John Lees on closure of Evening News

Title

John Lees on closure of Evening News

Genre

News report; Vox pop

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:05:39

Description

Editor of the Evening News, John Lees praises his staff for continuing to work to high standards during the final months of the paper. The Evening News is set to merge with the Evening Standard, and Lees hopes that a Sunday paper may be launched to replace it. Members of staff at the paper also give their reactions to the closure, with some blaming the closure on poor management. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Lees

Keywords

London; Newspapers; Journalism; Unemployment; Newspaper press; News flow; Rupert Murdoch; Journalists; Evening Standard; Evening News; Printers

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