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| − | Hollinger International was a publishing company who owned [[The Telegraph]],[[The Spectator]], [[The Chicago Sun-Times]] and [[The Jerusalem Post]] until 2004<ref>Abigail Rayner, [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article850242.ece Hollinger International to hit Lord Black with fresh legal claims], ''The Times'', 04-May-2004, Accessed 08-May-2009</ref>. The company | + | Hollinger International was a publishing company who owned [[The Telegraph]],[[The Spectator]], [[The Chicago Sun-Times]] and [[The Jerusalem Post]] until 2004<ref>Abigail Rayner, [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article850242.ece Hollinger International to hit Lord Black with fresh legal claims], ''The Times'', 04-May-2004, Accessed 08-May-2009</ref>. The company changed its name to [[The Sun-Times Media Group]] after a financial scandal involving former directors [[Conrad Black]] and [[David Radler]]<ref>Geraldine Fabrikant, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/18/business/18black.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=hollinger%20international&st=cse News Tycoon Stole Millions, U.S. Charges], New York Times, 18-November-2005, Accessed 16-May-2009</ref>. |
==Conrad Black Controversy== | ==Conrad Black Controversy== | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 16 May 2009
Hollinger International was a publishing company who owned The Telegraph,The Spectator, The Chicago Sun-Times and The Jerusalem Post until 2004[1]. The company changed its name to The Sun-Times Media Group after a financial scandal involving former directors Conrad Black and David Radler[2].
Conrad Black Controversy
According to a Report by the Hollinger board the company was "systematically manipulated and used by its controlling shareholders for their sole benefit". Key shareholders Conrad Black and David Radler transferred to themselves and their affiliates more than $400 million in a seven year period[3]. Black was given a six and a half year sentence for fraud and obstruction of justice for his part in the affair[4].
Board of Directors
Conrad Black | David Radler | Henry Kissinger | James R. Thomson | Richard Perle [5]| Alfred Taubman | Robert Strauss | Marie-Josee Kravis | Dwayne Andreas Barbara Amiel Black | Peter Atkinson | Daniel Colson [6]
Notes
- ↑ Abigail Rayner, Hollinger International to hit Lord Black with fresh legal claims, The Times, 04-May-2004, Accessed 08-May-2009
- ↑ Geraldine Fabrikant, News Tycoon Stole Millions, U.S. Charges, New York Times, 18-November-2005, Accessed 16-May-2009
- ↑ Richard Breeden,Special Committee of the board of directors, Hollinger International, 30-August-2004, Accessed 09-May-2009
- ↑ Andrew Clark, Conrad Black Jailed, The Guardian, 3-March-2008, Accessed 09-May-2009
- ↑ Jim Kirk, Probe details Hollinger 'looting', The Chicago Tribune, 01-September-2004, Accessed 09-May-2009
- ↑ Eric Herman, Shareholder lawsuit names Hollinger International directors, Chicago Sun-Times, 3-January-2004, Accessed 14-May-2009
