Conrad Black is the former press baron who was recently convicted in the US on three charges of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. David Black is the current owner of Black Press, a company that owns and operates over 100 newspapers.
They share a history of newspaper ownership and a last name. But they are not related, and nor are they interchangeable, much to the chagrin of the Daily News, a paper in Nanaimo, British Columbia. (David Black owns a competing paper in Nanaimo.) The Daily News recently published an apology after inserting David Black into the headline of a story about Conrad Black. Oh my:
A story on Page A3 of the Thursday, Nov. 29 issue of the Daily News reported that former media baron Conrad Black was taking the Canada Revenue Agency to court because tax investigators were attempting to obtain financial information from Black and his accountants.
The body of the story was accurate, however, due to an editing error, the headline on the story was incorrect. It indicated that David Black was suing the revenue agency.
David Black is the owner of Black Press, which is the proprietor of several publications in North America, including the Nanaimo News Bulletin. He should never be confused with Conrad Black, who was recently found guilty of fraud in a Chicago courtroom.
The Daily News takes this opportunity to first set the record straight, but to also apologize to our readers and David Black for any confusion or embarrassment caused by our error.
