oning of Leonard Asper and his senior management team has demonstrated the successful methods of forming and agreeing upon the same vision. Asper has envisioned the future of the company and has discussed this vision with the senior management team to refine it and conclude with a vision that they all believe in.Before the ChangeIzzy Asper spent 25 years establishing a national television network, and is the first person in the United States or Canada to build such a network. Mr. Asper knew that in order to compete globally, he would need to establish a media/broadcasting platform consisting of a production business, print business, outdoor advertising business, radio business and an Internet platform to launch the convergence of all these networks. With the stroke of a pen he was able to acquire a national print network, the Southam Group and Hollinger International newspaper, this revolutionized CanWest Global operations and catapulted the company into a leading position in the communications industry.Organisational ChangeCanWests management is the first to admit that over the entire existence of the company it has been undergoing constant evolution. However, they claim they were dramatically reinvented for the 21st Century by two significant acquisitions: In July 2000, the Global Television System - which began in 1974 with the launch of CKND Winnipeg, and expanded east and west - was completed with CRTC approval of CanWest's purchase of the conventional television assets of WIC Western International Communications (History). In November 2000, CanWest was transformed into Canada's leading integrated media company and the country's largest daily newspaper publisher, with the closing of a $3.2 billion deal to purchase Hollinger International's Canadian newspaper and Internet assets. The acquisition included 14 major metropolitan newspapers, 126 community newspapers, Hollinger's Canadian Internet operations, which include canada.com...
