COMPANY

Media holding company, owner of the The Chicago Sun-Times and previously the The Jerusalem Post, The London Daily Telegraph, and about 20 other local papers.

A report filed with the SEC revealed in 2004 that CEO Conrad Black and associates allegedly "looted" $400M from the paper during 1997-2003, a figure approximately equal to the profits of the company. Black and three Hollinger executives were indicted 2005 on several counts of fraud, and convicted of a subset July 2007. Black's Canadian holding company, Hollinger Inc., filed for bankruptcy two weeks later. The surviving board of Hollinger International reformed the company as Sun-Times Media Group in 2006.

Official Website:
http://www.hollingerinternational.com/

Industry:
Media

Corporate headquarters:
Chicago, IL

Sales:
$1B (2002)

Employees:
5300 (2002)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara Amiel	Journalist	4-Dec-1940		Director of The Spectator
Peter Y. Atkinson	Business	c. 1947		Ex-VP of Hollinger International
Conrad Black	Business	25-Aug-1944		Rapacious newspaper mogul
J. A. Boultbee	Business	c. 1944		Ex-CFO of Hollinger International
John D. Cruickshank	Business	c. 1953		Chicago Sun-Times publisher, 2003-08
Mark S. Kipnis	Attorney	c. 1949		Ex-Counsel of Hollinger International
James D. McDonough	Attorney	c. 1959		General Counsel, Sun-Times Media Group
Gordon A. Paris	Business	c. 1953		Interim CEO of Hollinger, 2003-06

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barbara Amiel	Journalist	4-Dec-1940		Director of The Spectator
Peter Y. Atkinson	Business	c. 1947		Ex-VP of Hollinger International
Conrad Black	Business	25-Aug-1944		Rapacious newspaper mogul
J. A. Boultbee	Business	c. 1944		Ex-CFO of Hollinger International
Richard R. Burt	Diplomat	3-Feb-1947		US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
John D. Cruickshank	Business	c. 1953		Chicago Sun-Times publisher, 2003-08
Cyrus F. Freidheim	Business	c. 1936		CEO of Sun Times Media Group, 2006-09
Marie-Josée Kravis	Economist	11-Sep-1949		President of MoMA
Peter Munk	Business	8-Nov-1927		Founder of Barrick Gold
John M. O'Brien	Business	c. 1943		CFO, New York Times Co., 1998-2001
Gordon A. Paris	Business	c. 1953		Interim CEO of Hollinger, 2003-06
Graham W. Savage	Business	c. 1949		Callisto Capital
Raymond Seitz	Diplomat	8-Dec-1940		US Ambassador to the UK, 1991-94
James R. Thompson	Politician	8-May-1936		Governor of Illinois, 1977-91
Leslie H. Wexner	Business	8-Sep-1937		CEO of Limited Brands

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dwayne Andreas	Business	4-Mar-1918		Archer Daniels Midland CEO, 1970-97
Richard C. Breeden	Government	6-Dec-1949		SEC Chairman, 1989-93
Zbigniew Brzezinski	Government	28-Mar-1928		National Security Advisor, 1977-81
William F. Buckley	Columnist	24-Nov-1925	27-Feb-2008	National Review
Richard R. Burt	Diplomat	3-Feb-1947		US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
Herbert A. Denton	Business	c. 1947		Providence Capital
Henry Kissinger	Government	27-May-1923		US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Marie-Josée Kravis	Economist	11-Sep-1949		President of MoMA
Richard Perle	Government	16-Sep-1941		Prince of Darkness
Margaret Thatcher	Head of State	13-Oct-1925		UK Prime Minister, 1979-90
James R. Thompson	Politician	8-May-1936		Governor of Illinois, 1977-91
George Will	Columnist	4-May-1941		Conservative pundit, baseball lover

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