Rothermere, Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
Rothermere, Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
British newspaper proprietor. He became chair of Associated Newspapers in 1971, controlling the right-wing Daily Mail (founded by his great-uncle Lord Northcliffe) and Mail on Sunday (launched in 1982), the London Evening Standard, and a string of regional newspapers.
In that year he closed the Daily Sketch and successfully transformed the Daily Mail into a tabloid. In 1977 he closed the London Evening News with heavy loss of jobs, but obtained a half-share of the more successful Evening Standard, and gained control of the remainder in 1985. He was created viscount in 1978.
In that year he closed the Daily Sketch and successfully transformed the Daily Mail into a tabloid. In 1977 he closed the London Evening News with heavy loss of jobs, but obtained a half-share of the more successful Evening Standard, and gained control of the remainder in 1985. He was created viscount in 1978.
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