His Apple Daily was introduced in 1995 and has grown remarkably since then to challenge an entrenched and politically well-connected group of daily newspaper publishers.

CNN: Groceries to go

Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper reports that the group hired at least 3, 000 vehicles, including buses, lorries and minibuses to bring demonstrators into the capital, while others travelled there by train.

BBC: Riot police battle Islamists in Dhaka Bangladesh

Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper reported that the group had hired at least 3, 000 vehicles, including buses, lorries and minibuses, to bring demonstrators into the capital, while others travelled there by train.

BBC: Clashes over Bangladesh protest leave 27 dead

Associated Northcliffe Digital, an arm of the media group that runs the Daily Mail newspaper, is rolling out a string of town-oriented websites.

ECONOMIST: Local newspapers in peril

Trinity Mirror has said it is discussing plans for the creation of a new local newspaper group with the owner of the Daily Mail.

BBC: Person typing at keyboard

"I suspect agents and clubs shied away from it, " Peter Clayton, chair of the FA's Homophobia in Football advisory group, told British newspaper the Daily Mail.

CNN: Soccer's last taboo: Why gay players stay in the closet

But the state-owned daily newspaper, The Herald, said Thursday that the three -- who belong to a group of senior statesmen known as the Elders -- were trying to boost the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, in power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe.

CNN: Carter, Annan unable to visit to Zimbabwe

Prior to 2004 Conrad Black was a columnist, as well as chairman and chief executive of Hollinger International (now part of Sun-Times Media Group), a newspaper publishing giant whose holdings include the Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Telegraph.

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