Press: Fox in the Establishment Coop

Taking over the Times, Murdoch tries to soothe ruffled Britons

For weeks members of the British Establishment had been squawking like chickens with a fox in their coop. The fox, of course, was Rupert Murdoch, the high-rolling Australian press lord, best known for his torrid tabloids. His purchase of the ailing Times of London (circ. 279,000) raised fears that he would vulgarize the staid 196-year-old newspaper with sex and sensation. But last week the din subsided. The reason: Murdoch, 49, named Sunday Times Editor Harold Evans to the top job at the venerable daily. Evans, 52, an esteemed journalist and a passionate...

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