After Turkish radio win, CanWest is looking at other international moves, says Strike

WINNIPEG – New Zealand. Australia. Ireland. The U.K. Turkey. CanWest’s international media empire will only get bigger, Tom Strike, president, CanWest MediaWorks International, told www.cartt.ca on Wednesday.Strike chatted with cartt.ca after the company’s announcement Wednesday morning that it is entering the Turkish market by purchasing a radio station there, one with national reach.“We look at Turkey as an emerging market that we think has got tremendous economic upside to it both because of its population demographics and its position vis-à-vis Europe and its recent acceptance (of Turkey) for EU membership,” Strike said. While Turkey is not an official member of...