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=settled 2006?nytHollinger Inc. Sues Black, Adding to Tangle of LitigationBy NAT IVESMARCH 30, 2005
The long list of lawsuits involving Hollinger International and its former chief executive, Conrad M. Black, grew even longer yesterday.
Hollinger Inc., the Toronto holding company that controls Hollinger International, filed suit against Lord Black and his privately held company, the Ravelston Corporation. Hollinger Inc. is seeking 636 million Canadian dollars ($524.6 million), asserting financial misconduct.
The suit, filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice by Hollinger and a subsidiary, asks for 550 million Canadian dollars in damages and reimbursements for management fees and other payments that it said were diverted from Hollinger Inc. to Ravelston, the largest shareholder of Hollinger Inc.
The suit also demands 86 million Canadian dollars plus interest, to cover the costs of a continuing court-ordered investigation into Hollinger Inc. by the accounting firm Ernst & Young and for the costs of a failed attempt by Lord Black to take Hollinger Inc. private.
In a statement provided by a Ravelston spokesman, James Badenhausen, the company said the suit merely rehashed existing litigation.
"We have made clear that we believe those actions are without merit and that we look forward to the opportunity to try them in a court of law," the company said. "Virtually all of the matters that are now alleged to be improper, such as the payment of management fees, were fully known by the independent directors of Hollinger Inc. at the time. We are confident that, as with those other suits, we will prevail in this case."
Ravelston had hoped to take Hollinger Inc. private by acquiring the 22 percent of the company that it did not already own, but the Ontario Securities Commission blocked that plan on Monday. The commission said it was enforcing its decision last year to freeze trading in Hollinger Inc. shares by Lord Black and other executives until its financial statements were brought up to date.
Lord Black stepped aside as chairman and chief executive of Hollinger Inc. in November in an attempt to smooth the road to a deal. If he had taken Hollinger Inc. private, the company would have been subject to fewer regulatory requirements like publishing quarterly financial results.
Lord Black also controlled Hollinger International, the Chicago-based publisher of The Chicago Sun-Times, until he resigned as chief executive under pressure in 2003, when an internal committee concluded that he had used company money for personal gain. Lord Black has denied the accusations.
Edward Greenspan, a lawyer for Lord Black, did not respond to a message left late yesterday.
In addition to Lord Black and Ravelston, the suit names as defendants other entities controlled by Lord Black -- Ravelston Management, Moffatt Management and Black-Amiel Management -- as well as F. David Radler, Jack A. Boultbee and Peter Y. Atkinson, former executives at Hollinger Inc.
The new lawsuit adds to the tangle of litigation and investigations surrounding Lord Black and Hollinger International. Last week, for example, the Justice Department confirmed that it was conducting a criminal investigation of Lord Black and Mr. Radler. In November, Hollinger International refiled much of a previously dismissed case against Lord Black and his associates, seeking $500 million in damages.
Lord Black himself has filed libel suits against members of the Hollinger International committee that accused him of improprieties and its legal counsel, Richard C. Breeden<h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">KPMG Off The Hook In Hollinger Scandal</h1><div id="article-body" class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><p class="byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 5px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 16px; width: 600px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">By Bailey SomersLaw360, New York (January 25, 2006, 12:00 AM ET) -- The man who accused ousted Hollinger founder Conrad Black of piloting a “corporate kleptocracy,” has been vaulted into the position of special monitor at the media conglomerate. Meanwhile, the company has decided not to pursue litigation against its auditor KPMG, the company announced this week. The appointment of Richard Breeden, a former chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, kicked in after Hollinger Inc., the Canadian parent company of Chicago newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc., forced two of its own directors onto the U.S....</div><div><h1>SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Conrad Black, F. David Radler and Hollinger Inc.</h1><h3>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2004-155</h3><h2>Relief Sought Includes Penalties, Officer and Director Bars, and Imposition of Voting Trust on Hollinger, International Shares Held by Black and Hollinger, Inc.</h2>Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2004 - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed an enforcement action in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, against Hollinger International's former Chairman and CEO Conrad M. Black, former Deputy Chairman and COO F. David Radler, and Hollinger, Inc., a Canadian public holding company controlled by Black.The Commission's complaint alleges that from approximately 1999 through 2003, Black, Radler and Hollinger Inc. engaged in a fraudulent and deceptive scheme to divert cash and assets from Hollinger International, Inc., a U. S. public company and a subsidiary of Hollinger, Inc., and concealed their self-dealing from Hollinger International's public shareholders.The SEC's compliant requests that the Court:<ul type="disc"><li>enjoin the defendants from further violations of the securities laws,
 </li><li>order the defendants to disgorge their ill-gotten gains and pay pre-judgment interest,
 </li><li>order the defendants to pay civil penalties,
 </li><li>bar Black and Radler from serving as an officer or director of a public company, and
 </li><li>impose a voting trust upon the shares of Hollinger International held directly or indirectly by Black and Hollinger, Inc.
 </li></ul>Stephen M. Cutler, Director of the Commission's Division of Enforcement, said, "Black and Radler abused their control of a public company and treated it as their personal piggy bank. Instead of carrying out their responsibilities to protect the interest of public shareholders, the defendants cheated and defrauded these shareholders through a series of deceptive schemes and misstatements."Merri Jo Gillette, Regional Director of the Commission's Midwest Regional Office, said, "The Commission is taking action at this time because it has obtained strong evidence to support the charges of serious misconduct by the defendants. We intend to seek tough sanctions against them based on these charges. However, our work is not done. We will continue our investigation into wrongdoing at Hollinger."In the complaint filed today, the SEC alleges, among other things, that,<ul type="disc"><li>Black, Radler and Hollinger, Inc. engaged in a scheme to defraud Hollinger International shareholders through a series of related party transactions by which Black and Radler diverted to themselves, other corporate insiders and Hollinger, Inc. approximately $85 million of the proceeds from Hollinger International's sale of newspaper publications through purported "non-competition" payments.
 </li><li>Black and Radler further defrauded public shareholders by orchestrating the sale of certain of Hollinger International's newspaper publications at below-market prices to another privately-held company owned and controlled by Black and Radler, including the sale of one publication for $1.00.
 </li><li>In February 2003, Black, without obtaining the necessary approval from Hollinger International's Audit Committee, authorized the investment of $2.5 million of Hollinger International's funds in a venture capital fund with which Black and two other directors of Hollinger International were affiliated.
 </li><li>In order to perpetrate their fraudulent scheme, Black and Radler misled Hollinger International's Audit Committee and Board of Directors concerning the related party transactions. Black and Radler also misrepresented and omitted to state material facts regarding these transactions in Hollinger Internationals filings with the Commission and during Hollinger International shareholder meetings.
 </li><li>In November 2003, Black approved a press release issued by Hollinger International in which he misled the investing public about his intention to devote his time to an effort to sell Hollinger International assets for the benefit of all of Hollinger International shareholders (the "Strategic Process") and not to undermine that process by engaging in transactions for the benefit of himself and Hollinger, Inc.
 </li></ul>Previously, on Jan. 16, 2004, the SEC obtained a federal court order against the Chicago-based Hollinger International, Inc. alleging that from at least 1999 through 2003, the company's Commission filings contained misstatements and omitted material facts regarding transfers of certain corporate assets to certain of Hollinger International's insiders and related entities (SEC v. Hollinger International, Inc.).On the same date, the SEC obtained a federal court order to ensure that the work of the Special Committee of Hollinger International's board of directors - including its efforts to recover and preserve corporate assets - continued under the jurisdiction and oversight of the court. Hollinger International consented to the entry of the order, which also permanently enjoined the company from violating the reporting and internal control provisions of the federal securities laws.Under that order (See SEC Lit. Rel. 18551, Jan. 16, 2004), Hollinger International is required to maintain its Special Committee to, among other things, continue its investigation of alleged misconduct and its efforts to recover and maintain corporate assets. In the event the Special Committee's authority were in any way impaired, including through a change in control of the company, Richard C. Breeden (the current Counsel to the Special Committee) would serve as a court-ordered Special Monitor to protect the interests of Hollinger International shareholders.</div>The SEC acknowledges the assistance and cooperation of the Ontario Securities Commission in the investigation of this matter.=

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Hollinger International Inc. is the former name of Sun-Times Media Group Inc. which is owned by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hollinger_Inc." title="Hollinger Inc." style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hollinger Inc.</a>. Sun-Times Media Group Inc. owns the Chicago Sun-Times and a large number of community newspapers in the Chicago area. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hollinger_International_Inc.#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hollinger_International_Inc.#History" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 History</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hollinger_International_Inc.#Related_Sourcewatch" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5.1 Related Sourcewatch</a></li>

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During November 2003 the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="Securities and Exchange Commission" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> (SEC) announced that it was investigating the company. After an admission that several directors had received unauthorized payments totalling $32 million, CEO <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Conrad_Black" title="Conrad Black" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Conrad Black</a> resigned, but stayed on as Chairman. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=405987&section=finance" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[1]</a>

The SEC is also (as of December 2003) investigating dealings with companies with links to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Henry Kissinger</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Richard_N._Perle" title="Richard N. Perle" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Richard N. Perle</a>. Hollinger put £8m into UK firm<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cambridge_Display_Technology" title="Cambridge Display Technology" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cambridge Display Technology</a>, in which Perle has a stake, and £1.5m in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Trireme_Associates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trireme Associates (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Trireme Associates</a>, which has links to venture capital fund <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Trireme_Partners_LP" title="Trireme Partners LP" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Trireme Partners LP</a>, co-managed by Perle. Kissinger served as a board member of Trireme. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1101411,00.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[2]</a>

Hollinger International makes an annual contribution of $200,000 to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_National_Interest" title="The National Interest" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The National Interest</a>, a conservative quarterly magazine that also has links to Perle and Kissinger. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2044512" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[3]</a>

The Company's assets include the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.suntimes.com/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Chicago Sun-Times</a>, the New York <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nysun.com/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Sun</a> (13%) and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://larepublica.terra.co.cr/news/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">La Republica</a> (Central America)

In 2004 the Barclay brothers bought The Telegraph Group in the UK, which includes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">The Spectator</a>, from Hollinger after a lengthy <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hollinger_court_battle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hollinger court battle (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Hollinger court battle</a>. In December 2004 Hollinger International completed the sale of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jpost.com/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">The Jerusalem Post</a> (English daily newspaper) and Jerusalem Report to Israeli publisher Mirkaei Tikshoret. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4018393.stm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[4]</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://press.arrivenet.com/mrg/article.php/540805.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[5]</a>

The company holdings are labyrinthine: "The operations of Hollinger, for the year ended December 31, 2001, consisted of the Chicago Group, Community Group, U.K. Newspaper Group and Canadian Newspaper Group." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ravelston_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ravelston Corporation (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ravelston Corporation</a>, a private company controlled (with 65% ownership) by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Conrad_Black" title="Conrad Black" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Conrad Black</a>, is Hollinger, Inc.'s parent company; Hollinger, Inc. is a Toronto-listed company that owns 30% of Hollinger International (72% of the voting stock), a Delaware, US, company. The company's Canadian newspapers are owned through Hollinger Canadian Newspapers, Limited Partnership (Hollinger L.P.), in which Hollinger Inc holds an 87% interest. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/p/h/hlr.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[6]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.hoovers.com/co/capsule/1/0,2163,20021,00.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[7]</a> These arrangements allowed Black, with only 15% ownership, to exercise a free hand in the operations of Hollinger International.

On March 14, 2006, [Blommberg] reported that Peter White, who helped <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Conrad_Black" title="Conrad Black" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Conrad Black</a> build Hollinger International Inc. had lost his fight to rejoin the board of Black's former holding company. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=a7xwTYCsxxnY&refer=canada" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[8]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Conrad_Black" title="Conrad Black" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Conrad Black</a>, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, ex-CEO, and ex-Director.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/F._David_Radler" title="F. David Radler" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">F. David Radler</a>, Deputy Chairman, President, COO</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Daniel_Colson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Colson (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Daniel Colson</a>, Vice Chairman, Deputy Chairman, CEO and Director of The Telegraph</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gordon_A._Paris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon A. Paris (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Gordon A. Paris</a>, President and CEO (Jan 2005), Interim President (Dec 2003) and CEO; Director</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Lane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Lane (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Peter Lane</a>, CFO and Vice President</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Richard_N._Perle" title="Richard N. Perle" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Richard N. Perle</a>, Director, member of the Executive Committee, and Director and Co-Chairman of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hollinger_Digital_Inc." title="Hollinger Digital Inc." style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hollinger Digital Inc.</a>.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Henry_A._Kissinger" title="Henry A. Kissinger" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Henry A. Kissinger</a>, member of the board of directors</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_R._Thompson" title="James R. Thompson" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">James R. Thompson</a>, member of the board of directors</li>

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Paul B. Healy

Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations

712 5th Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Phone: 212-586-5666

Fax: 212-586-0010

Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.hollinger.com/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.hollinger.com/</a>

<h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); background: none;">External links</h2>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.guardian.co.uk/telegraph/" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Media Guardian Special Report - Conrad Black, Hollinger and the Telegraph</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ketupa.net/black.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Ketupa.net's Media Profile: Hollinger, Black & the Barclays</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cjr.org/owners/hollinger.asp" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">CJR's detailed list of media properties and businesses</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Patrick McGeehan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/23/business/23BLAC.html?th" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger Chief Agrees to Salary Cap of $6 Million</a>, The New York Times, May 23, 2003: "Conrad Black ... told a roomful of restive shareholders yesterday that he would limit his annual pay to $6 million and would give up some control" of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp?userID=ancientone7&h=3V2GA63XIjGbVW95al3TiQ&symb=HLR" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger International</a>.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11815206%255E7582,00.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger risks delisting with delay</a>", The Australian, December 31, 2004.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4018393.stm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger to sell Jerusalem Post</a>", BBC News, 17 November, 2004</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://press.arrivenet.com/mrg/article.php/540805.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger International Announces Completion of Sale of The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Report to Mirkaei Tikshoret Ltd</a>", PRNewswire, December 15, 2004.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Matthew McClearn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/stocks/article.jsp?content=20060327_75692_75692" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger in the Black?</a>, Canadian Business magazine, March 27-April 9, 2006 issue.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Joe Schneider, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=a7xwTYCsxxnY&refer=canada" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Black's Former Partner Denied Reinstatement to Hollinger Board</a>, Bloomberg, March 14, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Hollinger in the Black?, Canadian Business Online, April 9, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">David Teather, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1752586,00.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Hollinger International agrees to pay bulk of Black's legal bills</a>, The Guardian, April 13, 2006.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0604190219apr19,1,6490063.story?coll=chi-business-hed" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">HOLLINGER INC.: Beck named chairman after Wright quits</a>, Bloomberg, April 19, 2006.</li>

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<h3 style="color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; background: none;">Related Sourcewatch</h3>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Graham_Savage" title="Graham Savage" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Graham Savage</a></li>

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<h3 style="color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; background: none;">References</h3>

<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hollinger_International_Inc.#cite_ref-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hollingerinc.com/corporate.htm" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">History</a>, Hollinger, accessed August 2007.</li>

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<div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Categories</a>:

<li style=" margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-style: none; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Corporations" title="Category:Corporations" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Corporations</a></li>

<li style=" margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Newspapers" title="Category:Newspapers" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Newspapers</a></li>

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<h3>And More Leaks</h3>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Perle" title="Richard Perle" class="mw-redirect">Richard Perle</a> reportedly used <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rowland_Evans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rowland Evans (page does not exist)">Rowland Evans</a> and Novak to leak classified information in the 1970's – and is now a member of the board of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hollinger_International_Inc." title="Hollinger International Inc.">Hollinger International Inc.</a>, which owns the Chicago Sun-Times, the home newspaper of Novak's syndicated column.

Dana Milbank reported in the Washington Post that Richard Perle was the chief suspect in another Novak-assisted leak of classified information in December 1975: "Novak, with his late partner Rowland Evans, got the classified leak -- that President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gerald_R.Ford" title="Gerald R. Ford">Gerald R. Ford</a> and Secretary of State <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a> were ready to make concessions to the Soviet Union to save the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SALT_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SALT II (page does not exist)">SALT II</a> treaty. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donald_H.Rumsfeld" title="Donald H. Rumsfeld">Donald H. Rumsfeld</a>, then, as now, the secretary of defense, intervened to block Kissinger." Perle at the time was "an influential aide to Sen. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Henry_Scoop_Jackson" title="Henry Scoop Jackson" class="mw-redirect">Henry Scoop Jackson</a> (D-Wash.) ... The account was described in a 1977 article in The Washington Post, noting Perle's 'special access' to Evans and Novak." <a href="http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/100903E.shtml" class="external autonumber" title="http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/100903E.shtml" rel="nofollow">[12]</a>

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