Bob Edwards (UK journalist)
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Robert John Edwards (26 October 1925 – 28 May 2012)[1] was a British journalist.
Edwards was editor of Tribune (1951–54), a feature writer on the Evening Standard (1954–57), deputy editor of the Sunday Express (1957–59), managing editor of the Daily Express (1959–61) then its editor (1961), editor of the Glasgow Evening Citizen (1962–63), editor of the Daily Express again (1963–65), editor of the Sunday People (1966–72) and editor of the Sunday Mirror[2] (1972–84). He was a director of Mirror Group Newspapers from 1976 to 1988.
Edwards published an autobiography in 1988, Goodbye Fleet Street.
References
- ↑ Revel Barker "Bob Edwards: Journalist who edited the 'Daily Express', 'The People' and the 'Sunday Mirror'", The Independent,
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| Preceded by | Editor of Tribune 1952–1955 |
Succeeded by Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | Deputy Editor of the Sunday Express 1957–1959 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by | Acting Editor of the Daily Express 1961 |
Succeeded by Roger Wood |
| Preceded by | Editor of the Daily Express 1963–1965 |
Succeeded by Derek Marks |
| Preceded by | Editor of the Sunday People 1966–1972 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Pinnington |
| Preceded by | Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1972–1984 |
Succeeded by Peter Thompson |
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