Commercial Breaks

How to Win Newspapers and Influence People (1x1)

Fecha de emisión: Sept 27, 1984

The extraordinary events inside the Daily Mirror. Idealist Clive Thornton wanted to sell shares in the Daily Mirror to the public and make it the people's newspaper. But then along came multi-millionaire Robert Maxwell. On Friday 13 July he bought the entire Mirror Group for himself. Thornton was out - and the ebullient Maxwell set about putting his personal stamp on the paper. Next week Commercial Breaks follows Maxwell's frantic circulation war.