Tony Gallagher exits as Daily Telegraph editor

Chris Evans, assistant editor (news), to take over Monday to Friday editions with immediate effect, publisher announcesDaily Telegraph editor Tony Gallagher is understood to have been fired after four years in charge of the UK's biggest selling quality paper.Telegraph Media Group announced to shocked staff on Tuesday morning that Gallagher was leaving the company, apparently with no job to go to.Telegraph journalists took to Twitter to express their shock at Gallagher's abrupt departure, revealing that he had been "banged out of the newsroom" at short notice, with some staff reported to be in tears.Daily Telegraph assistant editor (news), Chris Evans, will take over as acting print editor of the Monday to Friday paper with immediate effect. Ian MacGregor, editor of the Sunday Telegraph, will move to become acting weekend print editor of the Saturday and Sunday editions.Gallagher's abrupt departure comes as Jason Seiken, the former PBS executive hired to be TMG's chief content officer and editor-in-chief in September, seeks to restructure the organisation to move the focus away from print and put greater emphasis on digital content.TMG had been planning to introduce a new "five pillars" structure, organised around five new divisions – Live, Lifestyle, Digital, Print and Impact. Gallagher was tipped to head the print division.However, in November it emerged that the five pillars strategy had been put on hold. MediaGuardian reported at the time that Seiken was understood to... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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