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Diary: Express aims to profit at expense of callers.(Brief Article)
Hats off to Richard Desmond. At a time when the newspaper industry is plagued by plummeting circulations, Desmond has come up with an ingenious new way to generate revenue.
As you may or may not know, Desmond's Express Group is moving out of its Blackfriars HQ and into the old HSBC building by the Thames.
There, it will enjoy better facilities, a better view and, we hope, any old stationery HSBC has left behind. But the ingenious part of the whole operation is the fact that these new offices come complete with 0871 phone numbers.
Now 0871 numbers aren't quite as pricey as your standard premium-rate lines (you know, ...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) November 25, 2000 700+ words
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- News wire article from: United Press International November 27, 2000 700+ words
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- THERE'S nothing the pornographer-turned-newspaper-owner Richard Desmond hates...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London, England) August 4, 2002 700+ words
...newspaper-owner Richard Desmond hates more than being called...about me like that ed] and Asian Babes. It now transpires that after...find a buyer last summer, Desmond transferred the holding company...about that at Big Ones), Desmond wants to be seen as whiter...
- REFINED publisher Richard Desmond, 57, [...].(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 29, 2009 700+ words
...Ephraim Hardcastle REFINED publisher Richard Desmond, 57, who masterminded the sex journals Asian Babes and Horny Housewives, and recently failed...litigation. Couldn't we extradite plucky Desmond to take on the Feds instead of fragile computer...
