Ian Edmondson
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Ian Edmondson | |
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| Born | UK |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, newspaper editor |
| Notable credit | News of the World |
Ian Edmondson was the news editor at the News of the World and was suspended on 5 January 2011 for being implicated in the News of the World phone hacking affair.[1][2] He was sacked the same month.
Mr Edmondson was hired to the News of the World editorial crew by Neil Wallis, who was Andy Coulson's deputy editor at the in November 2004 and Mr Coulson promoted Mr Edmondson to assistant editor of the news department in October 2005. [3]
He was allegedly one of Mr Coulson's inner circle of executives when Mr Coulson was editor of the paper, according to a former reporter from the News of the World.[3]
As the assistant editor of the news section, he was part of a clique of senior ranking staff that discussed 'high grade' and sensitive news stories privately after the official editorial meetings had taken place.[3]
He was report to have been privy to most of the big scoops the paper published each week. His News of the World ex-colleague were the paper's former royal editor, Clive Goodman was let produce some news scoops, that involved paying the private detective Glenn Mulcaire to hack mobile phones belonging to public figures.[3]
References
- ^ [1] FT.com, 5 Jan 2011, "News executive suspended on phone-hacking allegations"
- ^ [2] Guardian, 6th January 2011, Ian Edmondson was at heart of News of the World's operations
- ^ a b c d James Robinson. "Ian Edmondson was at heart of News of the World's operations | Media". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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