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Corus Entertainment
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Public TSX: CJR.B NYSE: CJR
FoundedToronto, Ontario (1999)
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Key peopleJohn M. Cassaday
President / CEO
Heather Shaw
Executive Chair
IndustryMedia
ProductsBroadcasting, Advertising, Publishing, Television production
Revenue$174.73 million CAD
Employees3000 (2007)
Websitewww.corusent.com


Corus Entertainment Inc. TSX: CJR.B NYSE: CJR is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company.

Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, advertising and digital audio services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation. The company’s multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, W Network, Movie Central, SCREAM, Nelvana, Kids Can Press and radio stations including CKNW, CKOI and Q107. Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms.

Corus Entertainment's voting majority is held by the company's founder JR Shaw and his family, which also owns Shaw Communications, from which Corus was spun off in 1999.

Board of Directors

Current members of the board of directors of Corus Entertainment are: Pierre Béland, John Cassaday, Dennis Erker, Carolyn Hursh, Wendy Leaney, Ronald Rogers, Cathy Roozen, Terrance Royer, Julie Shaw, and Heather Shaw.

Key Executives

  • John Cassaday, President and CEO
  • Heather Shaw, Executive Chair

Assets

Television

Conventional television stations

Specialty television services

In addition, Corus also has an ownership interest in Qubo, a United States-based children's programming block and digital television network.

Premium television services

Radio stations

Production

  • Nelvana; a production and distribution company of children's animation programs

Publishing

  • Kids Can Press; a children's book publishing company

Advertising

  • Corus Custom Networks; a television advertising service

Other

  • Max Trax; a digital television music radio service

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