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Leonard Asper quits CanWest


WINNIPEG – The founding family of Canwest Global Communications is officially gone from the executive suite.With his brother and sister resigning from their board positions last month, Canwest Global Communications said this morning Leonard Asper has tendered his resignation as president and CEO and all other director and officer positions with the company his father Izzy founded in the 1970s “in order to pursue other business opportunities and to avoid any concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest,” reads the official press release. The announcement was not a surprise.Asper will continue to provide the company with advice through a consulting agreement...