategy to accelerate growth by leveraging existing strengths and relationships. Kathryn Swan has been appointed Publisher of Weekly Scoop and Vivian Vassos, Editor-in-Chief. Ms. Swan spent 18 years at Rogers Media, most recently as publisher of Money Sense magazine. Ms. Vassos is also from the Rogers organization where she was most recently managing editor of Flare magazine.

Weekly Scoop will be a separate operating division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. (TSNL) which includes the Toronto Star, thestar.com, Torstar Syndication Services and workopolis.com (jointly owned).

Ho yea! A new “Celebrity” magazine. That is EXACTLY what Canada needed. Because, you know… We really need to know more about Jennifer Lopez new boyfriend...

If you understand French, you HAVE to listen to last year conference of Jean-François Leroy. He is a photojournalist and he founded Visa pour l'image. One of the main topic he is speaking of is this kind of magazine Vs photojournalism press. It's a wonderful but too short one hour.