Business Wire (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
WINNIPEG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--“The Asper family, Canwest and its Board of Directors wish to express their deepest sympathies to the Rogers family.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
TORONTO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The National Post, the money-losing flagship daily newspaper of Canwest Global Communications Corp , has appointed seasoned businessman Paul Godfrey as its chief executive, the company said on Monday.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today nine Canadian cities awoke to brand new newspaper websites and an invitation to become a real know it all. All ten of Canwest’s major city daily newspapers simultaneously launched
Canadian Dimension Articles (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
RABBLE.CA DECEMBER 1, 2008 In June 2007, a parody of the Vancouver Sun was published and distributed, satirizing the paper’s pro-Israel bias in reporting on the Middle East. Six months later, Palestine solidarity activist Mordecai Briemberg was hit with a “SLAPP” suit by Canwest, alleging his involvement in the parody. Recently, Canwest dropped its suit, although they [...]
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
p2pnet news view | Advertising:- “I don’t subscribe to the school of thought that newspapers will disappear.” So says Paul Godfrey, the ex-politician and soon-to-be-ex-Blue Jays baseball team boss who’s been named the new president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications’ National Post newspaper. “The biggest challenge facing newspapers is the migration of readers and advertising dollars [...]
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Over 8 years, he made the Blue Jays a .500 ball-club . Can he get Canwest shares up over $1.00? (Incidentally, Godfrey's name always seems to come up around municipal election time. I guess this takes him out of the running for 2010. Who then shall save TO from David Miller ?)
Annie Lau, New Face Of annie. (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Along with songs from Oliver they will also be singing a selection of tunes from the Vincent Annie. Canwest Digital Media, a division of. Copyright Jupitermedia Nina All Rights Reserved. SIX STEPS TO HEAVEN An exclusive concer. Where we learned that black bean and the other five varieties are vegan and organic. Shanelle and Shante Davis, and, voted for the first time and donned red I Voted stickers....
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canwest Global Communications Corp. today announced the appointment of Paul Godfrey to the position of President and CEO, National Post, effective January 1st. In this newly created role, Mr.
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
One of the ten Canwest newspaper websites to be redesigned is the Calgary Herald. The Herald has geared themselves towards becoming an online multimedia destination.In addition to a new look, they have added and improved their content. According to the...
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
We may be looking harder for bargains and buying more practical things but we are still spending, despite all the gloomy talk about the economy. A new poll done for Canwest News Service and Global ...
MasterMaq's Blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Here are some Edmonton-related things I found interesting this week: I posted about a couple things already: the new hockey arena concept, and the Halloween Festival. Today, Canwest Global relaunched about ten websites, one of which was the Edmonton Journal site. Sadly, there’s nothing unique about the new look. Every Canwest newspaper site in the country looks [...]
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
It seemd the Tories have backed down. It is a bad idea to allow our enemies to believe we have backed down so easily. It will be a troubled parliament. Tories scrap proposal to end public subsidies for political parties Andrew Mayeda, Canwest News Service Published: Saturday, November 29, 2008 OTTAWA - In a stunning reversal, the Harper government announced Saturday it will withdraw its proposal to...
Canadian Dimension Articles (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Georgia Straight November 29, 2008 Today, the Canwest-owned Vancouver Sun published an editorial that claimed “no good would come from bringing down the Conservative government this early in its renewed mandate”.
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Bourrie's latest , about the continuing decline of CanWest, reminded me of something: Statement "I recently published a column where I mentioned the name of a local Ottawa reader who, being concerned with the contents of certain of my past columns, filed, as is her right, complaints with the Ontario Press Council (OPC). Although I do not agree with her allegations as set out in her complaints, she...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
DBRS has lowered the credit ratings of Canwest Media Inc., a subsidiary of Canwest Global Communications, to reflect "ongoing pressure" from a weak advertising market and its high debt levels.
