Conrad Black
Conrad Black is a former media mogul whose Hollinger International empire once included the Daily Telegraph, the Jerusalem Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. He was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for fraud and obstruction of justice in December 2007.[1] While Black was the proprietor of The Telegraph the newspapers journalists complained that his pro-Israeli views were affecting editorial policy. According to a report in The Guardian:
- "Three prominent writers - all of them past contributors to Mr Black's Telegraph group have signed a letter to the Spectator accusing him of abusing his responsibilities as a proprietor. Such is the vehemance with which Mr Black has expounded his pro-Israli held view, they say, no editor or reporter would dare to write frankly about the Palestinian perspective"[2].
Affiliations
- Hudson Institute: Former Member, Board of Trustees
- Nixon Center: Member, Board of Directors
- Trilateral Commission: Former Member
- Council on Foreign Relations: Former Member of the International Advisory Board
- National Interest: Member, Advisory Council
- director of Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.
- Brascan Corporation, director
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, director
- CanWest Global Communications, director
- Jerusalem Post Limited, director
- Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group
- International Institute for Strategic Studies, member
- Chairman's Council of the Americas Society
- trustee of the Malcolm Muggeridge Foundation
- director of the Centre for Policy Studies in London[3]
Connections
- Barbara Amiel: wife
- Richard Perle: Hollinger International director
- Dean Godson: Former assistant
- Roy MacLaren interlocking director
Notes
- ↑ RightWeb profile - Conrad Black, accessed 4 March 2007.
- ↑ Matt Wells, The Black arts leave writers riled, The Guardian, 16-March-2001, Accessed 06-October-2009
- ↑ RightWeb profile - Conrad Black, accessed 4 March 2007.
