CanWest Global Communications Corp.

CanWest Global Communications Corp. is a major Canadian media corporation. Canwest entered creditor bankruptcy protection in late 2009. wiki

Commonly referred to as CanWest, the company is owned by the Asper Family of Winnipeg. Its current CEO, Leonard Asper, is the son of CanWest's founder, the late Izzy Asper.

CanWest has a number of subsidiaries including:


 * CanWest MediaWorks, which has extensive radio and television interests in Canada and the National Post newspaper;
 * CanWest MediaWorks Publications which has extensive interests in Canadia newspapers; and
 * CanWest MediaWorks International, which has interests in radio and television networks in New Zealand, Australia and Ireland.

Controversy
CanWest has been criticized for exercising too much central control of editorial policy at its subsidiaries. In addition, in 2007 Can West engaged in corporate expansion that flouts Canada's foreign ownership limits. It bought the 13 cable channels of Alliance Atlantis, including Showcase and History Television, in partnership with New York investment bank Goldman Sachs. 

Contact details
CanWest Global Communications Corp. 3100 CanWest Global Place, 201 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 3L7 Telephone: (204) 956-2025 Fax: (204) 947-9841 Web: http://www.canwestglobal.com/home.html

SourceWatch resources

 * Postmedia Network
 * Direct-to-consumer advertising: CanWest's Bid to Overturn Canada's Ban
 * The New Republic
 * Conrad Black
 * Roger Hertog
 * Derek H. Burney
 * F. David Radler

Articles

 * David Dias,"Leonard Asper's Plan For Global Domination," Reyerson Review of Journalism, Summer 2001.
 * Ian Austen, "Reuters asks a Chain to Remove its Bylines," New York Times, September 20, 2004.
 * Marc Edge, "Big Media's Big Showdown," The Tyee, November 4, 2007.
 * "CanWest's Dominant Newspaper Ownership," McClean's Magazine, undated, accessed November 2007.