Sun-Times Media Group

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Sun-Times Media Group (until recently Hollinger International) NYSE: [SVN] is the holding company of a Chicago based newspaper group. Thirty percent (and 78% of the voting share) of the group is owned by Canadian based Hollinger Inc. - an 84% controlling stake is owned by controversial Canadian businessman Conrad Black through his Ravelston Corporation. He attempted to sell this stake to the Barclay brothers in January 2004 and the brothers launched a takeover bid for the rest of Hollinger International. However the sale was blocked by a judge in the United States after the company's board lodged a court action against the sale.

The Barclay brothers later bought The Telegraph Group which included The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Spectator. On November 16, 2004 the sale of The Jerusalem Post to Mirkaei Tikshoret, a Tel Aviv-based publisher of Israeli newspapers, was announced. CanWest Global Communications, Canada's biggest media concern, announced it has agreed to take a 50 percent stake in The Jerusalem Post after Mirkaei buys the property.

Assets of Hollinger International now include the Chicago Sun-Times in the United States, and various minor newspapers in Canada and the United States.

Corporate governance

October 2005

Gordon A. Paris Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Paul B. Healy Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Peter K. Lane Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Robert T. Smith Treasurer
James R. Van Horn Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
John Cruickshank Chief Operating Officer, Head of the Chicago Group

Current members of the board of directors of the corporation are: Gordon Paris, Richard Burt, Daniel Colson, Cyrus Freidhelm, Henry Kissinger, Shmuel Meitar, John O'Brien, Richard Perle, Graham Savage, Raymond Seitz, and James R. Thompson.

External links

[Hollinger International] official site
[Hollinger Inc.] official site
[Guardian Unlimited Special Report - Conrad Black, Hollinger and the Telegraph] Ongoing archive collection of news and analysis.
[Ketupa.net - Media Profiles: Hollinger, Black & the Barclays] Extensive background information, including past and present media holdings.
[U.S. SEC - Breeden Report] Complete 512-page copy of the Report of Investigation by the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Hollinger International Inc.

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