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CanWest hires Spencer


TORONTO – Long-time Rogers Media affiliate marketing and sales manager Ian Spencer is moving to CanWest MediaWorks. His last day with Rogers is January 19th. Spencer has been with Rogers for four years and came to the company when it purchased Sportsnet from CTV about four years ago. Spencer has worked for the sports channel since its inception as CTV Sportsnet. Spencer will join CanWest MediaWorks as manager of television distribution working under director of television distribution Cary Rubin, and will be involved in all of CanWest's specialty services as well as Global Television HD and CanWest's on demand agreements with BDUs."I met...