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Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, GBE (5 June 1894 – 4 August 1976) was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London. He first came to prominence when he was selling radios in Ontario, and to give his customers more programmes to listen to, decided to launch his own radio station. He then moved into newspapers, becoming as wealthy and important in Canada as the press barons in the United Kingdom. He aspired to such a peerage but was denied it unless he moved residence to the UK. He invited British newspaper owners to sell to him, the first doing so being The Scotsman and he soon formed a commercial television company which gained the first ITV franchise in Scotland, the Scottish Television, today known as STV, which is a

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  • ロイ・トムソン (ja)
  • Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (en)
  • Roy Thomson (pl)
  • Томсон, Рой (ru)
  • Roy Herbert Thomson (sv)
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  • 初代フリートのトムソン男爵ロイ・ハーバード・トムソン(英語: Roy Herbert Thomson, GBE, 1894年6月5日 - 1976年8月4日)は、イギリスで活躍したカナダの起業家。1964年に初代フリートのトムソン男爵(1st Baron Thomson of Fleet)として爵位を授かった。 (ja)
  • Roy Herbert Thomson (ur. 5 czerwca 1894 w Toronto, zm. 4 sierpnia 1976 w Londynie) – kanadyjski magnat prasowy, inwestor, założyciel imperium medialnego The Thomson Corporation (dzisiaj jako Thomson Reuters) i wielu innych przedsiębiorstw. (pl)
  • Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, född 5 juni 1894 I Toronto, död 4 augusti 1976 i London, var en kanadensisk tidningsägare och en av mogulerna på Fleet Street. (sv)
  • Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, GBE (5 June 1894 – 4 August 1976) was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London. He first came to prominence when he was selling radios in Ontario, and to give his customers more programmes to listen to, decided to launch his own radio station. He then moved into newspapers, becoming as wealthy and important in Canada as the press barons in the United Kingdom. He aspired to such a peerage but was denied it unless he moved residence to the UK. He invited British newspaper owners to sell to him, the first doing so being The Scotsman and he soon formed a commercial television company which gained the first ITV franchise in Scotland, the Scottish Television, today known as STV, which is a (en)
  • Рой Ге́рберт То́мсон (англ. Sir Roy Herbert Thomson, 5 июня 1894 — 4 августа 1976) — канадский медиамагнат. Основатель Thomson Corporation — одной из крупнейших медиагрупп мира. Рой Герберт Томсон родился в Торонто в семье канадца Герберта Томсона и англичанки Элис Кумбс. В 1959 году Томсон выкупает медиаконцерн Кемсли — крупнейшее газетное предприятие Британии на тот момент (наиболее известная из выпускаемых им газет — «The Sunday Times»). В 70-е годы Томсон объединился с Полом Гетти, организовав предприятие по добыче нефти в Северном море. (ru)
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  • The Lord Thomson of Fleet (en)
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  • London, England (en)
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  • York County, Ontario, Canada (en)
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