Viscount Rothermere
Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman Viscount Rothermere
Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Viscount Rothermere. As proprietor of the Daily Mail, the Mail On Sunday, London's Evening Standard and a string of regional newspapers, he is the last of the hereditary grandees who once dominated the newspaper industry. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his family's long involvement with newspapers, about his own views on the ethical problems facing the press today and about his ability to see into the future.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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