Exhibit 1.8
                                  [Translation]

                               QUEBECOR MEDIA INC.
                                 (the "Company")


              BY-LAW AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A FIFTH SERIES OF
                           PREFERRED SHARES SERIES "E"

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                                      being

                              BY-LAW NUMBER 2004-2

BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED AS BY-LAW NO. 2004-2 OF THE COMPANY AS
FOLLOWS:


     1.   This by-law authorizes the creation of a fifth series of preferred
          shares, series "E", the rights, privileges, restrictions and
          conditions of which are more fully described in Schedule 1 hereto,
          which forms an integral part hereof.

     2.   Pursuant to this by-law, the President and the Secretary of the
          Company are authorized and instructed and have the power to sign this
          by-law for and on behalf of the Company and their signature hereto
          shall be deemed conclusive evidence of the approval of this by-law by
          the board of directors and the shareholder of the Company.

     3.   Any director or officer of the Company is hereby authorized and has
          the power to sign and deliver, for and on behalf of the Company, all
          such deeds, documents, contracts and agreements, to make any
          representation, to deliver or have delivered any certificate and to do
          such other acts and things as he or she may deem necessary, in his or
          her full discretion, to give effect to this by-law, including, without
          limitation, the filing of articles of amendment to give effect to the
          creation of the preferred shares, as provided in this by-law.


By-law number 2004-2, adopted and signed on November 26, 2004.


(s) Serge Gouin                             (s) Louis Saint-Arnaud
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Serge Gouin                                 Louis Saint-Arnaud
President and Chief Executive Officer       Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs
                                            and Secretary