Unidad documental compuesta 1 - Closure of Gemini and attempts to re-launch the service

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Records relating to the closure of Gemini News Service and plans to re-launch the Service, 1999-2008, including: copies of emails and a reports of emails posted to the Commonwealth Press Union Penang Forum concerning the future of Gemini, August 1999; emails to Derek Ingram and Dipankar De Sarker (Gemini editors), from former Gemini correspondents and staff concerning the closure of Gemini News Service, July 2002 - October 2002; a photocopy of a financial statement for News-Scan International Limited, (holding company for Gemini News Service, 1982-[c1999]), for the year ended 31 March 1999; discussion paper concerning the possibility of a partnership between Gemini and the Commonwealth Press Union, nd, [c2002]; photocopies of a Companies House application for the removal of News-Scan International Foundation from the register of companies, 14 October 2002; notes and a report by Bethel Njoku (Gemini general manager) concerning proposals to re-launch Gemini, March 2003; lists of Gemini fellows and interns with details of their present jobs, August 2003; letters concerning the transfer of the title 'Gemini News Service' from Panos Institute to NewsConcern International Foundation, June 2004; emails concerning plans and sources of funding for the re-launch of Gemini, April 2004 - December 2008 and a proposal by Allan Thompson (former Gemini corresponent) for establishing a new headquarters for Gemini at the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Canada, nd, [c2006].

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