Private Media Ownership in Canada in 2008

Private media ownership in Canada in 2008

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CTV Globemedia Rogers ~ Cable Woodbridge Co Ltd., Teachers Pension, Torstar, ~ TV - Cable co BCE - Conventional: citytv (five ~ Newspapers: Globe and Mail stations); OMNI TV in ~ TV - Conventional: CTV, A-Channel (7 Toronto - Specialty: 6 channels stations), TQS (40%), CKX (Brandon) ~ Radio: 45 stations - Specialty: 26 channels (eg. TSN, ~ Magazines: dozens, including MuchMusic). Macleans, Chatelaine ~ Radio: 34 stations ~ Internet: workopolis.com (40%) Corus/Shaw ~ Cable Canwest ~ TV - 3 CBC affiliate stations - 10 specialty stations Asper Family - 2 pay TV stations ~ Newspapers: 13 dailies (inc. Ottawa ~ Radio: 53 stations ~ Internet: corusnouvelles.com Citizen, National Post); 2 free ~ Satellite: Star Choice dailies (Metro in Ottawa and Vancouver) ~ TV - Conventional: Global, E! (total of 14 Cogeco local stations) ~ Cable - Specialty: CW Television (21 chan- ~ TV - TQS (60%); Canal Indigo nels, eg. Showcase, HGTV, (32%) Discovery, History ~ Radio: 2 stations ~ Internet: canada.com, FPinfomart.ca

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~ Newspapers: 38 dailies, inc. Sun chain Torstar and Ontario’s Osprey chain; 3 free ~ Newspapers: 5 dailies & 95 dailies (24 hours); 86 weeklies and community papers (Ont.) 15 magazines ~ Internet: Toronto.com ~ TV - Videotron cable - Torstar owns 20% of CTV - Conventional: TVA, Sun TV - Specialty: 9 channels ~ Internet: canoe.ca, jobboom.com Transcontinental (more than 12 sites) ~ Newspapers: 12 dailies, 125 weeklies/community; 40 magazines

Gesca Ltd. (Power Corp) CANADA’S “LARGEST RADIO NETWORK” ~ Newspapers: 7 French-language dailies (La Presse) Astral Media Inc ~ TV -Specialty: 10 channels Irving (Brunswick News) - Pay: 6 channels ~ Newspapers: all of the English- ~ Radio: 80 stations across Canada language daily newspapers in ~ Internet: TATV New Brunswick (3) and a handful of weeklies.

Note: This chart does not include public and public-service media, including CBC/Radio-Canada, TVOntario, Knowledge Network, Télé- Maritime Broadcasting Québec, APTN, and Canadian Press, or independents. Radio: 25 stations in NS, NB and PEI Sources: L’actualité, cbc.ca, Canadian Newspaper Association, Canadian Media Guild