Thomson, R.

…The Times's authority as a ruling class newspaper seemed to have been restored, but in the 1930s, Dawson enthusiastically supported Chamberlain's policy of appeasement towards Hitler, causing it to lose its authority again. After World War II, the paper ran into financial difficulties in the late 1960s, and in October 1966, ownership was transferred to Roy Thomson. He had already acquired the Sunday Times in 1959, and had made a bold attempt at popularizing it in terms of both content and sales, which had been successful.

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…支配層の新聞としての《タイムズ》の権威は回復したかにみえたが，30年代，ドーソンはチェンバレンの対ヒトラー宥和政策を熱烈に支持し，またも権威を失墜した。　第2次大戦後は60年代後半に経営難に陥り，66年10月トムソンRoy Thomsonに所有権が移行した。彼はすでに59年に《サンデー･タイムズ》を手に入れ，内容･販売両側面で思い切った〈大衆化〉を試み，成功を収めていた。…

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