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'''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.<ref>[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1039.html RightWeb profile - Conrad Black], accessed 4 March 2007.</ref> 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:
 
'''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.<ref>[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1039.html RightWeb profile - Conrad Black], accessed 4 March 2007.</ref> 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"<ref>Matt Wells, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4153170,00.html The Black arts leave writers riled], The Guardian, 16-March-2001, Accessed 06-October-2009</ref>.
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:"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"<ref>Matt Wells, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4153170,00.html The Black arts leave writers riled], The Guardian, 16-March-2001, Accessed 06-October-2009</ref>.
 
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]: Former Member of the International Advisory Board
 
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]: Former Member of the International Advisory Board
 
*[[National Interest]]: Member, Advisory Council
 
*[[National Interest]]: Member, Advisory Council
*director of [[Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.]]  
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*director of [[Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.]],
 
*[[Brascan Corporation]], director  
 
*[[Brascan Corporation]], director  
*[[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce]], director  
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*the [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce]], director  
 
*[[CanWest Global Communications]], director
 
*[[CanWest Global Communications]], director
 
*[[Jerusalem Post Limited]], director
 
*[[Jerusalem Post Limited]], director
 
*Steering Committee of the [[Bilderberg Group]]
 
*Steering Committee of the [[Bilderberg Group]]
*[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], member  
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*the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], member  
*[[Chairman's Council of the Americas Society]]  
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*the [[Chairman's Council of the Americas Society]],
*trustee of the [[Malcolm Muggeridge Foundation]]  
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*a trustee of the [[Malcolm Muggeridge Foundation]],
*director of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] in London<ref>[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1039.html RightWeb profile - Conrad Black], accessed 4 March 2007.</ref>
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*a director of the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] in London<ref>[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1039.html RightWeb profile - Conrad Black], accessed 4 March 2007.</ref>
  
 
==Connections==
 
==Connections==
*[[Barbara Amiel]]: wife
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*[[Barbara Amiel]]: Wife
 
*[[Richard Perle]]: [[Hollinger International]] director
 
*[[Richard Perle]]: [[Hollinger International]] director
 
*[[Dean Godson]]: Former assistant
 
*[[Dean Godson]]: Former assistant
 
*[[Roy MacLaren]] interlocking director
 
*[[Roy MacLaren]] interlocking director
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==Resources==
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*Rightweb [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1039.html Conrad Black]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:40, 29 July 2017

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-Israeli held view, they say, no editor or reporter would dare to write frankly about the Palestinian perspective"[2].

Affiliations

Connections

Resources

Notes

  1. RightWeb profile - Conrad Black, accessed 4 March 2007.
  2. Matt Wells, The Black arts leave writers riled, The Guardian, 16-March-2001, Accessed 06-October-2009
  3. RightWeb profile - Conrad Black, accessed 4 March 2007.