In 1947, Pickering became managing editor of the Daily Mail. When he failed to win the editor's job, in 1950, he resigned and instead became deputy editor of the Daily Express. At the Express he mentored Rupert Murdoch. In 1957, he became editor of the paper. Without making any major changes, he was able to increase sales by 200,000 copies per day, but owner Lord Beaverbrook disliked his laid-back approach to the job, and sacked him in 1962. As a consolation, Beaverbrook appointed Pickering as editor of the Farming Express, but this was not a position Pickering desired, and he left in 1964 to become editorial director of the Mirror group. He retired in 1977 and was knighted in that year, but in 1981 he became executive vice-chairman of News International.[1]
edward, pickering, journalist, edward, davies, pickering, 1912, august, 2003, british, newspaper, editor, pickering, born, middlesbrough, master, pawnbroker, attended, middlesbrough, high, school, then, entered, journalism, apprentice, with, northern, echo, th. Sir Edward Davies Pickering 4 May 1912 8 August 2003 was a British newspaper editor Pickering was born in Middlesbrough the son of a master pawnbroker 1 He attended Middlesbrough High School and then entered journalism as an apprentice with the Northern Echo 1 He then moved to London as a sub editor on the Daily Mirror followed by the Daily Mail During World War II he joined the Royal Artillery rising to become a major by the end of the conflict and working closely with Dwight D Eisenhower 1 In 1947 Pickering became managing editor of the Daily Mail When he failed to win the editor s job in 1950 he resigned and instead became deputy editor of the Daily Express At the Express he mentored Rupert Murdoch In 1957 he became editor of the paper Without making any major changes he was able to increase sales by 200 000 copies per day but owner Lord Beaverbrook disliked his laid back approach to the job and sacked him in 1962 As a consolation Beaverbrook appointed Pickering as editor of the Farming Express but this was not a position Pickering desired and he left in 1964 to become editorial director of the Mirror group He retired in 1977 and was knighted in that year but in 1981 he became executive vice chairman of News International 1 References Edit a b c d Pickering Sir Edward Davies Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Media officesPreceded byArthur Christiansen Editor of the Daily Express1957 1962 Succeeded byBob Edwards Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Pickering journalist amp oldid 1094339462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
