The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Colette Watson, the head of Rogers Communications' sports and media division, is retiring after 35 years with the company. The Globe's Irene Galea and Andrew Willis write that her departure comes as Rogers prepares for major changes in its sports ownership strategy. Since 2022, Ms. Watson has been president of Rogers Sports and Media, overseeing 2,800 employees working in the company's radio, television and streaming divisions, including Sportsnet. Ms. Watson held a range of senior roles across the company's media, regulatory and cable divisions. She joined Rogers in 1990 as the company's Ottawa bureau chief, and she went on to become vice-president of Rogers Television and later senior vice-president of broadcast television and operations. Ms. Watson is departing the company just months before it has the right to acquire the final outstanding stake it does not already own of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors teams. The deal could be worth upward of $4-billion. Rogers is still assessing how it plans to monetize these assets; this could include the sale of a minority stake or a public share offering.