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Canwest Global Communications files for bankruptcy protection.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| October 06, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Canada's largest media company, Canwest Global Communications, has filed for bankruptcy protection as it struggles to unearth itself from a C$4bn (GBP2.4bn) mountain of debt.

The sprawling Winnipeg-based empire owns a range of broadcasting and print businesses, including the National Post newspaper, a conservative-leaning daily founded in 1998 by the disgraced media mogul Conrad Black.

Canwest's chief executive, Leonard Asper, said business would carry on as usual despite the legal process: "We are firmly committed to moving quickly to restructure the company and emerge from creditor protection financially stronger and more …

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