Friday, July 13, 2007

FACTBOX: Key facts about Conrad Black

(Reuters) - * In 1994 Black marries British-Canadian journalist Barbara Amiel. Beginning in the 1990s Black and partner David Radler start to reduce debt by selling off the media empire they built and controlled at Hollinger International Inc. in deals worth billions of dollars.




* In June 2001, Black is forced to renounce his Canadian citizenship so he can accept a lifetime seat in Britain's House of Lords as Lord Black of Crossharbour, named for the London neighborhood near the Daily Telegraph building, an honor that traditionally goes to the paper's owner.


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