Canadian regulatory officials said today that they would take a hard look at Conrad Black's aggressive moves to expand his newspaper empire in Canada.

He also had many movie theaters ban it, and many did not show it through fear of being socially exposed by his massive newspaper empire.

The agreement means dividing a newspaper empire with an estimated market value of $1.5 billion, but also with heavy debt on the United States papers.

He built his newspaper empire after inheriting the Calgary Albertan, and its $500,000 debt, from his father in 1936.

The Ridder brothers soon built a newspaper empire of their own.

He ran a newspaper empire, and he made a fortune.

But, since the early 1990's, they seem to have yearned for a newspaper empire.

If he did, he would have a newspaper empire backing him.

He had borrowed recklessly during the early 1920s to fund his newspaper empire.

He started a newspaper empire, now the Hearst corporation.