September 25, 2012 - Conrad Black - the always fascinating and controversial Canadian-born member of the British House of Lords - will be a special guest on this Thursday’s THE LANG & O’LEARY EXCHANGE on CBC News Network. Appearing for half-an-hour with co-host and CBC News’ Senior Business Correspondent, Amanda Lang, Black will dive into the economic and business issues of the day, offering a unique perspective from one of this country’s most interesting figures.
Black will be appearing alongside THE LANG & O’LEARY EXCHANGE’s regular Thursday panel, which includes:
• Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist, Centre of Policy Alternatives
• Bill Robson, CEO, CD Howe Institute
• Goldy Hyder, General Manager, Hill and Knowlton Canada
The guest appearance will air Thursday night, September 27, at 7 p.m. ET on CBC News Network’s THE LANG & O’LEARY EXCHANGE.
This news comes on the heels of an announcement made earlier today, confirming that Barbara Amiel, wife of Conrad Black, will be a special celebratory judge at this year’s Hilary Weston Writers’ Prize for Non-Fiction. CBC Books is the proud media partner of the prize, to be presented in Toronto this November.
@AmandaLang_CBC
@kevinolearytv
@LangandOLeary
facebook.com/langandoleary
cbcnews.ca/business
About CBC News
For more than 75 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.
For further information, or to request interviews, contact:
Corey Black, News and Current Affairs Publicist, CBC
o) 416-205-8710
c) 647-221-4133
corey.black@cbc.ca
