Bob Edwards (British journalist)

For other people of the same name, see Robert Edwards (disambiguation).

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

  1. Revel Barker "Bob Edwards: Journalist who edited the 'Daily Express', 'The People' and the 'Sunday Mirror'", The Independent,
  2. Morton, Andrew (1998). Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words. Pocket. p. 160. ISBN 0-671-02412-4. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
Media offices
Preceded by
Michael Foot and Evelyn Anderson
Editor of Tribune
19521955
Succeeded by
Michael Foot
Preceded by
Edward Pickering
Deputy Editor of the Sunday Express
19571959
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Edward Pickering
Acting Editor of the Daily Express
1961
Succeeded by
Roger Wood
Preceded by
Roger Wood
Editor of the Daily Express
19631965
Succeeded by
Derek Marks
Preceded by
Stuart Campbell
Editor of the Sunday People
19661972
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Pinnington
Preceded by
Michael Christiansen
Editor of the Sunday Mirror
19721984
Succeeded by
Peter Thompson


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