Roy Thomson of Fleet Street
1965
Biography
by
Russell Braddon
Biography of Roy Thomson, a newspaper entrepreneur and the patriarch of Canada's richest family. Details his childhood, his failures, and how he built a billion-dollar cash-flowing media empire by acquiring newspapers in North America and the U.K.
Jermaine's Notes
August 2024
Syed Balkhi suggestion. Canada's richest family built a cash flow machine by acquiring newspapers and radio stations. Mentions Jack Kent Cooke. Read 1965 hardcover.
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