Woman who won Wapping newspaper deals

A woman who played a leading , but largely unknown, role in the Wapping revolution 20 years ago has died. Susan Pollard, who worked in her family's Plymouth-based newspaper wholesaling business, was president of the National Society of Provincial Wholesale Sunday Newspaper Distributors - the first woman to have the job - when Rupert Murdoch led the flight from Fleet Street. She successfully negotiated new terms for newspaper distribution across the country, winning praise for her tact and tough-mindedness. She later married John Inman, deputy circulation director for the Telegraph group. (Via Plymouth Herald)