Shades of Black: Conrad Black and the World's Fastest Growing Press Empire

by RichardSiklos (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $4.62

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  In 1985, Conrad Black was a forty-year-old financier with a passion for publishing and a string of corporate coups and controversies behind him in his native Canada. Since then he has assembled one of the world's major newspaper groups, with interests in more than 300 titles including London's Daily Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Jerusalem Post and many Canadian titles. This book by the media writer for Toronto's Financial Post looks behind the scenes at the deals that shaped an empire, and analyzes the complex figure at its head.

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $4.32

  In 1985 Conrad Black was a 40-year-old financier with a passion for publishing and a string of corporate coups and controversies behind him in his native Canada. With military precision, Black set about acquiring newspapers and the influence that goes along with them, amassing in just three years interests in more than 300 titles. This book presents the inside story of Black's relentless quest to become the world's leading press baron.