ROGERS MEDIA HIRES STEPHEN BRUNT

TORONTO (February 14, 2011) Rogers Media today announced that Stephen Brunt, sports columnist with the Globe and Mail, has signed on with Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet Radio.   Brunt will continue as a co-host on Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown, and will appear on Sportsnet Connected on a regular basis as well as other special studio features. Brunt will also produce video essays, similar to the ones which aired at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, capturing the emotions of Canadians from coast-to-coast.     “Stephen has been a solid fixture on Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown, forming one of the strongest teams in Canadian sports broadcasting,” said Scott Moore, President Broadcasting, Rogers Media.  “Sportsnet is truly excited to add someone with such a phenomenal sports background.”   Brunt has authored several successful books such as the No.1-Canadian best seller Searching for Bobby Orr, as well as the internationally recognized Facing Ali, which was selected as one of the top 10 sports books of the year in 2003, and most recently Gretzky's Tears, which chronicles Wayne Gretzky’s 1988 trade to the Los Angeles Kings. 

  About Rogers Media Inc.

Rogers Media Inc., a division of Rogers Communications Inc., (TSX: RCI; NYSE: RCI), operates Rogers Broadcasting and Rogers Publishing. Rogers Broadcasting has 55 AM and FM radio stations across Canada. Television properties include 5 Citytv stations as well as 5 OMNI multicultural television stations, Rogers Sportsnet consisting of four regional channels and the nationally distributed Sportsnet ONE, and the Shopping Channel, a televised and Internet shopping service. Rogers Publishing produces many well-known consumer magazines such as Maclean's, Chatelaine, Flare, L'actualité and Canadian Business, and is the leading publisher of a number of industry, medical and financial publications. All media properties are integrated with their own popular web sites. Rogers Media also owns the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club and Rogers Centre, a year-round sports and entertainment facility.

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