Paul Gustav Morton (May 29, 1938 – January 17, 2024) was a Canadian entertainment executive who served as the president of Odeon–Morton Theatres, Canwest, and the Global Television Network.
[4] Morton invested in and served as president of Canwest, a company formed by Izzy Asper to operate an independent television station in Winnipeg.
[5] In 1975, Canwest agreed to purchase the assets of KCND-TV, a U.S. television station that targeted the Winnipeg market, if it received a licence from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
[6] Canwest beat out Craig Broadcasting for Winnipeg's new television licence and on August 31, 1975, the company launched CKND-TV.
[11] In 1986, Morton and Epstein sued Asper, alleging he had reneged on a deal to sell them control of Global Ventures Western Ltd.[12] The lawsuit was dismissed in 1989, but the court ordered that the company's shares be auctioned off.