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Torstar, CanWest And Metro Form Joint Venture And Launch Metro Vancouver
TORONTO -- Torstar Corporation (TSX:TS.NV.B), CanWest MediaWorks (TSX:CGS.SV)(TSX:CGS.NV)(NYSE:CWG) and Metro International S.A. today announced the formation of a new joint venture to publish English-language free daily newspapers in various Canadian cities. Each company will have a 33.3% interest in the new venture. The new venture...
Tags: CanWest, Metro International Corp., Torstar Corp.
Research articles 2005-03-14
Torstar, CanWest And Metro Form Joint Venture And Launch Metro Vancouver.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar 14, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX Torstar Corporation (TSX:TS.NV.B), CanWest MediaWorks (TSX:CGS.SV)(TSX:CGS.NV)(NYSE:CWG) and Metro International S.A. today announced the formation of a new joint venture to publish English-language free daily newspapers in various Canadian cities. Each company will have a 33.3%...
Tags: CanWest, Metro International Corp., Torstar Corp.
Research articles 2005-03-14
Media Moguls Bid for JPost As Israel's Anglo Voice Is Put on Auction Block
Popper, Nathaniel Forward 05-28-2004 When the May 20 deadline passed for bidders seeking to buy the Jerusalem Post, Israel's most famous English-language newspaper faced a welter of suitors offering strikingly different visions of the future. A leading contender who has...
Tags: CanWest, Hollinger Inc.
Research articles 2004-05-28
Some Canwest Properties File For Bankruptcy
Candian media giant Canwest has asked a court for bankruptcy protection for some of its flagship holdings, including the National Post newspaper and the Global Television Network. The move was expected. Canwest’s finances have been unraveling (Revenue dropped 14 percent last quarter, while losses jumped) and the company was...
Tags: Bankruptcy Protection, Creditor, Bankruptcy, Canwest, NYT, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Money, Countries, Canada, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-06
Canwest Flagship National Post Faces Shut Down Unless New Owner Is Found
Troubled Canadian media firm Canwest may have to shut down its flagship newspaper The National Post on Friday unless another holding company would be willing to take it over, Reuters reported. The company, which submitted bankruptcy filings on behalf of its Global Television Network and the Post earlier this...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Canwest, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, Countries, Canada, David Kaplan
External links 2009-10-29

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CanWest Global Communications F1Q08 (Qtr End 11/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Carl Bayard - Genuity Capital Markets. Carl Bayard – Genuity Capital Markets Couple of questions. First off, a question for John Maguire. I was just wondering if you have an estimate of what the clean EPS number would be if...
Tags: Advertisement, Alliance, Asset, Asset Management, Bank, Bit, Broadband Internet, Business Operations, Call Transcript, Consumer Electronics, Cost, Cost Savings, Debt, Development Tools, Digital Media, Earnings, Genuity, Global, Growth, Home Entertainment, Operational Planning, Personal Technology, Programming, Quarter, Question, RBC Capital Markets, Revenue, Security, Seeking Alpha, Series, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Strike, Synergy, Telecommunications, Term, TV, Tv & Home Theater, Video On Demand (VoD), VoD
Earnings calls 2008-01-10
CanWest Trustco Limited - Announcement of Amalgamation of two Companies
WINNEPEG, Manitoba--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 13, 1995--CANWEST TRUSTCO LIMITED (VSE: CWX.A ) CanWest Trustco Limited announced today that it has received a proposal from its parent corporation, CanWest Financial Corporation, for the amalgamation of the two companies. CanWest Financial currently owns approximately 50.5 percent of the outstanding Class A Common Shares of...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE
Research articles 1995-12-13
Conrad Black not to renew terms on CanWest board
WINNIPEG, Manitoba AFP ? British businessman Conrad Black and his associate David Radler will not seek new mandates on the board of Canada's biggest media group CanWest, the company announced. The two men have made clear that they will not present their candidacies on January 29 when the CanWest...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, board, businessman
Research articles 2004-01-21
CanWest buys 20% stake in Alliance Atlantis.(CanWest Global Communications; Alliance Atlantis Communications)(Brief Article)
TORONTO Signaling its growing content ambitions, CanWest Global Communications has bought a 20% stake in Canada's largest film and TV company, Alliance Atlantis Communications, in a deal worth over $13 million. The move gives CanWest, principally an owner of television and...
Tags: Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Research articles 1999-08-16
CanWest Eyes U.S. Market After Hollinger Buy
CanWest Global Communications Corp. is mulling over opportunities in the United States following its $3.5 billion acquisition early last month of a substantial part of Hollinger International Inc.'s Canadian metropolitan newspapers, magazines and Internet assets. "CanWest has had an interest in broadening into publishing for some time now," says...
Tags: CanWest Global Communications Corp., Hollinger Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-01
Oilsands Quest Sets Date for Special Meeting of Shareholders, CanWest Petroleum Files 10KSB With SEC
CanWest Petroleum Corporation (OTCBB: CWPC) and Oilsands Quest Inc. announce that Oilsands Quest has set the date for a special meeting of Oilsands Quest shareholders to approve its intended combination with CanWest Petroleum and mailed its proxy materials to shareholders on July 21, 2006. Concurrent with the mailing, CanWest Petroleum...
Tags: SEC, shareholder
Research articles 2006-07-25
CanWest deal raises heat on Ten sell-off.
Byline: Ian Austen Jan 15, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Canadian mass media group CanWest is acquiring pay TV channel operator and program producer Alliance Atlantis for $C2.3bn ($A2.5bn). CanWest CEO Leonard Asper is rejecting speculation that this...
Tags: broadcaster, divestment, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, pay-TV
Research articles 2007-01-15
Oilsands Quest Sets Date for Special Meeting of Shareholders, CanWest Petroleum Files 10KSB With SEC.
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Jul 25, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- CanWest Petroleum Corporation (OTCBB:CWPC) and Oilsands Quest Inc. announce that Oilsands Quest has set the date for a special meeting of Oilsands Quest shareholders to approve its intended combination with CanWest Petroleum and mailed its proxy materials...
Tags: petroleum, SEC, shareholder
Research articles 2006-07-25
Business Wire Announces Distribution Agreement with CanWest, Canada's Leading Print, Broadcast and Online Properties
TORONTO -- Business Wire today announced a broad-based distribution agreement with CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., a part of Canada's largest and most diversified media company, that will provide its members with extensive reach to Canada's most influential print, broadcast and online media properties. CanWest owns and operates CanWest News...
Tags: Business Wire, Canada, NETWORKING
Research articles 2008-01-09
Shaw Rejects Canwest Offer
CALGARY, ALBERTA--BUSINESS WIRE--April 3, 1998--Shaw (Alberta Stock Exchange:SCL.A.) (Alberta Stock Exchange:SCL.B.) (TSE:SCL.B.) SHAW Communications Inc. has reviewed the offer to purchase all of the shares of WIC Western International Communications WIC by CANWEST Global Communications CanWest. As a result of the review, Shaw has determined that it will not tender...
Tags: Alberta, Business Wire, Cable, paging, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 1998-04-03
SHAW Communications Announces Discussions With CanWest Global Communications
CALGARY, Alberta--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 27, 1998-- Shaw(TSE:SCL.B.) (Alberta Stock Exchange:SCL.B.) (Alberta Stock Exchange:SCL.A.) (NYSE:SJR) SHAW Communications has announced that it is in discussions with CanWest Global Communications in an attempt to restructure the split-up of assets of WIC previously agreed to in principle by SHAW and CanWest. "CanWest has concluded that...
Tags: Cable, FINANCE, NETWORKING, Shaw Communications, Taxes, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 1998-11-28
CanWest ups AAC coin.(CanWest Global Communications Corp., Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
CanWest Global Communications has increased the amount of cash it is contributing to the ($2.3 billion ($1.98 billion) purchase of Alliance Atlantis Communications from $114 million to $172 million. CanWest has formed a complicated partnership with U.S. financier Goldman Sachs to...
Tags: Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., CanWest Global Communications Corp.
Research articles 2007-02-26
Dangerous liaison: will banker break CanWest in AAC deal?(CanWest Global Communications)(Alliance Atlantis Communications)
TORONTO CanWest Global Communications is literally betting the family farm on a C$2.3 billion ($1.96 billion) deal for Alliance Atlantis Communications, inked with the help of deep-pocketed investment bankers Goldman Sachs. Announced Jan. 10 after months of speculation, this is make or...
Tags: Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-22
Canwest-Hollinger deal sparks debate.
M2 PRESSWIRE-27 September 2000-SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: Canwest-Hollinger deal sparks debate C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26092000 CanWest Global Communications board member David Asper will be part of a distinguished group of media experts and practitioners who will discuss the implications...
Tags: Hollinger Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-27
Hollinger International Inc. Agrees to Sell its 50% Interest in the National Post to CanWest Global Communications Corp.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, AUG 24, 2001 Hollinger International Inc. ("Hollinger") (NYSE:HLR) and Hollinger Inc. (TSE:HLG) announce that Hollinger has agreed with CanWest Global Communications Corp. ("CanWest") to sell to CanWest its 50% interest in the National Post. Hollinger representatives will resign their executive positions...
Tags: CanWest Global Communications Corp., Hollinger Inc.
Research articles 2001-08-24
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