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- 6 November 1978 (Creation)
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Donald Trelford's annotated set of papers for the meeting held at 8 St Andrew's Hilll, London.
Agenda points include: minutes of 16 October meeting; matters arising (photocomposition, mail order, Post Office Yellow Pages, confirmation of plant leasing arrangements, effect of sales of 800,000 and 900,000 on trading, dates for board meetings in 1979); management report (financial performance, production and labour relations, sales and advertising, promotion, other matters); editor-in-chief's report; editor's report.
Also includes: editor's report (November 1978); memorandum from Conor Cruise O'Brien to Trelford; paper on the non-publication of The Sunday Times; report on increased circulation by Roger Harrison and Brian Nicholson.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Copyright: Guardian News & Media
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- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- The Observer Limited (1917-1993); newspaper publisher (Subject)
- O'Brien; Conor Cruise (1917-2008); historian, politician, diplomat, journalist (Subject)
- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Nicholson; Brian Thomas Graves (1930-); journalist and managing director of the Observer (Subject)