INMA poll: Annabel Hembry, Associated Newspapers, on sins of newspapers

Annabel Hembry, Head of Communications at Associated Newspapers (Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard and Metro UK), United Kingdom, talks about deadly sins of today’s newspapers.


Interview made at the INMA Outlook 2009: European conference in Vienna,
October 1-3, 2008.

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