The Cartt.ca Interview: John Cassaday on the future of the media business – and how he isn’t ready for the pasture yet

TORONTO – After a quarter-century in TV and radio, John Cassaday would like to try something else.While Corus Entertainment’s founding CEO announced last week he will retire from the company at the end of March, the 60-year-old Cassaday told Cartt.ca he isn’t thinking about riding off into the sunset. It’s just that that now is the right time for him to give up the reins at the Shaw-family controlled TV, radio and production company to his COO Doug Murphy.“It just seemed like the perfect time for me,” he said in an interview. “February 14 is my 25th anniversary in broadcasting...