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- December 1980 - April 1987 (Creation)
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1 file
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Internal and external correspondence and notes of meetings concerning advertising in the Guardian, including: proposed advertisements; advertising rates; the volume and position of advertisements; listings; complaints from readers concerning an anti-abortion advert; arrangement of split-runs; departmental office space; comments on advertisements concerning South Africa (1983) and colour advertising, December 1980 - April 1987.
Correspondents include: Ian Wright, Gordon Thompson, Pam Wilson, Derek Taylor, Alan Keen, Caroline Dawood and Len Sanderson.
Also contains letters sent to Ian Wright from readers for publication in the Guardian, May 1982 - June 1982; a paper by Kate Rogers (sales planning department) on 'the recruitment market in catering and leisure' and a MORI 'proposal for a programme of research on the Guardian', November 1985.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright
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Letters from readers are subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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Open(part)