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Yahoo Launches Entertainment Site Exclusively In Quebec

Yahoo! Canada [1]Yahoo! Canada today launched Yahoo! Divertissement [2] in Quebec. This definitive celebrity and entertainment news site covers everything from Quebec entertainment events and personalities to red-carpet fashion, celebrity moms and the latest news on movies, music and television. With exclusive Yahoo! content as well as curated content from leading providers like Showbizz.net, AFP, Radio-Canada, IDI and News-De-Stars, Yahoo! Divertissement offers Quebecers a unique and engaging destination to get their daily celebrity and entertainment fix.

Yahoo! Divertissement is the latest in an aggressive series of content launches and investments as Yahoo! continues to create highly compelling, premium content in Quebec and Canada at large.  In late October, Yahoo! launched a dedicated Quebec Sports [3] site as well as Yahoo! Canada Movies [4]. Most notably, since its launch in September 2011, omg from Yahoo! [5] is already the #1 celebrity news and information site in Canada (Comscore, September, 2011).

Divertissement includes editorial from Occupation Double commentator, Jasmin Roy. His exclusive Yahoo! blog “Le Blogue de Jasmin Roy [6]” provides the inside scoop about Quebec entertainers, cultural events and everything Occupation Double.  Yahoo! Divertissement also features originally produced content from Yahoo!’s own entertainment, showbiz, and music experts reporting from Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and other hubs around the world.

“In keeping with our ongoing commitment to be the premier digital media company, Yahoo! Divertissement offers engaging editorial content as well must-see videos and photos to satisfy Quebecers’ thirst for entertainment news 24/7”, said Michel Fradette, head of Yahoo! Media Network, Quebec. “The launch of Divertissement is just one of our many investments in exploring the unique and vibrant culture that exists within the province.”

Quebecer’s Star-Gazing List

According to Yahoo! the top searched Quebec entertainment personalities in October were: