Trinity Mirror plc announces today the appointment of Richard
Wallace as Editor of the Daily Mirror with immediate effect.
Richard, 43, is currently Deputy Editor of the Sunday Mirror and
has been Acting Editor for the last four months while the Editor has been on
maternity leave.
Previously he was the Daily Mirror's US Editor based in New
York. He has also held the positions of Showbusiness Editor and Head of News.
Prior to that he held reporting roles at the Daily Mail and The Sun.
It is also announced that Ellis Watson, General Manager,
National Newspapers, has been promoted to Managing Director, National Newspapers
with immediate effect.
In his new role, the editors of the UK National titles - the
Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People - will all now report to Ellis,
having previously reported directly to the Chief Executive, Sly Bailey.
Ellis continues to have full responsibility for the Scottish
National titles, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail.
Richard Wallace said: "I'm absolutely delighted to be given the
opportunity to lead this great newspaper, especially as I'm going to be working
with the most talented team in Fleet Street.
"The greatest challenge for national newspapers is circulation.
I'm confident that we have the team, the talent and the will to tackle this
challenge and I look forward to even greater success for the Daily
Mirror."
Ellis Watson said: "Richard has bags of ability and huge
experience in tabloid newspapers. The Daily Mirror has a fabulous heritage and
Richard's job will be to build on that as we go forward.
"With his talents, and those of the fantastic Mirror team, we
have a very bright future ahead of us."
Des Kelly, who has been acting editor in the interim period, has
decided to leave the company.
