The Times and The Observer , 1980-1983

File

MS. Callaghan 135

Held in our offsite storage facility

Comprises:

Correspondence regarding proposed acquisition of Times titles by Bill Keys, Owen O'Brien, [Joe] Wade, [Les] Dixon and Harold Evans, and notes on Sunday Times staffing levels. 1980
Correspondence and notes regarding proposed acquisition of Times titles by Bill Keys, Owen O'Brien, [Joe] Wade, [Les] Dixon and Harold Evans, and notes on the profitability and staffing of the Sunday Times. Also includes Joint Standing Committee for National Newspapers Programme for Action. 1976, 1980-1981
Papers relating to the takeover of the Times and Sunday Times by News International Limited, including notice of consent given by John Biffen, Secretary of State for Trade, extracts from Hansard, and Thomson British Holdings Limited information memorandum and appendices to the memorandum on Times Newspapers Holding Limited. 1980-1983
Papers relating to the takeover of the Observer by Lonrho and the proposed takeover by George Outram and Co. Ltd., including correspondence, press cuttings, memoranda and accounts. Also includes press cuttings regarding the takeover of the Times by News International Limited. 1981-1983

Dates

1 box (4 folders)

MS. Callaghan 135

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