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The Press Barons: 1: Victor Matthews

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A few years ago, most newspaper readers would have known the big names behind their daily digest of what was going on in the world. Beaverbrook, Rothermere, Thomson and King were synonymous with the papers they ran. Today it's different. Sweeping changes have taken place and now the power of the press is vested in different brokers, men who keep much lower profiles.
In this series of five conversations, Robert Kee sets out to explore the philosophy and style of the present 'Barons' of Fleet Street.
1: Victor Matthews, the new Chairman and Chief Executive of Beaverbrook Newspapers
BBC Birmingham

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Presenter:
Robert Kee
Subject:
Victor Matthews
Producer:
Jock Gallagher
Source: Radio Times

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