Richard Wallace (journalist)
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Richard Wallace (born 1961) was the editor of British newspaper the Daily Mirror until May 2012.
Wallace began his Fleet Street career working for the Daily Mail and The Sun.[1] In 1990 he joined the Daily Mirror.[2] During Piers Morgan's editorship of the paper he became show business editor[2] before becoming head of news in 2000.[3] Notable among Wallace's scoops was the news that actor Ross Kemp was leaving the BBC soap opera EastEnders in favour of working for rival channel ITV.[4] He was also responsible for the creation of the gossip columnists The 3AM Girls.[4] In 2002 he swapped jobs with the paper's New York editor, Andy Lines.[1] Ten months later, in 2003, he became deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror.[5] Wallace was appointed editor of the Daily Mirror in 2004 on the dismissal of well-known editor Piers Morgan for publishing false images of British soldiers in Iraq.[6] He was named GQ Editor of the Year in 2006.[citation needed] The Daily Mirror was named Newspaper of The Year at the What the Papers Say Awards in December 2006[7] and again at the London Press Club awards in May 2007[citation needed].
In May 2012, Wallace was sacked as editor of the Daily Mirror "with immediate effect".[8]
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- ↑ "Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror editors lose their jobs", BBC News, 30 May 2012
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Preceded by | Deputy Editor of the Sunday Mirror 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by James Scott |
Preceded by | Editor of the Daily Mirror 2004–2012 |
Succeeded by Lloyd Embley |
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