"mastheads with the words ""The Rupert Murdoch"" or ""The Conrad Black"", with ""The Independent"" below the main title. In April 1996, there was another refinancing, and in March 1998, O'Reilly bought the other shares of the company for £30 million, and assumed the company's debt. Brendan Hopkins headed Independent News, Andrew Marr was appointed editor of ""The Independent"", and Rosie Boycott became editor of ""The Independent on Sunday"". Marr introduced a dramatic if short-lived redesign which won critical favour but was a commercial failure, partly as a result of a limited promotional budget. Marr admitted his changes had been a"
"his stake in the paper and bought out owners, the Mirror Group. O'Reilly, who had a high regard for Marr, asked him to collaborate as co-editor with Rosie Boycott, in an arrangement whereby Marr would edit the comment pages, and Boycott would have overall control of the news pages. Many pundits predicted the arrangement would not last and two months later, Boycott left to replace Richard Addis as editor of the ""Daily Express"". Marr was sole editor again, but only for one week. Simon Kelner, who had worked on the paper when it was first launched, accepted the editorship and"
"mistake in his book, ""My Trade"". Boycott left in April 1998 to join the ""Daily Express"", and Marr left in May 1998, later becoming the BBC's political editor. Simon Kelner was appointed as the editor. By this time the circulation had fallen below 200,000. Independent News spent heavily to increase circulation, and the paper went through several redesigns. While circulation increased, it did not approach the level which had been achieved in 1989, or restore profitability. Job cuts and financial controls reduced the morale of journalists and the quality of the product. Ivan Fallon, on the board since 1995 and"
"Minister Tony Blair's biggest mistake. The editor of the paper was subsequently interviewed on the BBC and Channel Four. The ""Islington Tribune"" is contributed to by Koos Couvée and Joe Cooper. Former reporters include Kim Janssen and Andrew Walker, who works for the BBC, as well as former ""Camden New Journal"" deputy editor Andrew Johnson. Peter Gruner, an award-winning environment journalist who previously worked for the ""Evening Standard"", worked for the title until 2015. The ""Camden New Journal"", ""Islington Tribune"", ""West End Extra"", and ""The Review"" are all publications of New Journal Enterprises. The ""West End Extra"", which covers the"
"a studio with ""Sunday Politics"", ""Newsnight"" and ""HARDtalk"", ""BBC World News"", ""GMT,"" ""Impact"", ""Global"" and ""Focus On Africa"". Originally launched on 11 September 2005 as ""Sunday AM"", the show was renamed ""The Andrew Marr Show"" for the new series in September 2007. Editor Barney Jones's last show was on 18 January 2015. The editor is Rob Burley; with producers Libby Jukes, Brian Hollywood, Hannah Copeland and Lesley Boden. The title sequence was a pastiche of the television series ""The Prisoner"". The programme moved to New Broadcasting House in September 2012. ""The Andrew Marr Show"" usually features one Cabinet-level UK minister,"
"time as an articled clerk at the law firm Allen, Allen and Hemsley, and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor before turning to journalism. Marr began as a journalist working for ""The Bulletin"" magazine and ""The National Times"" newspaper in 1972 before being appointed editor in 1980. During this period, he oversaw the publication of the articles by David Hickie which detailed long-suppressed allegations of corruption against former New South Wales premier Robert Askin. The first article, headlined ""Askin: friend of organised crime"", was famously published on the day of Askin's funeral in 1981. In 1980, Marr published his"
"for attention, then was mocked for reinterpreting its original marketing slogan 'It Is – Are You' to read 'It's changed – have you?'. At the beginning of 1998, Marr was sacked, according to one version of events, for having refused to reduce the newspaper's production staff to just five subeditors. According to Nick Cohen's account, the sacking was due to the intervention of Alastair Campbell, director of communications for Tony Blair. Campbell had demanded that David Montgomery, the paper's publisher, fire Marr over an article in which he had compared Blair with his predecessor John Major. This article had followed"
"be the world's oldest columnist; her column ceased with her death in 2008 at the age of 101. The paper also includes a diary page, penned by John Gulliver. The ""Camden New Journal"", ""Islington Tribune"", ""West End Extra"", and ""The Review"" are all publications of New Journal Enterprises. The ""Islington Tribune"" is a widely-read local newspaper in the London Borough of Islington, contributed to by Koos Couvée and Joe Cooper. Former reporters include Kim Janssen and Andrew Walker, who works for the BBC, as well as former ""Camden New Journal"" deputy editor Andrew Johnson. Peter Gruner, an award-winning environment journalist"
"against the newspaper after it was revealed that the ""News of the World"" employees had hacked mobile phone voicemail messages, including those of murdered teenager Milly Dowler and, allegedly, victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Alton turned his anger on members of the public who campaigned against these practices, labelling the Mumsnet members ""fair trade tea""-drinking, ""organic shortbread""-eating ""yummy mummies."" The . Roger Alton Roger Alton (born 20 December 1947 in Oxford) is an English journalist. He was formerly editor of ""The Independent"" and ""The Observer"", and executive editor of ""The Times"". He was educated at Clifton College"
"then edited by Christine Rayner, editor of the ""East Kent Gazette"" since 1995. The ""News"" featured general news, a leisure section, a business page, a film review, comment, village news and sport. The ""Medway Standard"", specialised in sports news, particularly coverage of Gillingham Football Club. Previous reporters at the newspaper include Martin Brunt, now crime correspondent for Sky News, Peter Salmon, later controller of BBC One, Robert Tyrer, now associate editor of ""The Sunday Times"", and John Williams, a political editor at ""The Daily Mirror"" and the ""London Evening Standard"", and author of a draft of the September Dossier for"
"resigned, along with another director, subsequent to the November 2002 forced resignation of founding director Peter Botsman (who had been targeted by fellow director Mark Latham after a falling out between the two). Alan Ramsey Alan Graham Ramsey (born 3 January 1938) is an Australian columnist and former writer for ""The Sydney Morning Herald"". He first started working in journalism in 1953, for Frank Packer who then owned Sydney's ""Daily Telegraph"". He gained experience working for small newspapers in Mount Isa and Darwin before joining Australian Associated Press. For AAP, Ramsey worked as a correspondent in Port Moresby and London"
"He also wrote a fortnightly sport column in the ""Spectator"". Alton resigned from ""The Independent"" in April 2010 when the paper reverted to its former editor, Simon Kelner. On 24 May 2010, Alton was appointed executive editor of ""The Times"", succeeding Alex O’Connell, who was appointed arts editor. Alton began at his new paper on 28 June 2010. Alton left ""The Times"" in 2015. In July 2011, Roger Alton gave an interview with ""Channel 4 News"" in which he lambasted members of the website Mumsnet for campaigning against the ""News of the World."" Some members of the website had campaigned"
"editors are Phil Bramley, Chris Burton, Graeme Huston, Merrill Diplock, Martin Edmunds, Richard Tear, Leonard Peet, Maurice Coupe and the paper's founder and first editor, Richard ""Dickie"" Crowther. These are the only editors in the entire history of the newspaper. It is part of the Johnston Press publishing empire which has its headquarters in Edinburgh. The SYN stable also includes paid-for weekly titles the ""South Yorkshire Times"", ""Epworth Bells and Crowle Advertiser"", ""Gainsborough Standard"" and ""Worksop Guardian"". Former titles such as the ""Selby Times"", as well as free titles the ""Doncaster Advertiser"", ""Goole and Howden Courier"" and ""Thorne and District"
"2012, with further apps for Android and Kindle Fire scheduled for release in January 2013. Midland News Association is part of the Claverley Group, which also owns the daily newspapers in the Channel Islands, the ""Jersey Evening Post"" and ""Guernsey Press and Star"". The company's head office is in Queen Street, Wolverhampton. Daily Newspapers Weekly Newspapers Magazines The history of the MNA can be traced back more than 130 years to a partnership between two men, including an ancestor of the Graham family who still own the newspapers today. Scottish-American millionaire Andrew Carnegie founded the ""Express & Star"" in Wolverhampton"
"in other newspapers, decrying the injunctions limiting of free speech, and their instigating a 'privacy law' by judicial precedent. The heavy coverage of this matter led to British Prime Minister David Cameron and culture secretary Jeremy Hunt expressing their own reservations about the manner in which the law was being enforced. On 26 April 2011, following legal action by ""Private Eye"" editor Ian Hislop, an interview with BBC journalist and political correspondent Andrew Marr was published in the ""Daily Mail"", in which he revealed that a super-injunction he had taken out in 2008 had prevented the reporting of an extramarital"
"a representative from the Opposition, one big-name, non-political guest and two or three celebrities or journalists to review the Sunday papers. A guest live music act closes the programme. Since 2009, notable guests have included: Tom Jones, Dmitry Medvedev (President of Russia), Sting, Morgan Tsvangirai (Prime Minister of Zimbabwe), Jay-Z, Tony Hayward (The then CEO of BP), Bob Geldof, Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Ban Ki-moon (UN Secretary-General), Michael Caine, Kevin Rudd (The then Prime Minister of Australia) David Cameron and Theresa May (the latter two both previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom). ""The Andrew Marr Show"" averages"
"have promised to continue it despite a series of official setbacks. Wayne Ankers was appointed editor of the ""Examiner"" in January 2017. He had previously worked for sister paper the ""Manchester Evening News"" as an associate editor of content. In the first twelve months under Ankers' stewardship, circulation fell from 12,046 to 10,418, a drop of 16 percent. Huddersfield Daily Examiner The Huddersfield Daily Examiner is an English local daily evening newspaper covering news and sport from Huddersfield and its surrounding areas. The first edition was published as a weekly, starting on 6 September 1851, as the Huddersfield & Holmfirth"
"of their funding from advertising space, and the paper has gone from a weekly broadsheet to a smaller fortnightly magazine. Prominent past editors include former South Australia State Premier the Hon. Dr John Bannon AO; Hon. Mr Justice Samuel J. Jacobs AO QC; Elliot Frank Johnston QC; author Garry Disher; former ALP state politician Peter Duncan (Australian politician); Rhodes Scholar, Diplomat & Ambassador Charles Robin Ashwin; former South Australian MLC and current Federal Senator Nick Xenophon; former vice-captain of the Australia women's national football (soccer) team Moya Dodd; former Secretary of the South Australian Trade Unions, Chris White; poet Max"
"Paul Dacre Paul Michael Dacre (; born 14 November 1948) is an English journalist and the former long-serving editor of the British newspaper the ""Daily Mail"". He is also Editor-in-Chief of DMG Media, which publishes the ""Daily Mail"", ""The Mail on Sunday"", the free daily tabloid ""Metro"", the Mailonline website, and other titles. He is a Director of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (Associated Newspapers' holding group) and was a member of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) from 1999 to 2008. He left the PCC in order to become Chairman of the PCC's Editors' Code of Practice Committee"
"revealed the existence of the injunction earlier in the week, having successfully challenged the need for its existence to be kept secret. On 26 April 2011, following legal action by ""Private Eye"" editor Ian Hislop, an interview with Marr was published in the ""Daily Mail"", in which he revealed that the super-injunction had covered the reporting of an extra-marital affair with a female journalist. Hislop had filed a court challenge earlier in April 2011, and described the super-injunction as ""pretty rank"". In 1995, he was named Columnist of the Year at both the ""What the Papers Say"" Awards and the"
"display advertising section featuring family announcements. On 15 July 2011, NUJ-represented staff employed within the Doncaster Free Press walked out on indefinite strike, along with those from the ""South Yorkshire Times"", the ""Goole Courier"" and the ""Selby Times"". Staff returned on 8 September to allow talks to commence, after 55 consecutive days away from work. Its offices are at The Balance, Pinfold Street, Sheffield. The paper left its Sunny Bar home of 89 years to move to new premises in January 2014. It was first published on 18 June 1925. The current editor of the newspaper is Nancy Fielder. Previous"
"Daily Sun"" is printed at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire presses of Seacoast Media Group, which also publishes ""The Portsmouth Herald"". Country News Club and its daily newspapers were founded by Dave Danforth, Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan, the latter two of whom were still on the Conway and Berlin papers' mastheads, as of early 2012, as publisher and editor, respectively. Guerringue and Hirshan partnered with Edward J. Engler to found Lakes Region News Club and ""The Laconia Daily Sun"". In 2012 Engler remained publisher-editor of the Laconia paper. The Portland paper was begun in February 2009 as a joint effort"
"Mary Ann Sieghart Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart (born 6 August 1961) is an English journalist, radio presenter and former assistant editor of ""The Times"", where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in ""The Independent"". On BBC Radio 4, she has been a presenter of ""Start the Week"" and has also presented ""Analysis"", ""Profile"", ""One to One"" and ""Beyond Westminster"", as well as one-off documentaries. She chairs the Social Market Foundation, an independent think tank. She has been a non-executive director of the Ofcom Content Board, a"
"Robin Esser Robin Charles Esser (6 May 1933 – 6 November 2017) was a British newspaper executive and former editor. After doing National Service and studying at Wadham College, Oxford University, where he edited the ""Cherwell"" newspaper, Esser began his career as a reporter with the ""Daily Express"" and ""Daily Sketch"" in 1957. He edited the Express' ""Hickey"" column, and gave both Nigel Dempster and Paul Dacre their first jobs on a national newspaper. By 1969, he was the newspaper's New York editor, and was the first British journalist to interview the Apollo 11 astronauts. He later became consultant editor"
"was transferred to Weymouth in Dorset. Alan Clark, the Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton from 1974 to 1992, dismissed the people of Plymouth as ""believing everything they read in the ""Herald"""". In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. The Herald (Plymouth) The Herald is the Trinity Mirror newspaper serving Plymouth. The print editor is Clare Ainsworth. The paid-for newspaper has an ABC circulation of 15,755 (Jan-Jun 2017) and is owned by Trinity Mirror. Its sister titles include the ""Express & Echo"" in Exeter, the ""Herald Express"" in Torquay, the ""Leicester Mercury"" and the"
"a grandfather of 10 and a great grandfather of 4. Robin Esser Robin Charles Esser (6 May 1933 – 6 November 2017) was a British newspaper executive and former editor. After doing National Service and studying at Wadham College, Oxford University, where he edited the ""Cherwell"" newspaper, Esser began his career as a reporter with the ""Daily Express"" and ""Daily Sketch"" in 1957. He edited the Express' ""Hickey"" column, and gave both Nigel Dempster and Paul Dacre their first jobs on a national newspaper. By 1969, he was the newspaper's New York editor, and was the first British journalist to"
"Col Allan, who now served as editor-in-chief at the Murdoch-owned ""New York Post"" from 2001 to 2016. Columnists include Piers Akerman, Tim Blair, Miranda Devine and education specialist Maralyn Parker. Journalists include Joe Hildebrand, Samantha Maiden, Andrew Clennell, Mark Morri, Nick Tabakoff, Edward Boyd, Ashleigh Gleeson, Laura Banks and Daniel Meers. Past writers for the newspaper include Lucian Boz, Mark Day, Peter Frilingos, Mike Gibson, Peter Holder and David Luff. ""The Daily Telegraph"" website hosts the blogs of several columnists.<br> Enhanced Media Metrics Australia (EMMA) figures show that 2,983,000 people in NSW read The Daily Telegraph in print or digitally"
"owns the ""Daily Mirror"" and is the largest newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom. The ""Examiner"" lays claim to a notable first in regional British journalism, as the first provincial UK newspaper to employ a woman journalist, in 1888. ""Examiner"" journalist Adrian Sudbury was given worldwide recognition during his battle with terminal leukaemia between 2006 and 2008. His Sign up for Sudders campaign was aimed at encouraging more people to sign up as bone marrow donors, and education packs about blood, bone marrow and organ donation were sent out to schools across the country. Adrian died at his family home"
"personal scoops as Political Editor were the second resignation of Peter Mandelson, and the interview in late 2004 in which Tony Blair told him that he would not seek a fourth term as prime minister should he win the forthcoming general election. During his time as political editor, Marr assumed various presentational roles, and announced in 2005 that following the 2005 General Election, he would step down as political editor to spend more time with his family. He was succeeded as political editor by Nick Robinson. In September 2005, he moved to a new role presenting the BBC's Sunday morning"
"take the ""Reader"" job. Managing editor Jake Malooley was formally named Editor-in-Chief in July 2015. In February 2018 Malooley was fired by phone at O'Hare Airport as he returned from his honeymoon by newly appointed Executive Editor Mark Konkol. Konkol was fired by Sun-Times Media only 19 days after his appointment, following the publication of a controversial editorial cartoon that was deemed to be race baiting. Effective October 1, 2018, Sun-Times Media sold the Reader to a private investment group that formed an L3C to make the purchase. The major investors are Elzie Higginbottom and Leonard Goodman. Tracy Baim was"
"Sir Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet Captain Sir John Malcolm Fraser, 1st Baronet, GBE (24 December 1878 – 4 May 1949) was a British journalist and political adviser. Fraser was born in Hampstead, London. He became a journalist and rose rapidly to become assistant editor of ""The Standard"". He was then successively editor of the ""Evening Standard"" and ""St James's Gazette"", day editor of the ""Daily Express"", and editor-in-chief of the ""Birmingham Gazette"", ""Birmingham Dispatch"" and other papers in the same group. In 1910 Arthur Balfour appointed him adviser on press matters to the Conservative Party. In November 1915, Fraser was"
"and the general election. However, under Richard Connor, the paper moved to the center, causing some in relatively liberal Portland to abandon the paper in favor of the city's free daily newspaper, ""The Portland Daily Sun"", or for the ""Bangor Daily News"", which made inroads into the Portland market. In 2010, it endorsed conservative Republican candidates (Dean Scontras and Jason Levesque) in both of Maine's congressional districts. They were both defeated by the Democratic incumbents, Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud. For Maine's gubernatorial election that same year, it endorsed moderate independent former Democrat Eliot Cutler, a childhood friend of Connor,"
"Andrew Neil Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster. As of 2018 Neil presents live political programmes ""This Week"" on BBC One and ""Politics Live"" on BBC Two. He was the editor of ""The Sunday Times"" for 11 years. Neil is the former chief executive and editor-in-chief of the Press Holdings group. He is the current chairman of Press Holdings Media Group, whose titles include ""The Spectator"", and the ITP Media Group. Neil was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire. He grew up in the Glenburn area and attended the local Lancraigs Primary School. At 11,"