Conrad Black

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. 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-Israeli held view, they say, no editor or reporter would dare to write frankly about the Palestinian perspective".

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
• the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, director
• CanWest Global Communications, director
• Jerusalem Post Limited, director
• Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group
• the International Institute for Strategic Studies, member
• the Chairman's Council of the Americas Society,
• a trustee of the Malcolm Muggeridge Foundation,
• a director of the Centre for Policy Studies in London

Connections

• Barbara Amiel: Wife
• Richard Perle: Hollinger International director
• Dean Godson: Former assistant
• Roy MacLaren interlocking director

Resources

• Rightweb Conrad Black