Bob Edwards (UK journalist)

Bob Edwards (UK journalist)

Robert Edwards (1925- ) is a British journalist.

Edwards was editor of "Tribune" (1951-54), a feature writer on the "Evening Standard" (1954-57), deputy editor of the "Sunday Express" (1957-59), managing editor of the "Daily Express" (1959-61) then its editor (1961), editor of the Glasgow "Evening Citizen" (1962-63), editor of the "Daily Express" again (1963-65), editor of the "Sunday People" (1966-72) and editor of the "Sunday Mirror" (1972-84). He was a director of Mirror Group Newspapers from 1976 to 1988.

Edwards published an autobiography in 1988, "Goodbye Fleet Street".


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