Glacier Media
| Public | |
| Traded as | : GVC |
| Industry | Business information, business media, community media |
| Founded | March 23, 1988 |
| Headquarters | 2188 Yukon Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Area served
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Western Canada |
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Key people
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Sam Grippo, chairman Jonathon J.L. Kennedy, CEO Orest Smysnuik, CFO |
| Products | Business media and data products, community media |
| Revenue | C$260 million (2015) |
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Number of employees
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2,224 (2017) |
| Divisions | Glacier FarmMedia JWN Energy Group Evaluate Energy UK Energy Strategies Ltd. Glacier Mining Group Glacier Media Real Estate Division Business in Vancouver Media Group Specialty Technical Publications (STP) Environmental Risk Information Services (ERIS) Weather Innovations Consulting Inceptus Media Lower Mainland Publishing |
| Subsidiaries |
Alta Newspaper Group (59%) Continental Newspapers (27.6%) Great West Newspapers (50%) RISN Operations (50%) |
| Website | www.glaciermedia.ca |
Glacier Media is a 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. Its primary operations are in Canada as well as London, England. It is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. 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 provides business information to several industries.
Glacier’s provides information to farmers regarding technology and techniques to produce crops and rear livestock. The division is called Glacier FarmMedia. It includes publications such as The Western Producer, Manitoba Co-operator, Grainews, Alberta Farmer Express, Canadian Cattlemen and Le Bulletin des agriculteurs. Daily futures market data and commentary is also provided. The division includes an outdoor events business as well as weather information gathered from more than 1,000 weather stations in western Canada. Its weather business focuses on solutions in agro-meteorology, mathematical modelling, database management and internet-based program delivery. Teams are situated primarily in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Glacier provides company and asset information primarily for Canada's energy industry. It also provides globally-oriented energy data for markets outside of Canada. Its energy division is called JWN Energy Group. Publications include the Daily Oil Bulletin and Oilweek magazine. Canadian operating and asset data is part of the Canoils brand of data products. More globally focused energy data is provided under the Evaluate Energy brand. Glacier Media has a joint venture partnership with Portcullis Public Affairs. In 2016 they jointly created UK Energy Strategies Ltd. Teams are situated in Calgary, Edmonton, London (UK) and India.
Mining business information is provided to mine operators, exploration and prospecting companies, mine developers and mining investors. Glacier’s InfoMine division gathers news content and mining data, as well as related publications and software, on-line learning courses, career notices and conference information. Glacier produces two mining publications: The Northern Miner, which has been published for more than 100 years, and the Canadian Mining Journal.
Glacier’s real estate information division provides real estate listings information for British Columbia via its REW.ca portal. It also publishes Real Estate Weekly, a newspaper focused on new and resale residential home listings in Metro Vancouver, and Western Investor, a monthly commercial real estate newspaper for B.C. and Alberta.
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