The newspapers would eventually falter in telling that story of family upheaval and business transformation, because they were inextricably part of it. Next to the other Irving operations − pulp mills, the oil refinery, logging operations, trucking, shipbuilding - the papers were tiny. But K.C.'s death, Neil Reynolds's arrival as editor, and the popularization of the internet would transform them, to the point that they would prove contentious themselves when the empire began to fracture. As rivalries and resentment grew among the next generation of Irvings, one of their own - a great-grandchild of K.C. - would take direct control of the news business for the first time. This in turn would revive the debate about editorial control, even as a rift in the family grew wider. By 2013 it was clear that K.C. had failed, with is will, to impose unity and harmony on his family - that he had failed, as the 1993 headline had put it, to make them "behave themselves." Excerpted from Irving vs. Irving: Canada's Feuding Billionaires and the Stories They Won't Tell by Jacques Poitras All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.