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Kathy Dore
President, Television and Radio, CanWest MediaWorks Inc.
Kathy Dore

Kathy Dore is President of Television and Radio for CanWest MediaWorks, which includes responsibility for Global Television, a coast-to-coast Canadian broadcasting network that reaches more than 94% of English - speaking Canada; CH, a second network that broadcasts in Montreal, Hamilton and Victoria, plus eight specialty channels.

Before joining CanWest MediaWorks, Ms. Dore was President, Entertainment Services, for Rainbow Media Holdings Inc. In this position, she was responsible for US cable networks AMC (American Movie Classics), WE (Women’s Entertainment) and IFC (Independent Film Channel) which distributed the award-winning independent films My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Boys Don’t Cry. Prior to this, Ms. Dore was President of Bravo Networks until its sale to NBC in 2002. At Bravo, she oversaw the development of the award-winning series Inside the Actors Studio and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. On Ms. Dore’s watch, Bravo went from viewership of fewer than 500,000 U.S. households to more than 68 million.

Dennis Skulsky
President, CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.
Dennis Skulsky

Dennis Skulsky is the President of CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Appointed to this role in May of 2006, Mr. Skulsky oversees the Company’s print assets, including 12 metro dailies, the Lower Mainland Publishing Group, the National Post, CanWest News Service and Dose.

A seasoned executive of the newspaper industry, Mr. Skulsky began his career nearly 30 years ago as Circulation District Manager with the The Edmonton Journal. Since that time he has held a variety of senior leadership positions, with Southam Inc., Hollinger and CanWest. Prior to his position of President, Publications, Mr. Skulsky was the President and Publisher of the Pacific Newspaper Group and Group Publisher, Western Region. In this role, Mr. Skulsky also oversaw all of CanWest MediaWorks Western daily newspapers, including The Vancouver Sun, The Province, The Victoria Times-Colonist, The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star Phoenix and 12 community newspapers in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.

Mr. Skulsky is very active on many boards and in non-profit organizations throughout the Lower Mainland. He is a director for the Business Council of British Columbia, The Vancouver Board of Trade, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, the YMCA, The Vancouver Public Library Foundation, SFU Segal Graduate School of Business, the New Car Dealers Association of B.C. and sits on the British Columbia Faculty of Arts Advisory board. Mr. Skulsky also sits on the board of two industry associations, INMA (International Newspaper Marketing Association) and ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation).
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