Asper family, other shareholders still trying to stop Shaw purchase of Canwest, says report

TORONTO – According to a new story in the Financial Post, certain Canwest Global Communications shareholders, including the Asper family, are seeking to block the purchase of the company’s television divisions by Shaw Communications.The shareholders say the sale process was flawed, leaves them with nothing after the transaction is completed and needs to be re-done.The story (click here to read it) says the likes of Quebecor Media and Rogers Communications are tacitly backing the bid to halt the sale.However, a very senior Rogers executive told Cartt.ca recently on condition of anonymity that the sale of Canwest to Shaw “is basically a...