Alexandra Posadzki is an award-winning business journalist based in Toronto and the author of the instant #1 best-selling book, Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire. She covers financial and cybercrime for The Globe and Mail's Report on Business. Her industry-leading coverage of the dramatic power struggle at Rogers Communications Inc. was recognized with several Canada Best in Business Awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.
Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada’s Telecom Empire
A riveting, deeply reported account that takes us inside the dramatic battle for control of Canada’s largest wireless carrier, and paints a broader picture of the cutthroat telecom industry, the labyrinth of regulatory and political systems that govern it, and the high-stakes corporate games played by the Canadian establishment.
Alexandra Posadzki’s ground-breaking coverage in the Globe and Mail exposed one of the most spectacular boardroom and family dramas in Canadian corporate history—one that has pitted the company’s extraordinarily powerful chairman and controlling shareholder, Edward Rogers, against not only his own management team but also the wishes of his mother and two of his sisters. Hanging in the balance is no less than the pending $20 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications, a historic deal that promises to transform Rogers into the truly national telecom empire that its late founder, Ted Rogers, always envisioned.
Based on deeply sourced, investigative reporting of the iconic $30 billion publicly traded telecom and media giant, Posadzki takes us inside a company that touches the lives of millions of Canadians, challenging what we thought we knew about corporate governance and who really holds the power. Rogers v. Rogers is also a story of family legacy and succession, of an old guard pushing back at the new guard, and of a company struggling to find its footing in the wake of its legendary founder’s death. At the heart of it all is a dispute between warring factions of the family over how they each interpret the desires of the late patriarch and the very identity of the company that bears their name.
PRAISE FOR ROGERS V. ROGERS:
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER · One of the Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2024
“A family saga steeped in greed, debauchery, betrayals and vengeance”
—Financial Times
“Rogers v. Rogers takes you deep inside a Shakespearean saga of unfettered ambition, family rivalry, and boardroom betrayals—a well-reported book that will terrify shareholders and directors.”
—Jacquie McNish, co-author of Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry
“Rogers v. Rogers is a fascinating deep dive into one of Canada’s most influential business families, describing in vivid detail the power struggle that tore it apart. From an infamous ‘butt dial’ to biting social media outbursts, Posadzki’s energetic reporting takes you into the boardrooms, courtrooms and living rooms where family members and their courtiers engaged in high-stakes combat.”
—Gordon Pitts, author of the National Business Book Award winner, Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite
“[Alexandra] Posadzki gives readers a tantalizingly detailed glimpse into how power works in corporate Canada, with ordinary people caught in a web of egos and grievances. You’ll never want to pay your cellphone bill again.”
—Josh O’Kane, bestselling author of Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy
“For years to come, Rogers v. Rogers will stand as a chronicle of a critical moment in the history of Canada’s telecom industry, an embarrassing spectacle in the annals of the Rogers family and an account of how the country ended up with the communications oligopoly it seems to be stuck with for the foreseeable future. There will be more books to write. But this one will remain a must-read.”
—David Moscrop, The Globe and Mail
“As the Globe and Mail’s designated scribe on the Rogers beat during the 2021 power struggle, Posadzki produced near-daily, blazing reports based on hard-earned scoops. Now with Rogers v. Rogers, she offers a further reminder of what good long-form investigative journalism can accomplish by revealing the facts, foibles, and infighting behind one of Canada’s most interesting and impactful entrepreneurial stories. Given Rogers Communications’ immense and often intimate impact upon millions of daily lives, Posadzki provides a public service, one that not only unspools a good yarn but also does what the best and bravest journalism should do: speak truth to power.”
—Dimitry Anastakis, Literary Review of Canada
“Rogers v. Rogers finds resonance in a moment of collective fixation with “eat the rich” media, in films such as Saltburn, The Menu and Glass Onion, and television series such as The White Lotus and Succession. Those are all works of fiction, yet as the Rogers family saga shows, the real-world versions can be more shocking.”
—Ariella Garmaise, Financial Times