Scope and Contents Note

The Group Vice President J. Richard Munro: Subject files cover the period of 1972 to 1989 and focus on the finances and operations of the Video Group and the companies within it. While this series contains materials from after Munro left the Video Group and became board president and CEO of Time Inc., the majority of materials are from 1977 to 1979 when he was vice president of the Video Group. Included in this series are annual reports, press releases, draft shareholders letters, lists of proposed questions, ordinances, notes, draft letters, cable television reports, clippings, agreement riders, interview question drafts, operating budget reports, American Television and Communications (ATC) annual reports, financial reports, partial copies of securities exchange commission amendments, project overviews, organizational charts, press kits, pay television subscriber reports, five-year plans, activity reports, operating reports, status reports, business report summaries, wage guidelines, cablevision magazine issues, planning worksheets, financial reports, meeting reports, ambassador roundtable programs, forum for world affairs pamphlets, list of meeting attendees, draft speeches, budget re-estimates, balance sheets, budget statements, income statement, Home Box Office (HBO) patches, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) petitions, telecommunications policy studies, travel schedules, notes, press releases, board minutes, list of board members, board agendas, market estimate reports, intermission programming test reports, Hong Kong Television chairman's reports, notice for shareholders, balance sheets, personnel compensation reports, financial estimates, short range plan reports, personnel cards, and correspondence. The correspondence included in this series discuss advertising contracts, college courses, television show premieres, filmstrips, company transfers, local ordinances, franchises, agreements, project proposals, project plans and objectives, trips, budgets, background research, board meetings, status reports, wages, mergers, purchase proposals, speeches, monthly reports, preliminary budgets versus three-year plans, budget re-estimates, project analysis, wireless mic tests, incentive programs, Home Box Office (HBO) survey analysis, consulting services, profits, business consolidation, new cable services, viewing patterns, marketing, subscriber demographics, and possible television shows.