George Stroumboulopoulos to host Hockey Night in Canada; ROB editor Derek De Cloet to Rogers Publishing

Two moves by major media personalities were announced today. George Stroumboulopoulos, host of a nightly talk show on CBC, will join a new NHL broadcast team this fall and Derek DeCloet, editor of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, will become director of content strategy at Rogers.


Stroumboulopoulos will become one part of a frontline “dream team” that will include Hockey Night in Canada fixtures Don Cherry and Ron MacLean and Sportsnet personalities Darren Millard and Jeff Marek, Rogers has announced.

Rogers will air the games on its multiple channels across the country but the Hockey Night in Canada franchise will continue for the next four seasons on CBC in a deal that provides the public broadcaster with an outlet to promote its other programming even though it will no longer own the show or sell its commercial time.

 

DeCloet will be director of content strategy for Rogers Publishing, leading the editorial operations of their consumer magazines, including Maclean's, Canadian Business, Chatelaine, MoneySense and Sportsnet Magazine. .