THE QUEBECOR EMPIRE AFTER PIERRE PÉLADEAU

FREE DOWNLOAD  -   PDF - 2023 _____________________________ Author's note Pierre Péladeau was a mythical figure. As in all myths, there is a part of the truth and another part of mirages and mirrors. Péladeau knew this, and often said: "Life is theater! I'm an actor, and my stage is the business world. I'd rather have been a real actor, in the movies for example.   I'd like to have been Marlene Dietrich! I remember this particular conversation because he had asked me to turn up the volume on the radio as we drove to his helicopter parked at Journal de Montréal.   Radio-Canada was playing a song by the German star, and Péladeau was singing along. He went on to tell me that this singer-actress was the idol of his life. Pierre Péladeau loved to tell stories. Sometimes he talked about himself, but more often about the people around him. There wasn't really any secret ground except his business plans. He never talked about his busin