Sportsnet Magazine

*Sportsnet Magazine*
Editor in Chief, Publisher	John Intini
Staff writers	Stephen Brunt Scott Feschuk Ben Nicholson- Smith Arden Zwelling
Categories	Sports magazine
Frequency	Biweekly
First issue	September 29, 2011
Company	Rogers Media
Country	Canada
Based in	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language	English

Sportsnet Magazine is a Canadian bi-weekly sports magazine published by Rogers Media in conjunction with its sports television channel Sportsnet.

History

On June 9, 2011, Rogers executive Ken Whyte announced plans for a new sports magazine as a brand extension of Rogers' Sportsnet television channel, modeled off a similar magazine produced by ESPN.^[1] The first issue was released on September 29, 2011, with Sidney Crosby on the cover; the launch of Sportsnet Magazine came alongside a major re-branding of Rogers' sports broadcasting outlets.^[2] The first woman to appear on the cover was the late skier Sarah Burke.

References

↑ "Sportsnet to launch magazine". thestar.com. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
↑ Jaime Pulfer (2011-09-29). "Sportsnet magazine launches today, brand makeover on its way". 680News. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

Rogers Communications

Corporate directors

Fixed-line telecommunications

Mobile telecommunications

Magazines

Television

Conventional
television

City	Stations CITY CHMI CJNT CKAL CKEM CKVU

Omni Television	Stations CFMT CHNM CJCO CJEO CJMT

Other	Hockey Night in Canada⁵

Cable
television

City	City Saskatchewan

Sportsnet	Sportsnet 360 Sportsnet regional channels East Ontario West Pacific Sportsnet One Sportsnet PPV WWE Network Sportsnet World

MLSE	Leafs TV NBA TV Canada

Other channels	Cable 14¹ CPAC FX FXX G4 OLN Rogers TV¹ TV Rogers (French)¹ The Shopping Channel Viceland

Radio stations

AM	CFAC CFFR CFTR CIRS CIWW CJCL CKAT CKGL CKWX

FM	CFGP CFLT CFRV CHAS CHBN CHST CHDI CHEZ CHFI CHFM CHMN CHTT CHUR CHYM CIKR CIKZ CIOC CISQ CISS CITI CJAQ CJAX CJET CJMX CJNI CJOK CJQM CJQQ CJRQ CJRX CKBY CKER CKFX CKGB CKIS CKIZ CKKS CKMH CKQC CKSR CKXC CKY CKYX WLYK²

Radio networks	Jack FM (most Canadian stations) Sportsnet Radio

Other assets

Hockey Night in Canada³
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (37.5%)
Rogers Media
Rogers Plus
Spring Fishing Show
Toronto Blue Jays
Shomi
Vuguru

Facilities

Owned	33 Dundas Street East 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West Rogers Building Rogers Centre Rogers Park

Sponsored	Rogers Arena Rogers K-Rock Centre Rogers Place (under construction)

Leased	Canadian Broadcasting Centre⁴

Acquisitions and historic brands

Direct acquisitions	Aurora Cable Internet Cable Atlantic Maclean-Hunter Selkirk Communications Newton Cable Score Media Sprint Canada

Systems resold by Shaw	Classicomm Fundy Cable Graham Cable Mountain Cablevision Trillium Cable

Defunct channels	CityNews Channel Viewers Choice MSNBC Canada GolTV The Biography Channel

Some assets listed above are only partially owned by Rogers Communications. Refer to each individual article for detailed information.

¹Community channels owned (or part-owned) by Rogers Cable
²U.S. border station operated by Rogers under a local marketing agreement
³Brand used under license from the CBC.
⁴Studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the CBC for its NHL coverage.
⁵Part-time network broadcast over the same stations as CBC Television; see CRTC Decision 2015-154

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