By: Hollinger International Inc., a newspaper publisher formerly run by fallen media tycoon Conrad Black, will lose three well-known members of its board of directors.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson and former Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard N. Perle are among six board members who won't seek re-election at the annual shareholders meeting in January, the company said Monday in a statement.
The announcement comes less than a week after federal prosecutors indicted Black, the company's former chairman and CEO, on charges that he siphoned millions of dollars from Hollinger. The Chicago-based company publishes the Chicago Sun-Times, community newspapers in the Chicago area and a few small publications in Canada. It sold the Jerusalem Post and The Daily Telegraph of London in 2004.
Black is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Chicago. His attorney has said Black is innocent.
Black and his wife, Barbara Amiel-Black, quit the board in June.
Hollinger Inc., the Toronto-based holding company that has voting control over Hollinger International, already has found two replacement members and plans to reduce the size of its 11-member board, the company said Monday. Company officials would not say how much the board would be reduced.
The company has appointed former The New York Times Co. executive John M. O'Brien and former Chiquita Brands International CEO Cyrus F. Freidheim as new board members.
Other board members who plan to leave in January are former ambassador to Germany Richard R. Burt, former Hollinger International executive Daniel W. Colson and Israeli businessman Shmuel Meitar, the company said.
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