Private media ownership in Canada in mid-2007 THE “TRI-OOPOLY” The Cable+ Guys... CTV Globemedia Rogers Woodbridge Co Ltd., Teachers Pension, Torstar, ~ Cable BCE ~ TV - Cable co - Conven: citytv (five sta ~ Newspapers: Globe and Mail tions); OMNI TV in Toronto ~ TV - Conventional: CTV, A-Channel (7 and Vancouver stations), TQS (40%), CKX (Brandon) - Specialty: 6 channels - Specialty: 26 channels (inc. TSN, ~ Radio: 45 stations MuchMusic). ~ Magazines: dozens, inc. ~ Radio: 34 stations Macleans, Chatelaine ~ Internet: workopolis.com (40%) Corus/Shaw ~ Cable CanWest Global ~ TV - 3 CBC affiliate stations Alliance Atlantis - 10 specialty stations Asper Family - 2 pay TV stations ~ Newspapers: 13 dailies (inc. Communications ~ Radio: 53 stations Ottawa Citizen, (Southhill Strategy ~ Internet: corusnouvelles.com ~ Sattelite: Star Choice National Post); 2 free Group/Michael MacMillan) - sale dailies (Metro in Ottawa to CanWest announced in and Vancouver) January 2007 Cogeco ~ TV - Conventional: Global, CH ~ Cable ~ TV - Specialty: 13 ~ TV - TQS (60%); Canal Indigo (total of 14 local stations) channels (inc. (32%) - Specialty: 8 channels Showcase, HGTV, ~ Radio: 2 stations ~ Internet: canada.com, Discovery, History) FPinfomart.ca Quebecor Waiting to gobble or Peladeau Family be gobbled? ~ Newspapers: 38 dailies, inc. Sun chain and Ontario’s Osprey Torstar chain; 3 free dailies (24 ~ Newspapers: 5 dailies & 95 hours); 86 weeklies (and community papers (Ont.) 15 magazines) ~ Internet: Toronto.com ~ TV - Videotron cable - Torstar owns 20% of CTV-GM - Conventional: TVA, Sun TV - Specialty: 9 channels ~ Internet: canoe.ca, jobboom.com Transcontinental (more than 12 sites) ~ Newspapers: 12 dailies, 125 weeklies/community; 40 mags Gesca Ltd. (Power Corp) CANADA’S “LARGEST RADIO NETWORK” ~ Newspapers: 7 French-lan- guage dailies (La Presse) Astral Media Inc Standard Irving (Brunswick News) ~ TV -Specialty: 10 channels Sale to Astral announced in ~ Newspapers: 3 dailies and a - Pay: 6 channels February 2007 handful of weeklies in New ~ Radio: 29 stations (Quebec Brunswick. (all of the English- and Atlantic Canada) ~ TV: 2 local stations in BC lang. dailies in the province) ~ Internet: TATV ~ Radio: 51 stations Note: This chart does not include public and public-service media, Maritime Broadcasting including CBC/Radio-Canada, TVOntario, Knowledge Network, Télé- Radio: 25 stations in NS, NB and Québec, APTN, and Canadian Press, or independents. PEI Sources: L’actualité, cbc.ca, Canadian Newspaper Association, Canadian Media Guild.