布莱克·康瑞德，原是加拿大印小报、卖小报的无名之辈，如今却控制了加拿大的大多数报刊，成为该国最大的报刊出版商。康瑞德的扩张成功发端于1996年加拿大的一场并购狂潮。那一年，加拿大的三大报业集团—好林格新闻、托马斯报业、太阳媒体公司控制了占全加拿大发行量72%的日 Blake Conrad, an unnamed Canadian tabloid and tabloid, now controls most of Canada’s newspapers and becomes the country’s largest newspaper publisher. The successful expansion of Kang Ruide originated in Canada in 1996, a mergers and acquisitions frenzy. That year, Canada’s top three newspaper groups - Hellinger News, Thomas Press, Sun Media controlled 72% of all Canadian circulation