Burn CanWest Burn
Via Can Media Layoffs Twitter feed, I learned that CanWest is ‘in serious trouble’. I posted my own Twitter/Facebook thought on this: “Fuck CanWest. Their failure just means Canadians have taste’. All based on this article in the Globe and Mail, CanWest seeks financial saviour amid credit crisis.
Let’s review CanWest’s crappiness shall we? Via their Wikipedia entry; complete list of CanWest assets here.
| Holding | Rating |
|---|---|
| Global Television Network | Crap |
| E! | Crap |
| Southam Newspapers: The National Post | Crap |
| Canada.com | Crap |
| Dose.ca | Crap |
| working.com | Crap |
| celebrating.com, connecting.com, driving.ca, remembering.ca | Never even been on the sites. |
| CSI franchise (via their Alliance Altantis holdings) | Crap |
| Food Network Canada | Crap |
| History Television | Crap (not as good as it could be) |
| HGTV | Crap |
| Showcase | Crap. So edgy it bores me. |
| Showcase Action | Crap |
| Showcase Diva | Crap |
| Slice | Crap. Home of the masterpieces, The Biggest Loser, Average Joe, At the End of My Leash, Brat Camp, Nanny 911, Project Runway, Superstar Hair Challenge (full list) |
| Score Media Inc | Because every society needs an outlet for sports-loving douches. Crap. |