Kenneth Donlan
British newspaper editor
Joseph Kenneth Donlan (27 September 1927 – 23 May 1994)[1] was a British newspaper editor.
Donlan was born in Salford[2] and worked for the Daily Mail for 25 years at their offices in London and Manchester. In 1971 he moved to rival tabloid The Sun where he became news editor. He was briefly editor of the News of the World from 1980 to 1981 before returning to The Sun as managing editor. In 1989, he became the first national newspaper ombudsman in the United Kingdom.
Donlan died at the age of 66 in Chislehurst.[3]
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Preceded by Bernard Shrimsley | Editor of the News of the World 1980–1981 | Succeeded by Barry Askew |
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Editors of the Daily Herald, The Sun and the News of the World
- 1912: William H. Seed
- 1912: Roland Kenney
- 1913: Charles Lapworth
- 1913: George Lansbury
- 1922: W. P. Ryan
- 1922: Hamilton Fyfe
- 1926: William Mellor
- 1931: W. H. Stevenson
- 1936: Francis Williams
- 1940: Percy Cudlipp
- 1953: Sydney Elliott
- 1957: Douglas Machray
- 1960: John Beaven
- 1962: Sydney Jacobson
- 1964: Sydney Jacobson
- 1965: Dick Dinsdale
- 1969: Larry Lamb
- 1972: Bernard Shrimsley
- 1975: Larry Lamb
- 1981: Kelvin MacKenzie
- 1994: Stuart Higgins
- 1998: David Yelland
- 2003: Rebekah Wade
- 2009: Dominic Mohan
- 2013: David Dinsmore
- 2015: Tony Gallagher
- 2020: Victoria Newton
- 1843: John Browne Bell
- 1855: John William Bell
- 1877: Walter John Bell and Adolphus William Bell
- 1891: Emsley Carr
- 1941: David Percy Davies
- 1946: Robert Skelton
- 1947: Arthur Waters
- 1953: Reg Cudlipp
- 1960: Stafford Somerfield
- 1970: Cyril Lear
- 1974: Peter Stephens
- 1975: Bernard Shrimsley
- 1980: Kenneth Donlan
- 1981: Barry Askew
- 1981: Derek Jameson
- 1984: Nicholas Lloyd
- 1985: David Montgomery
- 1987: Wendy Henry
- 1988: Patsy Chapman
- 1993: Stuart Higgins
- 1994: Piers Morgan
- 1995: Phil Hall
- 2000: Rebekah Wade
- 2003: Andy Coulson
- 2007: Colin Myler
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