Hollinger, whose newspapers include the Chicago Sun-Times, showed a loss of $9.1 million, or 10 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2005, compared with a lost of $29.6 million, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier.
Revenue in the quarter was $138.4 million, up slightly from $137.6 million a year earlier.
In the three months ended September 30, the company spent $9.4 million in legal and professional fees relating to the litigation with Black, down from $13.3 million in the year-earlier period, it said. Hollinger said it has spent more than $102 million on the proceedings.