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Media Mogul Conrad Black Leaves Prison

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:09:09 CDT

Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from a federal prison in Miami early today and faced deportation after serving about three years for defrauding investors. Black, whose empire once included the Chicago Sun-Times , the Daily Telegraph of London, the Jerusalem Post , and small papers across the US and Canada,...

Conrad Black Sent Back to Prison

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:47:05 CDT

Conrad Black faced two fates at resentencing today: free for good or back to prison. He got stuck with the latter. Judge Amy St. Eve ruled that the once-powerful media mogul had not served enough time for defrauding investors and sentenced Black to 3.5 years in prison. Prosecutors say...

Supreme Court Sides With Skilling, Black

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:07:01 CDT

The Supreme Court ruled today that prosecutors erred in using a federal fraud law to convict former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, but left it to a lower court to determine whether his conviction should be overturned. The justices were unanimous in imposing limits on the use of the federal...

Supreme Court to Hear Enron CEO's Appeal

Kevin Spak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:56:00 CDT

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s appeal of his fraud conviction in connection with the company's collapse. The appeal argues that the federal “honest services” statute, a favorite for prosecutors tackling white collar criminals, is flawed because the government needn’t prove that the defendant’s...

Supreme Court Shoots Down Jefferson's Appeal

Kevin Spak — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:44:57 CDT

The Supreme Court today refused to hear William Jefferson’s appeal, meaning the former New Orleans congressman’s corruption case is headed for trial, the Times-Picayune reports. The court will, however, consider overturning the fraud conviction against former media mogul Conrad Black and two of his compatriots.

Sun-Times Files for Bankruptcy

Kevin Spak — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:43:32 CDT

The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times , today announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the hope of “making the company fit for a buyer.” Unlike the also-bankrupt owner of its competitor, the Tribune, the Sun-Times has just one debtor: Uncle Sam. The IRS says...

Black Berates Newser Founder From Jail

Kevin Spak — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:40:00 CST

Convicted felon Conrad Black has skipped time in the exercise yard to pen a review from prison of the new biography of his old rival Rupert Murdoch. Black complains that biographer Michael Wolff is at once too deferential and takes "extreme psychological liberties" in The Man Who Owns the News....

Conrad Black Asks Bush for Clemency

Matt Cantor — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:49:47 CST

Onetime media mogul Conrad Black is seeking clemency from President Bush in hopes that his 6½-year jail sentence will be commuted, the CBC reports. Black, the former chair of newspaper firm Hollinger International, was convicted on fraud and obstruction of justice charges in 2007 for channeling $6 million from his...

Nixonland Gets 'Excellent' Prez Utterly Wrong

Jonas Oransky — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:46:04 CDT

The biography Nixonland is a hatchet job on an “excellent president,” media mogul Conrad Black (from behind bars) writes in the New York Sun , picking apart author Rick Perlstein’s slights—and reminding of the profound accomplishments of the 37th president. Beyond crediting Nixon with coarsening the political discourse permanently, Perlstein...