Legacy, financial opportunity likely motivated Rogers for MLSE takeover: experts
Experts say rising team valuations and the desire to forge a legacy are likely at the heart of what motivated Rogers Communications Inc. executive chair Edward Rogers to bolster the company's portfolio of Toronto professional sports teams.
Rogers Takes Control of Leafs, Raptors in $3.5 Billion Deal
Rogers Communications Inc. is buying BCE Inc.’s stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. for C$4.7 billion ($3.5 billion), giving the telecommunications firm control of Canada’s most valuable sports company.
Ed Rogers positioned to have full reign over sports empire after MLSE deal
Ed Rogers will have achieved his desire of total power over MLSE if Rogers' deal to acquire Bell's 37.5% stake is completed.
After Rogers’ MLSE deal, Leafs-Raptors-Jays IPO close to a slam dunk, say analysts
In the meantime, Larry Tanenbaum, who owns the other 25 per cent of MLSE through Kilmer, remains chair of the MLSE board, which has a second representative for Kilmer Group, Dale Lastman, a partner at law firm Goodmans LLP.
What the Rogers takeover of MLSE means for the Maple Leafs, Raptors and TSN
The Canadian sporting world was rocked by Wednesday’s news that Rogers is set to own at least 75% of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Ltd. by mid-2025. Bell and Rogers had split 75% control of the sports powerhouse,
With Rogers’s MLSE deal, Toronto just got less important
By next year, if you want to watch something other than a Rogers-owned-and-operated team in Toronto, you have two alternatives – the Professional Women’s Hockey League or a two-hour drive to Buffalo
Does Bell’s TSN have a lock on Raptors and Maple Leafs games for 20 years? Experts say it doesn’t
When it announced the deal to sell its MLSE stake to Rogers, Bell assured fans they can "count on" Maple Leafs and Raptors game action for 20 years. But a
Masai Ujiri’s future with Toronto Raptors dicier than ever after Rogers buys out Bell
From the moment it happened in 2011, the partnership seemed like a lower-stakes, modern-day version of mutually assured ...
Rogers Buys Out Bell’s Stake In Raptors’ Parent Company
Rogers Communications has acquired BCE (Bell)'s stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the ...
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Could Toronto Raptors ownership changes signal a wave of upcoming trades?
With Ed Rogers increasing his power over the Raptors, and Larry Tenenbaum with one foot out the door, the countdown for Masai ...
Rogers To Become Majority Owner Of MLSE After $4.7B Buyout Of Bell
For over a decade, all of Toronto’s sport teams were owned by two telecommunications companies: Bell and Rogers. But that has ...
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Rogers becomes largest owner of MLSE, buys Bell's 37.5% share for C$4.7B
Rogers Communications this morning announced it has signed an agreement to buy Bell’s 37.5% ownership stake in Maple Leaf ...
Rogers Communications buys out Bell stake in Maple Leafs Sports for $3.5 billion
Rogers Communications Inc. is buying out Bell’s 37.5% share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $3.5 billion.
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Rogers shoots, Rogers scores: How the MLSE deal happened
The two telecoms expect to close the transaction by the middle of 2025. At that point, Rogers will own 75 per cent of MLSE ...
NBA rumors: Rifts between Raptors, Masai Ujiri beginning to form
Raptors president Masai Ujiri doesn't see eye-to-eye with the team's owner, leading to questions about his future with the ...