Lombardi Media Corporation

Lombardi Media Corporation
Company typeHolding company
IndustryPublishing, Digital Media, Customer Contact Services, Consumer Goods, Direct Marketing and Product Fulfillment
Founded1986
FounderMichael Lombardi
HeadquartersOntario,
Canada
Websitehttp://www.lombardimedia.com/

Lombardi Media Corporation is a holding company that owns a group of businesses concentrated in publishing, digital media, customer contact services, consumer goods, direct marketing and product fulfillment.[1]

History

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Lombard Media Corporation, founded in 1986 by Canadian entrepreneur Michael Lombardi, MBA, became a public company in 1993 via a reverse-takeover of Golden Point Exploration Inc.[2] In 2007, Michael Lombardi, who was then the major shareholder of Lombardi Media Corporation with approximately 89% of the outstanding stock, purchased the remaining shares[3] in a going-private transaction.[4]

A subsidiary of Lombardi Media Corporation, Lombardi Publishing Corporation, experienced rapid growth in the 2000s[5] and was ranked several times as one of Canada's 100 fastest growing companies by Profit Magazine.[6][7][8][9][10][11] Today, Lombardi Publishing Corporation publishes financial e-letters, periodicals, newsletters, books and reports.

In the late 1990s, Lombardi Media Corporation started acquiring companies that supplied the Canadian direct marketing industry.[12] Lombardi Media Corporation purchased Avon Sale Tech Inc. and Templeman Direct Marketing Limited, two major suppliers to the Canadian direct marketing industry.[13][14][15] The companies where merged into Clixx Direct Marketing Services Inc. which were eventually sold in 2010 to NYSE listed Cenveo Inc.[16][17] In 2007, Lombardi Media Corporation made its first acquisition in the U.S. direct marketing industry.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Lombardi Media Corp.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "NEWS IN BRIEF (November 29, 1993)". www2.northernminer.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  3. ^ "Lombardi Media plans to go private | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  4. ^ Commission, Ontario Securities. "Lombardi Media Corporation - s. 1(10)(b)". Ontario Securities Commission. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  5. ^ "Lombardi Media Corp". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  6. ^ "Lombardi Online ProfitGuide 5-23-01". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  7. ^ "Lombardi ProfitGuide 5-24-00". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  8. ^ "Lombardi News FinancialPostnew.compressed". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  9. ^ "Lombardi Letter MS 8-31-00". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  10. ^ "Profit Magazine". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  11. ^ "Profit100_2001". Scribd. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  12. ^ "Lombardi Media Corporation Announces Execution of Letter of Intent for Acquisition in the Direct Mail Industry. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  13. ^ "Who's who in canadian business 2002". 2016-11-23. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ "Who's who in canadian business 2003". 2016-11-23. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ "Who's who in canadian business 2004". 2016-11-23. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. ^ "Area stocks: Cenveo gains on Clixx acquisition". Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  17. ^ "Cenveo". Cenveo: World Leader in Custom Printing, Envelopes, Labels and more. February 11, 2010.
  18. ^ "Lombardi Media Corporation Update: Acquisition and Going Private Transaction". Marketwired. August 16, 2007.
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