Daily Mail & General Directorate Change

 
TIDMDMGT 
 
7 June 2018 
 
Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT) 
 
Directorate Change 
 
DMGT, the consumer media and business information group, today announces that 
Paul Dacre has been appointed Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Associated 
Newspapers with effect from 1 October 2018. After 28 years as an editor, Paul 
has decided to step back from day to day editorial responsibilities in November 
2018. 
 
Paul's appointment is being announced now to facilitate handover to the new 
editor of the Daily Mail, who will be named in due course. Paul will also step 
down as a Board Director of DMGT prior to the end of the financial year. 
 
Lord Rothermere, Chairman of DMGT, said: "I would like to put on record my and 
DMGT's gratitude to Paul Dacre for his brilliant stewardship of the Mail and 
other titles within the Group over three decades. 
 
Paul is, quite simply, the greatest Fleet Street Editor of his generation not 
only for his huge circulation successes on both the Mail and Standard but also 
for the sheer power of his many campaigns, investigations and crusades that 
have held power to account, given a voice to the voiceless and often set the 
political agenda through six prime ministerships.  He has done this while 
working tirelessly to defend press freedom to the benefit of our whole 
industry. 
 
I am absolutely delighted that Paul has agreed to continue to stay on after his 
70th birthday as Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Associated Newspapers in 
addition to advising me and taking on other broader responsibilities in the 
company at a time of profound upheaval in the media landscape." 
 
For further information: 
 
For analyst and institutional enquiries: 
 
Tim Collier, Chief Financial Officer           [phone] 
 
   For media enquiries: 
                                               [phone] 
Tim Burt / Paul Durman, Teneo 
Blue Rubicon 
 
About DMGT 
 
DMGT manages a diverse, multinational portfolio of companies, with total 
revenues of around GBP1.5 bn, that provide businesses and consumers with 
compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news and entertainment. 
DMGT is also a founding investor and the largest shareholder of Euromoney 
Institutional Investor PLC and ZPG Plc. 
 
 
 
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June 07, 2018 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)