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Tom Petty, from News UK's archives

Oct 3, 2017

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This is lovely:

R.I.P Tom Petty, scanning negs from archive today from a London visit in the 1990's...#TomPetty #TomPettyRIP #travelingwilburys pic.twitter.com/N69EZHTQmN
— News UK Archives (@NewsUKArchives) October 3, 2017

So many titles still underuse their archives, and the fact that News UK not only has an account dedicated to it, but one that’s run in a chatty, communicative way with their audience makes me very happy:

Scanning them as we speak..... unfortunately only job we had of him in our archive!
— News UK Archives (@NewsUKArchives) October 3, 2017

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Adam Tinworth

Adam has been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He currently works as a consultant and trainer, helping people do better, more engaged online journalism.