World & Nation
The Manhattan district attorney’s office said Thursday that it has launched an investigation to determine whether New York Daily News pension or employee savings plan assets were misappropriated under the paper’s late publisher, Robert Maxwell.
Dec. 13, 1991
Business
A British court Thursday declared Kevin Maxwell, son of the late, disgraced publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, bankrupt with debts of more than $800 million.
Sept. 4, 1992
Technology and the Internet
When computer entrepreneur Gilman Louie awoke one day last fall to the news that media baron Robert Maxwell had vanished from his yacht, he knew he’d be in for some interesting times.
Sept. 24, 1992
Robert Maxwell, the Czechoslovak war orphan who became a billionaire British gentleman and grandiose global media baron, was found dead Tuesday in waters off Spain’s Canary Islands, where he had been vacationing on his yacht.
Nov. 6, 1991
The Spanish pathologist conducting Robert Maxwell’s post mortem said Wednesday that it is unlikely he committed suicide and that he may have suffered a heart attack and fallen from his yacht, according to a report.
Dec. 12, 1991
The two sons of the late publisher Robert Maxwell--Ian, 35, and Kevin, 32--are to appear before a committee of the House of Commons next Monday to answer questions about their role in the collapsed Maxwell business empire.
Jan. 7, 1992
Another major chunk of the empire assembled by the late publisher Robert Maxwell plunged into bankruptcy proceedings Monday when Maxwell Communication Corp.
Dec. 17, 1991
Canadians to Bid for Jerusalem Post: Canadian investors headed by Charles Bronfman and British publisher Robert Maxwell will make a joint bid for the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s English-language daily, a spokesman for the two said.
April 17, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
British press baron Robert Maxwell on Thursday signed a final agreement to buy the battered but still brazen New York Daily News from Tribune Co., the Chicago-based media group that had threatened to shut the paper down today unless it were sold.
March 15, 1991