 In early 1918 it was decided that a senior government figure should take over responsibility for propaganda and on 4 March Lord Beaverbrook, owner of the "Daily Express" newspaper, was made Minister of Information.Masterman was placed beneath him as Director of Publications, and John Buchan as Director of Intelligence.Lord Northcliffe, owner of "The Times" and the "Daily Mail", was put in charge of propaganda aimed at enemy nations, while Robert Donald, editor of the "Daily Chronicle", was made director of propaganda aimed at neutral nations.