CANWEST BROADCASTING APPOINTS TROY REEB AS
SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

(Toronto, June 18, 2008) Canwest Broadcasting announced today the appointment of Troy Reeb to the position of Senior Vice-President of News and Current Affairs, effective immediately.

In his new role, Reeb’s responsibilities include driving the strategic direction of the Global News and CH News divisions at the local and national levels. He plays an integral role in the launch of Global National’s new foreign bureaus in London, Beijing, New Delhi and Jerusalem, scheduled to open later this year, supporting Global National in its place as Canada’s most-watched national newscast.

In addition to his overall news responsibilities, Reeb will help Global News usher in a new age of current affairs programming, launching Global’s first-ever newsmagazine show this fall.

He will oversee the growth of both Global News’ and CH News’ online presence, and the successful completion of Canwest’s digital news infrastructure with the launch of new production centres in Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto.

“Troy’s strong leadership skills, fresh ideas and expertise in the news business will ensure his natural transition into this role,” said Barbara Williams, Executive Vice President of Content, Canwest Broadcasting. “His appointment reinforces Canwest’s ongoing commitment to news and current affairs programming, ensuring our success and dominance as we move into a new era of television broadcasting.”

Reeb joined Global News in 1999 as a political correspondent and then became Global’s Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent. Most recently, he was the Vice-President of News Operations.

Reeb takes over from Steve Wyatt, former Senior Vice President of News, who recently retired after an illustrious 30-year career in broadcast journalism.

About Canwest Broadcasting
Canwest Broadcasting operates two conventional television networks, Global Television and E!, and twenty-one of the country’s most popular specialty channels, including HGTV, Mystery TV, National Geographic Channel, Showcase, Slice™ and TVtropolis. Canwest Broadcasting is a division of Canwest Media Inc.

About Canwest Media Inc. Canwest Media Inc is a subsidiary of Canwest Global Communications Corp. (www.canwest.com; TSX: CGS and CGS.A). An international media company, Canwest is Canada’s largest publisher of paid English language daily newspapers and owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, web sites and radio stations in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Media contact:
Yvonne Chiang
604-422-6736
ychiang@globaltv.com