Lord Conrad Black: Arrogance, Pretense and Sleaze
In his tumescent 1,280-page doorstop-worthy biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lord Black, a.k.a. Conrad Black, the former Canadian press magnate, member of the House of Lords and recent C.E.O....
View ArticleJournalists or Hired Flacks?
How much does it cost to buy good will from George Will? And what's the going rate to get a bucking-up from William F. Buckley? Ask Lord Conrad Black, the embattled media magnate under investigation by...
View ArticleLord Conrad Black’s Hollinger: A Rat’s Nest
It seems that rarely a week goes by without another revelation about the financial shenanigans of Conrad Black, the former Canadian press mogul whose dishonorable business career has captured the...
View ArticleThe Wannabes: Giuliani and Pataki
The first-ever Republican convention in New York was supposed to be a showcase for a pair of New Yorkers who are said to have national ambitions: former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and three-term Governor...
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Hollinger Hell: Jerusalem Post Suit Filed Here
Thomas A. Rose, the deposed chief executive and publisher of The Jerusalem Post, has filed a $2 million lawsuit in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan against Bret Stephens, the former Post editor in...
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[em]Daily News[/em] Soon to Be as Famous as Whitney and Bobby’s Bathroom
Click to Enlarge Bravo's Tabloid Wars--that docu-reality-miniseries peek into Mort Zuckerman's Daily News ant farm--hits TVs July 24, the summer after it was filmed. Today brings the press kit,...
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Conrad Black Found Guilty On Four Counts
A Chicago jury has found Conrad Black guilty on four of thirteen chages, three days after a judge ordered them back into deliberation. The jury had said it could not reach a consensus on all of the 16...
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Will Lady Black Write Conrad Trial Memoir?
We're a little obsessed with Barbara Amiel, devoted wife of Conrad Black who once said of herself in a Vogue profile: "I have an extravagance that knows no bounds." So imagine our excitement so see...
View ArticleFeds Want to Seize Black’s Profit from Park Avenue Apartment Sale
The federal government wants to seize the money Conrad Black made from the $8.5 million sale of his Park Avenue apartment. According to this morning's Financial Times, the seizure would be part of a...
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