Canwest Company Profile

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Company Name	Canwest
Website	www.canwest.com/
Snippet	Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name, Canwest, was a major Canadian media company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place. It held radio, television broadcasting and publishing assets in several countries, primarily in Canada.
Fate	Broadcast assets were sold to Shaw Communications, Newspaper assets were sold to creditors to form Postmedia Network., The asset-less shell then began bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
Country	canada
Defunct	27 October 2010 (2010-10-27) (operations)27 May 2013 (2013-05-27) (dissolution)
Founded	1974
Founder	Izzy Asper
Revenue	C$ 2.867 billion (2009)
Website	www.canwest.com/
Industry	CommunicationsMedia Services
Products	BroadcastingAdvertising
linkedin	linkedin.com/company/canwest
Successor	Shaw Media (broadcasting) and Postmedia Network (publishing spin-off)
Key people	Derek H. Burney(Chairman of the Board)
Net income	C$ −1.689 billion (2009)
size_range	201 - 500
Area served	Canada
Former type	Public (CGS and CGS.A on the TSX Venture Exchange)
Predecessor	Canwest Global Communications Corporation
Headquarters	201 Portage AvenueWinnipeg, ManitobaR3B 1M8 Canada
Total assets	C$ 3.876 billion (1Q 2010)[1]
Total equity	C$ −449 million (1Q 2010)[1]
Operating income	C$ 197 million (2009)
Number of employees	12,072 (May 2009)

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