Rogers Drama Spills Into Boardroom as Founding Family Splinters
- Dispute pits chairman against his mother and sisters
- Canada’s top cable and wireless firm reports results Thursday
Rogers Communications headquarters in Toronto.
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The Rogers clan -- mother, son and daughters -- is taking its feud into the boardroom Wednesday, marking a potentially pivotal moment in the power struggle at Canada’s largest cable and wireless company.
The family that has controlled Rogers Communications Inc. since its founding six decades ago is rupturing, publicly. Chairman Edward Rogers tried to oust Chief Executive Officer Joe Natale last month but the plan was blocked by a majority of the board, including two of Edward Rogers’s sisters and his mother, Loretta Rogers.