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Shaw family buys more Corus shares

TORONTO – The Shaw Family continued their buying spree, after entities owned or controlled by them snapped up an additional 250,000 Class B non-voting shares of Corus Entertainment last week.According to information provided to the company, the Shaw Family, and entities owned or controlled by them, holds 7,715,667 Class A voting shares and Class B non-voting shares combined of Corus.Founded by JR Shaw, the Toronto-based media and entertainment company was built from the media assets originally owned by Shaw Communications, and spun off as a separate, publicly-traded company in 1999.www.corusent.com