CanWest Global Names Board Chairman

WINNIPEG, August 31: CanWest Global Communications has
appointed Derek H. Burney as Chairman of the Board, where he succeeds the
interim chairman David Drybrough.

Drybrough has held the position since March 2005, after
then-chairman Frank McKenna stepped down to become Canada's Ambassador to the
U.S.

Burney is senior strategic adviser to the law firm of
Ogilivy Renault and is a Visiting Professor and Senior Distinguished Fellow at
Carleton University.