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- August 1994 - June 1995 (Creation)
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Correspondence between Ian Wright, Harry Roche and suppliers of electronic newspaper publishing technology and the internet connections, including Presslink, Siemens Nixdorf, Intervid, Context, Sun Microsystems and Pipex, August 1994 - June 1995.
Also contains a memorandum and list of basic requirements for a Guardian and Observer electronic storage and retrieval system, November - December 1994; IT management rota, 9 December 1994; list of discussion points for the context briefing meeting on electronic media, 20 January 1995; an article on the use of Atex EdPage at the Daily News newspaper, April 1995 a letter from Guardian editorial systems development manager, David Turner and R Leishman of Datastream International concerning the supply of data for share prices and unit trust pages, April 1995 and brochure for the NetMedia '95 conference on the media and the internet, 15 June 1995.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright
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- Wright; Ian (1934-2016); journalist and managing editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Guardian Media Group plc (1907-); newspaper proprietor (Subject)
- The Guardian (1821-); newspaper (Subject)
- The Observer (1791-); Sunday newspaper (Subject)
- Roche; Sir; Henry John; Chairman and Chief Executive of Guardian Media Group Plc (Subject)
- Atex (c1980s-); media techcology company (Subject)
- Turner; David; systems development manager (Subject)