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'''Roy Wright''' was the editor of British newspaper the ''[[Daily Express]]'' for seventeen months between 1976 and 1977.<ref name=Boycott98>{{cite news|last=Boycott|first=Rosie|title=The 30 year newspaper war|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-21158563/30-year-newspaper-war.html|accessdate=21 May 2012|newspaper=[[Campaign (magazine) |
'''Roy Wright''' was the editor of British newspaper the ''[[Daily Express]]'' for seventeen months between 1976 and 1977.<ref name=Boycott98>{{cite news|last=Boycott|first=Rosie|title=The 30 year newspaper war|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-21158563/30-year-newspaper-war.html|accessdate=21 May 2012|newspaper=[[Campaign (magazine)|Campaign]]|date=18 September 1998}}</ref><ref name=Greenslade04>{{cite book|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|title=Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda|year=2004|publisher=Pan Macmillan|location=London|isbn=9780330393768|pages=314|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KPR0pB9UCS4C&pg=PA314}}</ref> Wright had been promoted from a previous position as deputy editor at the ''[[Evening Standard]]''. During his tenure, the ''Daily Express'' was converted from broadsheet to tabloid format.<ref name=Greenslade04/> Shortly after the paper was purchased by [[Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews|Victor Matthews]] in June 1977, Wright was replaced with [[Derek Jameson]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|title=Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda|year=2004|publisher=Pan Macmillan|location=London|isbn=9780330393768|pages=319|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KPR0pB9UCS4C&pg=PA319}}</ref><ref>"[http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=jHy5T5PnHcGi-gaJ0LmrCg&id=cqRnAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22roy++wright%22+editor++%22daily+express%22&q=%22roy+wright%22#search_anchor Street of Shame]" (5 August 1977). ''[[Private Eye]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Editor quits as new owner seeks 'good news'|newspaper=I.P.I. report: Monthly bulletin of the [[International Press Institute]]|date=September 1977}}</ref> |
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Roy Wright was the editor of British newspaper the Daily Express for seventeen months between 1976 and 1977.[1][2] Wright had been promoted from a previous position as deputy editor at the Evening Standard. During his tenure, the Daily Express was converted from broadsheet to tabloid format.[2] Shortly after the paper was purchased by Victor Matthews in June 1977, Wright was replaced with Derek Jameson.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Boycott, Rosie (18 September 1998). "The 30 year newspaper war". Campaign. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ a b Greenslade, Roy (2004). Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 314. ISBN 9780330393768.
- ^ Greenslade, Roy (2004). Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 319. ISBN 9780330393768.
- ^ "Street of Shame" (5 August 1977). Private Eye.
- ^ "Editor quits as new owner seeks 'good news'". I.P.I. report: Monthly bulletin of the International Press Institute. September 1977.
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