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antecedents
1855 The Daily Telegraph & Courier (later
Daily Telegraph) founded by Arthur Sleigh
1855 J M Levy takes control of Telegraph, passes
control to son Edward Levy (from 1879 Levy-Lawson, from
1903 Lord Burnham)
1877 Telegraph claims to have largest circulation
of any newspaper in the world
1928 William Berry (later Lord
Camrose), Gomer Berry (later Lord Kemsley) and Edward
Illiffe (later Lord Iliffe) acquire
Daily Telegraph from Lord Burnham
1932 Jerusalem Post founded by Gershon Agron
1937 Berrys divide Amalgamated Press interests - Camrose
takes Daily Telegraph and Financial Times,
Kemsley takes provincial titles and Sunday Times
1937 Camrose amalgamates The Morning Post with
The Daily Telegraph
beginnings
1944 Conrad Black born in Montreal
1949 Southam buys CKOY Ottawa
1958 Michael Berry (later Lord
Hartwell, 1911-2001) sells Amalgamated Press
1960 Berry launches The Sunday Telegraph
1965 Black graduates with BA (History) from Carleton University
1966 buys Eastern Townships Advertiser in Quebec
1968 buys Dominion Maltings
1969 buys Sherbrooke Daily Record for US$20,000
1969 family founds Ravelston Corporation as vehicle for
stakes in holding companies such as Argus
1970 awarded LL.L. from Laval University
1971 co-founds Sterling Newspapers
1971 buys La Nouvelle Revue
1973 awarded MA (History) at McGill University
1975 has effective control of asset-rich Argus Corporation
1975 Desmarais' Power Corp makes
unsuccessful takeover bid for Argus Corporation
1976 Powe increases Argus stake to over 50% of equity
but fails to gain voting control
1975 Barclay brothers open Howard Hotel on Embankment
in London
1976 Black's biography of Maurice Duplessis published
1977 sells Sherbrooke Record for US$865,000
1978 Power Corp sells Argus stake to Black for C$80.5m
1978 Black forms Argus Corporation Limited
Telegraph
1981 Hollinger spun off from Argus
1981 Algy Cluff gains control of The Spectator
1981 sells parts of Dominion Stores and stake in Massey-Ferguson
1981 Conrad and Montagu Black's Norcen Energy buys stake
in Hanna Mining
1982 sells stake after Hanna alleges breach of US federal
and Ohio securities laws (fraud, stock manipulation, false
statements)
1982 Black signs consent decree after SEC files charges
over trading in Hanna
1982 Argus sells Standard Broadcasting
to Hollinger
1983 Barclays buy Ellerman shipping, property and brewing
group
1984 Argus sells Dominion Stores chain
1985 Barclays buy Charing Cross and Grosvenor hotels (later
sold)
1985 Hollinger buys stake in UK Daily Telegraph
group
1985 Cluff sells The Spectator to Fairfax
1986 gains control of Daily Telegraph
1987 sells Standard Broadcasting to Slaight
for C$180m
1987 buys Saturday Night magazine
1987 Barclays sell Ellerman's shipping interests
1988 Black buys The Spectator from Fairfax
1988 Hollinger buys The Jerusalem Post for $17m
1988 buys 15% of Financial Post for C$6.9m
1988 Barclays sell Ellerman Travel
1989 sell Tolly Cobbold brewing
1990 Black sells Dominion Maltings
1990 Telegraph forms Trafford Park Printers joint venture
with GMG
Tourang and Southam
1991 Daily Telegraph takes 15% stake in Tourang consortium's
successful bid for Fairfax
1992 Hollinger buys Torstar's
22.6% stake (later diluted) in Canadian Southam newspaper
chain
1992 Barclays buy The European from receivers
after death of Robert Maxwell
1993 Power Corp buys 19% of Southam for C$180m
1994 Hollinger sells 9% of Telegraph Group for £73m,
reducing stake to 57%
1994 buys Chicago Sun-Times
1994 Barclays buy Automotive Financial Group Holdings
for £200m
1995 buy The Scotsman and associated titles from
Thomson
1995 buy The Ritz hotel from Trafalgar
House for £75m
1995 Hollinger buys 12 dailies and 7 community papers
in Ontario and Saskatchewan from Thomson
1996 Sunday Business launched by Tom Rubython
1996
Hollinger buys Power Corp's 21.5%
stake in Southam for C$294m
1997 Hollinger sells 167 of 466 newspapers to LGP
(Leonard Green & Partners, LP) for US$310m
1998 Hollinger sells stake in John Fairfax Holdings Ltd
1998 sells 160 US newspapers, inc 45 newspapers to CNHI
for US$275m
1998 Barclays buy Sunday Business from receivers
1998 Barclays close European
1999 Southam becomes a private company after Hollinger
buys up minority interests
1999 Hollinger sells 45 titles (inc 28 US dailies) to
CNHI for US$472m
1999 buys back Sherbrooke Record from Quebecor
1999 takes stake in Bidhit.com online auction site and
ThirdAge Media
1999 forms handbag.com with Boots
leaves Canada
2000 sells 50% of National Post and Hollinger's
other English-language Canadian papers to Asper's CanWest
for C$3.2bn
2000 sells French language newspapers (3 paid dailies
- Le Droit, Le Quotidien and Le
Soleil - and 15 weeklies in Quebec and Ontario) to
Gesca subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada
2000 sells last 11 dailies and 31 shoppers in US Community
Newspapers division for US$215m
2000 Hollinger sells four newspapers in Pennsylvania and
New York to Black and Radler's Bradford for US$38m
2000 sells Skagit Valley Argus and Journal of the San
Juan Islands to Black and Radler's Horizon for US$1, later
resold for US$0.73m
2000 buys four dailies (The Herald News, Beacon
News, Courier News and News Sun)
and 14 suburban weeklies in Chicago area from Copley
2000 sells stake in thebestofbritish.com etail site for
£2m
2000 Black sues Canadian government for dual nationality
2001 Hollinger sells most of remaining Canadian titles
(inc 16 daily and 13 weekly newspapers) to Osprey Media
Group (MBO) for C$220m
2001 Hollinger sells Mammoth Times in California
to Horizon for US$1
2001 Black renounces Canadian citizenship, sells remaining
50% of National Post to CanWest
2001 becomes UK peer
2001 Hollinger sells stake in CanWest for C$271m cash
2001 sells Chatham Daily News and Sarnia Observer
to Osprey for C$35m
2002 Barclays buy Littlewoods mail order arm for £750m
2002 relaunch Sunday Business as The Business
2003 buy GUS mail order and logistics arm for £730m
2003 Black stands down as Hollinger International chief
executive
2004 Hollinger board sues Black, who ceases to chair Hollinger
Hollinger takeover
2004 Black accepts "irrevocable" bid by Barclay
brothers
2004 bid dissolves, Hollinger International auctions its
assets through Lazard investment bank
2004
Barclays acquire Hollinger International's UK titles for
£665m
2004 Hollinger International sells Jerusalem Post
to Mirkaei Tikshoret and CanWest
for US$13.2m
2005 Telegraph pays £500,000 for Boots' 50% stake
in handbag.com
2005 Barclays sell The Scotsman, Edinburgh Evening
News and Scotland on Sunday to Johnston
for £160m
2006 Hollinger International renamed Sun-Times Media Group
2006 handbag.com sold to Hearst
for £22m
2006 Barclays buy Cavendish hotel from De Vere Group for
about £100m
2007 buy Telegraph's London headquarters in Buckingham
Palace Road for £125m
2007 Black found guilty in US court
2008 Barclays close The Business magazine
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