{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Quebec}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Photo Journal | image = | type = Weekly newspaper | founder = Rolland Maillet | language = French | founded = 1937 | ceased_publication = 1981 }}
'''''Photo Journal''''' was a weekly newspaper in Québec.
''Photo Journal'' had a focus on illustrations and covered the entertainment world in particular.<ref>[http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/1900531 Article sur le ''Photo Journal'' sur le site de ''Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec'']</ref>
== History ==
This newspaper was founded by Rolland Maillet.<ref name="mémoire">[http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Photo_Journal_(journal) Article sur le Photo Journal dans La mémoire du Québec]</ref> It was first published in 1937. It was sold to Jean-Louis Lévesque in 1964, to Jacques Brillant in 1966, to J.-Laurent Leduc in 1969, to Claude Coupal in 1973 and to Normand G. Robidoux in 1974.
In 1979, the newspaper filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="mémoire"/>
Gilles Brown attempted to save it at the same time as ''Le Petit Journal''. He was unsuccessful and the newspaper ceased publication in October 1981.<ref name="mémoire"/>
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