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1791

8 October 2014

The Observer launched.
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1835

8 October 2014

Libel Act; truth allowed as defence for first time in…
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1907

8 October 2014

National Union of Journalists founded as a wage-earners union.
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1915

8 October 2014

Rothermere launched Sunday Pictorial (later Sunday Mirror).
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1922

8 October 2014

Death of Northcliffe. Control of Associated Newspapers passed to Rothermere.
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1928

8 October 2014

Northcliffe Newspapers set up as a subsidiary of Associated Newspapers.…
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1931

8 October 2014

Audit Bureau of Circulations formed.
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1936

8 October 2014

Britain’s first colour advertisement appears (in Glasgow’s Daily Record).
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1944

8 October 2014

Iliffe took over BPM Holdings (including Birmingham Post).
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