Rogers v. Rogers by Alexandra Posadzki
CBC News | Posted: March 18, 2024 4:36 PM | Last Updated: March 20
An inside look at the battle for control of Canada's telecom companies
Alexandra Posadzki's groundbreaking coverage in the Globe and Mail exposed one of the most spectacular boardroom and family dramas in Canadian corporate history — one that has pitted the company's extraordinarily powerful chairman and controlling shareholder, Edward Rogers, against not only his own management team but also the wishes of his mother and two of his sisters. Hanging in the balance is no less than the pending $20 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications, a historic deal that promises to transform Rogers into the truly national telecom empire that its late founder, Ted Rogers, always envisioned.
Based on richly sourced, investigative reporting of the iconic $30 billion publicly traded telecom and media giant, Posadzki takes us inside a company that touches the lives of millions of Canadians, challenging what we thought we knew about corporate governance and who really holds the power. Rogers v. Rogers is also a story of family legacy and succession, of an old guard pushing back at the new guard, and of a company struggling to find its footing in the wake of its legendary founder's death. At the heart of it all is a dispute between warring factions of the family over how they each interpret the desires of the late patriarch and the very identity of the company that bears their name. (From McClelland & Stewart)
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