Thatcher Talked With Murdoch Before Times TakeoverFormer British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher held secret talks with media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the early 1980s before he acquired The Times newspaper.Friends Read FreeSaveBritish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 10 October, 1989. (Johhny Eggitt/AFP/Getty Images)By Alex Johnston3/18/2012Updated: 10/1/2015Print