Newspaper executive Michael Sifton has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Sun Media Corp., owner Quebecor Media Inc. announced yesterday.
Mr. Sifton's appointment is effective immediately, the Montreal multimedia company said in a news release.
Quebecor Media's CEO Pierre Francoeur said Mr. Sifton, a former chairman of The Canadian Press, "brings a unique combination of a long family history in Canadian newspaper publishing, and extensive experience to address the challenges in today's tumultuous media industry."
"I could not imagine a more highly qualified successor for the positions I have occupied at Sun Media," Mr. Francoeur said.
Quebecor acquired Sifton's Osprey Media, which primarily operates small-market daily and community newspapers, earlier this summer.