Murdoch rescues Herald-American

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Anne Collier

December 6, 1982

Boston

Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch won union approval to buy the deficit-ridden Boston Herald-American (formerly owned by Hearst Corporation) after 31 hours of non-stop negotiations and 10 minutes before a deadline for the paper's closure.