Conrad Moffat Black , baron Black de Crossharbour, est un magnat, un financier et un biographe britannique dont les activités ont lieu principalement au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Grande-Bretagne. Il a une prédilection pour les groupes de presse et en particulier les journaux. Son épouse est Barbara Amiel, une chroniqueuse reconnue. Impliqué dans un important scandale, il a été condamné en 2007 à plus de six ans de prison. Wikipedia
“I had never heard of [Walter] Young before, and I do not expect to hear from him again.”
on a reviewer of his biography of Maurice Duplessis
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
“The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism.”
On journalist Norman Mailer
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
“Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots”
On corporate governance, in May 2003
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
Black, Conrad et al, "A Brief to the Special Senate Committee on the Mass Media from the Sherbrooke Record...", 1969 : Despite Black's involvement in press ownership, he heaped scorn on journalism
On Canadian author John Ralston Saul
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
“An overgenerous reinsurance policy for an underachieving people.”
About Canada's social welfare system
"Conrad Black", Slate, August 31, 2001
on the national weakness for the politics of envy
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
“Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated – unfairly so, in my opinion.”
On avarice
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
on one of his mentors
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
With sadness but with certitude, I accept that choice.
radio broadcast on 26 July 1974, the day Black left Quebec for good
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
on submitting his revised MA dissertation in history to the faculty of Université Laval
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
on the ill-planned succession at Argus Corporation in 1978
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
“A jumped-up little twerp [and a] prime candidate for exorcism”
Characterisation of the Bishop of Calgary for backing a strike at Black's Calgary Herald newspaper.
"Conrad Black", Slate, August 31, 2001
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
“[The] swarming, grunting masses of jackals…”
On investigative journalists:
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
“Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned.”
At the time of his fraud trial in 2007, Black was aware of the disdain much of the public held towards him because of his wealth.
Source: Clark, Andrew "At some level, he's still asking the same question as he was when he was seven or eight - who am I?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/mar/16/pressandpublishing.citynews The Guardian, March 16, 2007
On U.S. Democratic senators opposed to the appointment of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1988.
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
