Village Media, the company behind OrilliaMatters.com, marked the launch this week of its 10th owned and operated Ontario site and its second partner site in British Columbia.
NewmarketToday.ca and PrinceGeorgeMatters.com both hit the web on Monday. The two new hyper-local community news and information sites will publish the latest local news, current events, obituaries and feature stories.
PrinceGeorgeMatters.com is a Glacier Media property and launched in partnership with Village Media. NewmarketToday.ca is the 10th owned and operated site for Village Media and brings the growing number of markets where Village Media operates, inclusive of partners, to a total of 18 across the country.
Village Media says the new sites will also follow the Village Media philosophy of investing in and supporting local communities through advertising opportunities and event sponsorships.
“Village Media is a born-digital news network, with sites across Ontario, and partner sites across the country. We've been embraced by our communities and found success because we focus on local. We love telling your stories, we care about our neighbours, and we want to see our communities succeed,” said Jeff Elgie, president and CEO of Village Media.
PrinceGeorgeMatters.com follows the March launch of KamloopsMatters.com, making it the second British Columbia site Village Media has launched in partnership with Vancouver-based Glacier Media.
"We're very excited to be launching a hyper-local, digital-only news site for the people of Prince George," said Alvin Brouwer, president of Glacier Media Digital. "We're also launching a class-leading digital services business which specializes in programmatic advertising, SEO, SEM, social media management, website build and content marketing solutions. We are truly your full-service stop for all things digital in Prince George."
Village Media says it plans to continue to expand its network of news sites this fall, with new markets currently in development.
Village Media includes the news sites SooToday.com, GuelphToday.com, BarrieToday.com, BayToday.ca, ElliotLakeToday.com, TimminsToday.com, OrilliaMatters.com, CollingwoodToday.ca, and BradfordToday.ca, and has strategic partnerships with Sudbury.com in Sudbury, TBNewswatch.com in Thunder Bay, the Manitoulin Expositor (manitoulin.ca); Rogers Media in Halifax (HalifaxToday.ca), Ottawa (OttawaMatters.com) and Kitchener (KitchenerToday.com); and Glacier Media in British Columbia (KamloopsMatters.com, PrinceGeorgeMatters.com).
Glacier Media is a leading Canadian business information and media products company. It provides news, market information and sector-specific data within North America and internationally. Glacier is headquartered in Vancouver with operations in major cities across Canada as well as London, England. The company provides news, data and analysis in a range of business sectors. These sectors include: Agriculture, Energy, Mining, Real Estate and Environmental Risk. Glacier also owns community newspapers and websites in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Glacier is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
