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COMMENTARY: Is Shaw in play?

OF COURSE, UNLESS I CRAWL into the head of JR Shaw and probe his synapses – or see him in a law firm signing documents with Michael Sabia – neither I nor anyone else can answer the question in the headline. Same goes with all of the Canadian media and cable companies, actually, all of which are controlled by their founding families. No one can really know what’s going on until it happens. Hostile takeovers are impossible. But, the rumors surrounding Shaw Communications have reached a fever pitch over the past few months. They’re too loud to ignore. In most...