READER'S DIGEST
Reader's Digest Canadian Operations began its activities in 1947, more than sixty years ago, with the publication of Sélection, its French-language magazine. With time, the company has become a leading Canadian multi-brand media and marketing powerhouse which aims to educate, entertain and connect audiences throughout the country. It now publishes five magazines, including Reader's Digest and Sélection, Canada's most widely read magazines with 7.6 million readers per month. Two new brands were recently launched: Best Health, a healthy lifestyle magazine for Canadian women and More of Our Canada, a companion magazine to the very popular Our Canada magazine. Reader's Digest also operates four branded websites (readersdigest.ca, selection.ca, ourcanada.ca and besthealthmag.ca) and represents allrecipes.qc.ca and tasteofhome.com in English and French. Reader's Digest is also a premier publisher of books, music and video products.
Reader's Digest has always held pride of place in the Canadian market. In 2008, Masthead Magazine declared that Reader's Digest retained the distinction of being the most influential Canadian magazine ever, and a study conducted in the winter of 2009 by Roper Reports Canada concluded that Reader's Digest was Canada's most trusted magazine. Moreover, the Print Measurement Bureau proclaimed that Reader's Digest has always been the number one magazine in terms of readers in Canada since its first survey more than 30 years ago.
The success of one of Canada's most recognizable and trusted brand names has always been due in part to the highest integrity with which the company treats its customers and to the countless number of quality products it offers to hundreds of thousands of satisfied Canadians. Reader's Digest markets a wide variety of niche products to a wide variety of customers. Some of its greatest successes in the book division include works on wide-ranging topics such as food, health, child care, gardening and home improvement to name a few.
An international company
Reader's Digest markets books, magazines, music, video and educational products in many countries and growing. Each country's division works independently, publishing and promoting products for its own market. Reader's Digest's Canadian division is one of the most profitable international divisions within the company. To know more about The Reader's Digest Association and its operations around the world click here.
THE TEAM
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
At Reader's Digest we value and reward creativity and innovation. By joining our team you will work in an environment which creates trusted products that educate, entertain and connect audiences throughout Canada.
To learn more about our career opportunities, please click here.
OUR DIGITAL APPROACH
Digital media are at the heart of Reader’s Digest’s strategy. Its growing digital network reaches millions of Canadians each month, offering them a vast array of timely and credible content as well as lively communities catering to their needs and aspirations.
The strength of Reader’s Digest’s contents, brands and communities is the cornerstone of its digital strategy. In those websites, newsletters and other platforms, Canadians find the same values and standards of quality which have fostered the reputation of the company and which make its digital media a key destination.
Veritable extensions of the experience readers have with their books and magazines, the company’s flagship sites, Readersdigest.ca and Selection.ca, have reached levels of involvement and retention which greatly surpass those of their competitors through the relevance of their content, the credibility of their brand and the quality of the interactive experience they offer their community.
Through the years, Reader’s Digest has also developed an impressive network of websites such as Besthealthmag.ca, Ourcanada.ca, Allrecipes.com, Tasteofhome.com and others. All of this, in addition to numerous valuable partners which allow the company to increase even more the reach of its brands on the web.
OUR SOCIAL COMMITMENT
READER'S DIGEST FOUNDATION
Because Reader's Digest is widely recognized as a key reference for its high standards of quality in matters of editorial content, scrupulous ethics, rigorous research and strenuous vetting methods, we have set up a foundation encouraging and promoting these standards.
The Reader's Digest Foundation offers financial support to education in journalism at the university-level as well as to national organizations directly involved in advancing fundamental journalistic principles.
Since 1978, the foundation has contributed more than 2.5 million dollars to organizations such as:
Canadian Association of Journalists
Carleton University
Concordia University
La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec
Magazines Canada
Magazines du Québec
National Magazine Awards Foundation
Ryerson University
Simon Fraser University
Université du Québec à Montréal
Université Laval
University of King's College
University of Western Ontario
Western Magazine Awards Foundation
SWEEPSTAKES
Since 1962, Reader's Digest has awarded more than 25 million dollars in prizes to more than 107,500 winners across Canada through its Sweepstakes.
Reader's Digest offers Sweepstakes because customers enjoy them and regard them as a fun activity or perk.
Offering Sweepstakes allows the company to showcase a wide variety of products that appeal to a broad range of Canadians from coast to coast. The Sweepstakes is like the window of a retail store; the customer can browse without buying.
To know more about the Reader's Digest National Sweepstakes click here.
