British Paper Expands
Date: 07 December 1978
London Financial Times plans to go on sale in NYC beginning Jan 2 (S)
Jack Thorne Fødselsdag, fødselsdato
Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and producer.
Thorne is best known for writing the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), the films Wonder (2017), Enola Holmes (2020) and the latter's sequel (2022), and the television programme His Dark Materials (2019–2022). Between 2010 and 2015, Thorne co-wrote three connected mini-series based on the film This Is England – This Is England '86, This Is England '88 and This Is England '90 – with director Shane Meadows.
In 2023, Thorne's four-part mini-series Best Interests was released starring Michael Sheen and Sharon Horgan. It was nominated for several awards, winning Best Limited Series at the Banff Rockie Awards.
Thorne's two 2025 mini-series, Toxic Town and Adolescence, were released on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim.
In 2026, the first ever TV series adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies was released with Thorne serving as screenwriter, which received positive reviews.
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6. december 1978 var en onsdag under stjernetegnet for ♐. Det var 339 dag på året. Præsident for USA var Jimmy Carter.
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6th of December 1978 News
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St. Louis Press Strike Still On
Date: 06 December 1978
pressmen's strike against St Louis Post-Dispatch and Globe Dem enters 3d wk (S)
SCANDAL CONFIRMED BY SOUTH AFRICANS; But a Panel Absolves Vorster and Botha of Blame, Putting Onus on Information Minister Mulder Gets Primary Blame Health Only Part of Problem Prime Minister's 'Clean Hands'
Date: 06 December 1978
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
Judicial rept confirms pol and financial scandal in S Africa's Information Min but absolves Vorster and Prime Min Botha of blame in affair; 3-member panel under Judge Rudolph P Erasmus discloses almost no details of Min's $20 million-a-yr effort to manipulate press that had not already been uncovered by opposition newspapers; rept sets forth extent of cover-up and levels charges of corruption against Eschel M Rhoodie and brother Deneys; ultimate responsibility for scandal is placed with Mulder; comm says Mulder had been incompetent but does not call for prosecution; appears to have averted const crisis by finding that Vorster had acted in honest manner; criticizes Vorster for not taking action to force closing of The Citizen when he was told that paper had been established with secret public funds; indirectly confirms that Botha had been less than truthful when he said to Parliament that none of secret funds allocated to Defense Min had gone to Information Min's secret projects (M)
Guild Settles With Sun-Times
Date: 07 December 1978
Chicago Sun-Times announces that 2-yr contract has been negotiated with Chicago Newspaper Guild; guild negotiating com chmn Larry Finley comments (S)
Australia Reported Set to Admit More Vietnamese; Other Countries Urged to Do More Malaysia Bars Reporters From Area
Date: 07 December 1978
Special to The New York Times
Malaysian authorities warn foreign reporters not to visit country's east coast region, where angry mobs have stoned thousands of refugees from Vietnam who tried to come ashore (S)
The Troubled Presidency: I
Date: 06 December 1978
By James S. Young
James Young
ed lauds move
Careers; Graduate Accountant Prospects Journalism Courses
Date: 06 December 1978
Elizabeth M. Fowler
Newspaper Fund suggests liberal arts majors who are interested in journalism field should take some journalism courses if possible and work on coll newspapers; other suggested courses noted (S)
ESSAY The News of '79
Date: 07 December 1978
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire article expresses concern that Canada shows signs of quietly breaking up politically (S)
News Summary; International National Metropolitan
Date: 07 December 1978
Rev of items to be taken up at special Legis session, called by Gov Carey for Dec 7 (S)