Conrad Black

Conrad Black can't do much traveling now that he's been convicted on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice. This means he might have to go to jail pretty soon, but it also means that in the meantime, he can't go on tour to promote his recently published biography of Richard Nixon. Ouch! What's a fella to do?

According to The New York Times, he just whips out his trusty LongPen, which is a recent technology invention, and signs autographs by satellite! The paper reports that Mr. Black has been using the device to "meet" with his fans at bookstore events and sign their books just like a real author.  read more »

The judge in the trial of Canadian media mogul Conrad Black has announced she will consider a range of between 78 and 97 months (or six and a half to eight years) in sentencing, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. That's seen as good news for Mr. Black, who could have faced 20 years after being convicted in July of fraud and obstruction of justice.

Mr. Black is expected to deliver a lengthy court-room speech before his sentencing later today. We'll keep you posted.  read more »

The federal government wants to seize the money Conrad Black made from the $8.5 million sale of his Park Avenue apartment.

According to this morning's Financial Times, the seizure would be part of a government effort to get $17 million from Mr. Black and two other executives of his Hollinger International following their fraud convictions in June.  read more »

We're a little obsessed with Barbara Amiel, devoted wife of Conrad Black who once said of herself in a Vogue profile: "I have an extravagance that knows no bounds."

So imagine our excitement so see that Richard Siklos had written a short piece about the Lady Black!  read more »

A Chicago jury has found Conrad Black guilty on four of thirteen chages, three days after a judge ordered them back into deliberation. The jury had said it could not reach a consensus on all of the 16 charges being brought against four executives of Hollinger, Inc.

However, in the mixed jury verdict, Black was acquitted of nine counts that included wire fraud and racketeering.

The former Hollinger chief once presided over an empire that included the Chicago Sun-Times, Toronto’s National Post, London’s Daily Telegraph, and Israel's Jerusalem Post.  read more »

Now some might say Richard Nixon was a dark man—Drew and Witcover and Dallek and that crowd—but not Conrad Black. And he would know.  read more »

“Conrad Black is no dummy when it comes to promotion,” said Douglas Pepper.

Mr. Pepper, the president of the Canadian book-publishing company McClelland & Stewart, was on the phone from Toronto. He was explaining the timing of his client Mr. Black’s new book, The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon, which is scheduled to hit the shelves in bookstores throughout Canada on May 22.

Mr. Black already has a busy schedule.  read more »

Jay-Z is heading over to the celebrity-filled Time Warner Center, according to the New York Post. The rapper and music and clothing entrepreneur will be renting a four-room apartment for $40,000 a month.

Embattled media mogul Conrad Black recently sold his co-op at 635 Park Avenue to developer Marty Berman for $10.5 million, according to New York magazine. And Hugh Jackman has been looking around some pricey properties lately, most recently in Harvey Weinstein’s old building on Mercer Street.  read more »

Actor Samuel L. Jackson recently paid $4.8 million an Upper East Side previously owned by the former basketball player Greg Anthony and his ex-wife, the novelist Crystal McCrary, according to the New York Times.

Who else is better to profile in the The Times Habitats column than the self-described “queen of New York real estate?” Take a walk inside Barbara Corcoran’s Park Avenue apartment with an audio slide show. Believe it or not, you don’t even need TimesSelect!

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In his tumescent 1,280-page doorstop-worthy biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lord Black, a.k.  read more »

On July 21, 1853, New York City made the wisest move it has ever made and purchased over 700 acres o  read more »

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