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  • CONRAD BLACK Damned with faint praise? Hubris candidate of the year?

    12/30/2003 7:06:11 AM PST · by Liz · 3 replies · 272+ views
    Canadian Press ^ | Sunday, December 28, 2003 | GARY NORRIS
    Dark times surround Conrad Black, business newsmaker of the year TORONTO (CP) - His biggest news may still lie ahead of him, but Conrad Black has been anointed by newspaper and broadcast editors as the first notable to be named The Canadian Press business newsmaker of the year. Unfortunately for the hard-pressed media magnate who for a time dealt with Canadian newspapers like Monopoly-game properties, the honour carries no cash - and no "get out of jail free" card. Black, 59, dominated voting for business newsmaker of 2003 in a survey of newspaper editors and broadcasters by CP and Broadcast...