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- 1980-1981 (Creation)
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File containing general correspondence relating to circulation.
Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports concerning: newspaper sales; subscription service; road distribution; the move from rail to road deliveries; the 1981 ABTA convention, Phoenix, Arizona; competitor papers; British Rail and rail distribution; newsagents; back issues; subscription profitability reports; cover price increases; circulation graphs; letters received form readers regarding circulation; a Royal wedding colour magazine souvenir edition; the colour magazine; unsold and damaged copies; relations with the trade unions; Purnell's, publishers; advertising; overseas circulation; circulation accounts; print orders; circulation in the Republic of Ireland; budgets; trends in circulation; delivery packaging; ABC figures; the Sunday Express; regional distribution; staff changes; overprinting; the French cookery series; potential savings; relations with wholesalers; retail surveys.
Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Reg Sudbury; Brian Nicholson.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison
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