Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

25 Apr 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:24:46

Description

Decision Makers - the future prospects of new newspaper The Mail on Sunday, presented by Terry Dignan. Also the future of the whole of Fleet Street including rivalry between Associated Newspapers and Express Group newspapers, how ownership affects political views of the papers and freedom of the press. Talks to editor of the new paper Bernard Shrimsley. Also Tom Baistow, Guardian Fleet Street columnist; Harold Lind, writer, on advertising and the press; Jake Ecclestone(?), President of the NUJ; Jeremy Tunstall, professor at City University. Engineer Colin Clements.

Contributors

Tom Baistow; Colin Clements; Terry Dignan; Bernard Shrimsley; Harold Lind; Jeremy Tunstall; Jake Ecclestone(?)

Keywords

Politics; Newspapers; Economic competition; Press; NUJ; Associated Newspapers; Freedom of the press; Marketing; Mass media; Mail on Sunday; Fleet Street; Rupert Murdoch; Express Group Newspapers

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