"James Harding (journalist) James Paul Harding (born 15 September 1969) is a British journalist, and was the Director of BBC News from August 2013 until 1 January 2018.. He is the co-founder of Tortoise Media. In December 2007, he was appointed as editor of ""The Times"" newspaper, the youngest person to assume the post, following Robert Thomson's appointment as publisher of the ""Wall Street Journal"". He left ""The Times"" in December 2012, and was succeeded by John Witherow as acting editor. Harding was raised in north-west London, the grandson of a German Jewish refugee. He was educated at two independent"
"""new media venture"" which he named Tortoise. Harding's book ""Alpha Dogs"" was published in spring 2008. Harding speaks English, French, German, Japanese and Mandarin. He delivered the annual Cudlipp Lecture in March 2018. James Harding (journalist) James Paul Harding (born 15 September 1969) is a British journalist, and was the Director of BBC News from August 2013 until 1 January 2018.. He is the co-founder of Tortoise Media. In December 2007, he was appointed as editor of ""The Times"" newspaper, the youngest person to assume the post, following Robert Thomson's appointment as publisher of the ""Wall Street Journal"". He left"
"until August 2014. In relation to his previous editorship of ""The Times,"" a commercial rival to the BBC, Ian Burrell of ""The Independent"" asserted that ""The Times"" ""was among the most strident"" of the BBC's critics during Harding's tenure. In his first speech to staff on 4 December 2014, Harding affirmed that the BBC should not avoid investigative journalism after controversies of previous years. On 10 October 2017 it was announced that Harding would step down as head of BBC News on 1 January 2018. He was succeeded by Fran Unsworth. Harding was later reported to be working on a"
"to leave his post as editor. He commented in July 2013, that if a ""proprietor had a different view of things from the editor, I understand that the proprietor is not leaving"". In November 2017, Lord Puttnam, in evidence to the Competition and Markets Authority over Fox's bid to wholly own Sky, said Harding had been removed because ""The Times"" had backed President Obama in the 2012 presidential election. On 16 April 2013 his appointment as the new head of BBC News was announced, a post formerly held by Helen Boaden, although he did not formally take up the role"
"was stepping down. ""Times"" president Tom McDevitt took his place as chairman, and Larry Beasley, onetime senior executive at the ""St. Petersburg Times"" and the ""Los Angeles Daily News"", was hired as the company's new president and chief executive officer. Beasley announced a new strategy to reach profitability focusing on expanding digital publishing capabilities and growing a nationwide audience, while making it clear that the print publication would continue. In March 2013 it was announced that Herring Networks would work with the ""Times"" to create a new cable news network that began broadcasting in mid‑2013. The new network was called"
"Falklands, with Patrick Bishop, a war correspondent for The Observer newspaper. Witherow moved to The Sunday Times in 1983 under the Editorship of Andrew Neil. There he served in several positions, including Defence Editor, Diplomatic Editor, Foreign Editor and Head of News. Witherow was made Acting Editor after the departure of Neil in 1994. He was confirmed in the job the following year. In early 2013, Witherow was made Editor of ""The Times"" in succession to James Harding. ""The Times"" independent directors confirmed the appointment in September of that year and ""The Times"" won Newspaper of the Year for 2014"
"elections and European elections coverage in early June 2009. A strategy review of the BBC in March 2010, confirmed that having ""the best journalism in the world"" would form one of five key editorial policies, as part of changes subject to public consultation and BBC Trust approval. After a period of suspension in late 2012, Helen Boaden ceased to be the Director of BBC News. On 16 April 2013, incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall named James Harding, a former editor of ""The Times"" of London newspaper as Director of News and Current Affairs. From August 2012 to March 2013, all"
"Award for 2008 in March 2009 at the British Press Awards. Harding was responsible for the cancellation, and then re-introduction of the Times2 supplement in October 2010 after seven months, following complaints from readers. With a reportedly unsustainable editorial budget, voluntary and compulsory redundancies were announced in June 2010, along the introduction of charges for readers for the digital edition. At the end of the previous month, Harding had asserted that the internet could ""wipe out"" the newspaper without a paywall being introduced. Harding said in 2011 that he ""[believes] in the state of Israel. I would have had a"
"The newspaper struck a reported £2.25 million deal with sportswear manufacturer Adidas to run cover wrap adverts on each of the 17 days of the Olympics. After more than a decade in charge, editor Kenny Campbell was replaced as editor by Ted Young in 2014. Young's appointment coincided with a number of changes at the newspaper, including the separation of the print and online editions, along with an expansion of ""Metro""'s distribution in the UK. In November 2016, comedian Richard Herring stepped down from writing his weekly column for ""Metro"". Fellow TV comedian Dom Joly later replaced him in the"
"Times"" for a few years after graduating. In 2014, shortly after Amelia Hamer became editor, the paper ran a news story about the Ben Sullivan controversy which caused an outcry amongst students as it ""reinforced rape myths in the press"". It garnered negative attention in other student media, and also led to calls for Hamer to resign. Three months later, on 24 September, Hamer was removed from her role because of pressure from student activists. Former contributors include Laura Barton of ""The Guardian"", Mark Henderson and Rob Hands of ""The Times"", and Karl Smith of ""The Independent"". The Oxford Student"
"in business, economics and general news”. Taylor was educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin, and lives in Malahide with his two children, Colin and Neil, and his wife, Elizabeth. Cliff Taylor (journalist) Cliff Taylor is the managing editor of ""The Irish Times"", where he has ""a lead writing role with the newspaper and on digital platforms in areas ranging from business to politics."" Between 2004 and 2014 Taylor was editor of ""The Sunday Business Post"", a Sunday newspaper based in Ireland. He replaced Ted Harding, shortly after the takeover by Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Taylor previously held"
"Cliff Taylor (journalist) Cliff Taylor is the managing editor of ""The Irish Times"", where he has ""a lead writing role with the newspaper and on digital platforms in areas ranging from business to politics."" Between 2004 and 2014 Taylor was editor of ""The Sunday Business Post"", a Sunday newspaper based in Ireland. He replaced Ted Harding, shortly after the takeover by Thomas Crosbie Holdings. Taylor previously held the position of Economics Editor of ""The Irish Times"" where he spent 17 years. ""The Sunday Business Post"" chief executive Fiachra O'Riordan said, “We chose Cliff Taylor because of his outstanding journalistic ability"
"Times acquisition), was ""parting ways"" with the ""Weekly"". On that same day, ads for her replacement appeared on Craigslist and Journalismjobs.com. Though some speculated that Stewart was a shoo-in for the position, the job quickly went to Drex Heikes, formerly of the ""Los Angeles Times"". When Heikes left in 2011, he was replaced by Sarah Fenske. ""Weekly"" management said staff cuts were necessary due to poor economic conditions. However, some of the cuts are likely attributable to philosophical differences with the paper's then-owners, who have since sold the chain. Former staff writer Matthew Fleischer said at the time that ""as"
"of independent regulation, in place of the discredited system of self-regulation, and rejected statutory regulation of the press: ""We must [reform] in a way that keeps Parliament and the press apart."" Harding also wrote: ""The failure of News International to get to grips with what had happened at one of its newspapers suggested that the company had succumbed to that most dangerous delusion of the powerful, namely that it could play by its own set of rules."" Coming from this corporate source, Roy Greenslade thought Harding's suggestion was a ""significant innovation"". Harding left ""The Times"" at the end of 2012"
"the Malaise,"" on July 26, 2011. However, after he began his editing assignment, Leonhardt continued to publish analyses of economic news. On November 20, 2013, it was announced that Leonhardt would step down as Washington Bureau Chief to become Managing Editor of a new ""Times"" ""venture,"" later given the name ""The Upshot, ""which will be at the nexus of data and news and will produce clear analytical reporting and writing on opinion polls, economic indicators, politics, policy, education, and sports"". In early 2016, it was announced that Leonhardt would be the head of an internal strategy group at The Times."
"Kevin O'Sullivan (journalist) Kevin O'Sullivan (born c. 1960) was the editor of ""The Irish Times"" newspaper from 2011 to 2017. He was the thirteenth editor of the paper and succeeded Geraldine Kennedy on 23 June 2011. He was succeeded, in turn, by Paul O'Neill on 5 April 2017. O'Sullivan is from Tramore, County Waterford. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from University College Dublin in 1981 and a diploma in Journalism in 1983 from the National Institute of Higher Education in Dublin (now Dublin City University). He worked at the ""Connacht Tribune"" and the ""Tuam Herald"" before joining ""The"
"Fran Unsworth Francesca Mary ""Fran"" Unsworth (born 29 December 1957) is a British journalist and media executive. Since January 2018 she has been Director, News & Current Affairs for BBC News. She was appointed in succession to James Harding. Before then she served in various senior positions in the BBC, including director of the BBC World Service Group. Previously she was Acting Director of News at the BBC from November 2012 until August 2013 and a member of the BBC's executive board. In 2013 she was appointed Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs. A native of in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire,"
"the Times. John M. Geddes John M. Geddes is an American journalist who served as one of two managing editors of ""The New York Times"". He was appointed to that post in 2003, and left it in 2013. Geddes served as managing editor for news operations (his co-managing editor was Dean Baquet, later appointed executive editor), with responsibilities including production, budgeting and staffing. He and Jill Abramson (formerly executive editor) were appointed to their positions by then-executive editor Bill Keller to succeed former managing editor Gerald M. Boyd. Boyd stepped down on June 5, 2003, along with the paper's former"
"also part of the group; the latter two publications have since been sold. In 2006 an American edition of ""The Times"" was launched in New York, Boston and some other East Coast U.S. cities. Murdoch states that the law and the independent board prevent him from exercising editorial control. However, an article in The Spectator following the resignation of James Harding stated that the trust has ""never played much of a role in the 30 years Murdoch has owned the paper"" and suggested that Murdoch had pressurised Harding to resign. News Group Newspapers Ltd publishes the tabloid newspaper ""The Sun""."
"to ""The Times"" digital products. ""The Times"" has had the following eight owners since its foundation in 1785: At the time of Harold Evans' appointment as editor in 1981, ""The Times"" had an average daily sale of 282,000 copies in comparison to the 1.4 million daily sales of its traditional rival ""The Daily Telegraph"". By November 2005 ""The Times"" sold an average of 691,283 copies per day, the second-highest of any British ""quality"" newspaper (after ""The Daily Telegraph"", which had a circulation of 903,405 copies in the period), and the highest in terms of full-rate sales. By March 2014, average"
"David Hunke, who had been publisher of the newspaper since 2009. Kramer was tasked with developing a new strategy for the paper as it sought to increase revenue from its digital operations. In July 2012, Kramer hired David Callaway – whom the former had hired as lead editor of ""MarketWatch"" in 1999, two years after Kramer founded the website during his tenure at CBS News – as the paper's editor-in-chief. Callaway had previously worked at Bloomberg covering the banking, investment-banking and asset-management businesses throughout Europe and at the ""Boston Herald"", where he co-wrote a daily financial column on ""comings and"
"The Irish Times The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Paul O'Neill who succeeded Kevin O'Sullivan on 5 April 2017; the deputy editor is Deirdre Veldon. ""The Irish Times"" is published every day except Sundays. It employs 420 people. Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of British unionism in Ireland. It is no longer marketed as a unionist paper; it presents itself politically as ""liberal and progressive"", as well as promoting neoliberalism on economic issues. The editorship"
"asked to step down from the role in early 2014. Ben Rothenberg of the online ""Slate"" magazine identified dozens of apparent examples of plagiarism. Harman admitted the allegation and subsequently resigned from the International Tennis Writers Association. Harman was suspended from ""The Times"" in late July 2014. Neil Harman Neil Harman (born 9 April 1957) is the former chief tennis correspondent for ""The Times"". Earlier in his career, Harman was football and tennis correspondent for the ""Daily Mail"" and tennis correspondent for ""The Sunday Telegraph"". Harman started his career in journalism at the ""Evening Echo"" (Southend) and later worked for"
"at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He began his career as a journalist at the ""Financial Times"" in 1994 and two years later opened the paper's Shanghai bureau where he covered the opening up of the Chinese financial markets, remaining there until 1999. After serving for three years as the ""Financial Times""' Washington bureau chief, he joined ""The Times"" in Summer 2006 as Business Editor. His promotion to editor emerged in December 2007. Harding, the grandson of a German Jewish refugee, was its first Jewish editor. ""The Times"", with Harding as editor, won the Newspaper of the Year"
"a trend further exacerbated by technological improvements in rail transportation and telegraphic communication combined with growing literacy. The paper began in 1785 and in 1788 was renamed ""The Times."" In 1817, Thomas Barnes was appointed general editor; he was a political radical, a sharp critic of parliamentary hypocrisy and a champion of freedom of the press. Under Barnes and his successor in 1841, John Thadeus Delane, the influence of The Times rose to great heights, especially in politics and amongst the City of London. It spoke for reform. Peter Fraser and Edward Sterling were two noted journalists, and gained for"
"""Sunday Times"" editor John Witherow was appointed editor of ""The Times"" in January 2013, Ivens was named editor of ""The Sunday Times"". The independent directors of Times Newspapers initially refused to make either appointment permanent but confirmed both men in their posts on 27 September that year. Ivens is married to the journalist Anne McElvoy; the couple have two sons (Gabriel and Benjamin) and one daughter (Isolde). Martin Ivens Martin Paul Ivens (born 29 August 1958) is an English journalist and editor of ""The Sunday Times"" newspaper. Born in Hampstead in north London, Ivens is the son of Michael Ivens,"
"New York Times""; it was characterized by major fare increases, the damage of equipment due to insufficient precautions in face of Hurricane Sandy, and overcrowding during what had been marketed as the Mass Transit Super Bowl. In February 2014 he announced his resignation, effective March 2; his successor is Veronique Hakim. Numerous other staff have also left the agency since Weinstein's resignation. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, he resides in Moorestown with his wife. James Weinstein (New Jersey) James Weinstein is a transportation planner and executive. In 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appointed him Executive Director of New"
"to ""The Herald"" on 3 February 1992, dropping Glasgow from its title, but not its masthead. That same year the title was bought by Caledonia Newspaper Publishing & Glasgow. In 1996 was purchased by Scottish Television (later called the Scottish Media Group). As of 2013, the newspaper along with its related publications, the ""Evening Times"" and ""Sunday Herald"", were owned by the Newsquest media group. Graeme Smith assumed editorship of ""The Herald"" in January 2017, replacing Magnus Llewellin, who had held the post since 2013. Notable past editors include: John Mennons, 1782; Samuel Hunter, 1803; George Outram, 1836; James Pagan,"
"In September 2007, Savage became the paper's editorial director and was replaced as editor-in-chief by then-27-year-old Christopher Frizzelle, formerly the Books Editor (in 2003) and Arts Editor (from 2004 to 2007). Frizzelle was replaced by Tricia Romano in July 2016. Romano was previously a staff reporter at the ""Seattle Times"" and had been a columnist at ""The Village Voice"" in New York for eight years. Tricia Romano left the paper in June 2017. The paper does not currently have an editor-in-chief. Christopher Frizzelle acts as the print editor and Chase Burns is the digital editor. The newspaper's current managing editor"
"Thomas Harding (writer) Thomas Harding (born 1968) is a British/American non-fiction author, journalist, and former documentary maker. Harding was educated at the Westminster School in London and then studied anthropology and political science at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He worked in television and journalism before becoming an author. His book ""Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz"" (2013) was a national bestseller in the UK, Italy and Israel and was chosen as a ""Book of the Year"" for 2013 by ""The Times"", the ""Sunday Times"", ""The Guardian"", ""The Observer"", the ""Daily Telegraph"" and"
"had spent nearly $2 billion on the ""Times"". In 2008, Thomas F. Roeser of the ""Chicago Daily Observer"" mentioned competition from the ""Times"" as a factor moving ""The"" ""Washington Post"" more to the conservative side, and said that Moon had ""announced he will spend as many future billions as is needed to keep the paper competitive."" On November 13, 2014, ""Times"" President and CEO Larry Beasley announced that it was on course to reach profitability. Since January 2013, ""The Times"" had increased its revenue by one-third while decreasing expenses by 37 percent. Digital products including ""The Washington Times"" website, online"
"""The Market"", which concentrates on Irish Stock Exchange and company news; ""The Magazine"", an entertainment and features magazine; and a property supplement. A once-monthly ""Computers in Business"" magazine is also included. Ted Harding succeeded Kiberd as editor of the paper in 2001 and edited the paper for three years, resigning in October 2004. An interim examiner was formally appointed to Post Publications Ltd, publisher of the Sunday Business Post newspaper, on 15 March 2013. The Irish High Court was told that there might be a voluntary redundancy scheme at the newspaper in late 2013 which would target 25 staff positions."
"2011. Daniel Finkelstein Daniel William Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein, (born 30 August 1962) is a British journalist and politician. He is a former executive editor of ""The Times"", remains a weekly political columnist, and is now associate editor. He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by David Frum in 2014. He was elevated to the House of Lords in August 2013, sitting as a Conservative. Finkelstein is Jewish; his mother, Mirjam Finkelstein, was a Holocaust survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, while his father Ludwik (Ludwig) Finkelstein OBE was born in Lviv (then in Poland but now"