Haley grew up on the island of Jersey and attended Victoria College. In 1918 he began to study journalism, and in 1921 he secured his first newspaper employment at The Times, eventually being stationed in Brussels.[1]
He was editor-in-chief of Encyclopædia Britannica from January 1968 until resigning in April 1969 in an editorial dispute over how to adapt the work to new readers. It was reported that younger executives (including the company's president, Charles E. Swanson) wanted to introduce livelier materials, while Haley favoured the traditional approach and an expansion in size.[4]
william, haley, this, article, about, british, newspaper, editor, american, music, performer, bill, haley, william, john, haley, kcmg, 1901, september, 1987, british, newspaper, editor, broadcasting, administrator, sirkcmghaley, broadcasting, tonight, talk, ho. This article is about British newspaper editor For American music performer William Haley see Bill Haley Sir William John Haley KCMG 24 May 1901 6 September 1987 was a British newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator SirWilliam HaleyKCMGHaley broadcasting Tonight s Talk on the BBC Home Service on 13 October 1942BornWilliam John Haley 1901 05 24 24 May 1901JerseyDied6 September 1987 1987 09 06 aged 86 JerseyEducationCambridge UniversityDartmouth CollegeOccupation s Editor and Director General of the BBCSpouseSusan GibbonsBiography EditHaley grew up on the island of Jersey and attended Victoria College In 1918 he began to study journalism and in 1921 he secured his first newspaper employment at The Times eventually being stationed in Brussels 1 Early in his career on the Manchester Evening News Haley was found to be too shy to work as a reporter He was then transferred to subediting 2 He rose through the ranks becoming director of Manchester Guardian and Evening News Ltd after 8 years 1 He served as Director General of the BBC from 1944 to 1952 and from 1952 to 1966 he was editor of The Times At The Times he wrote a series of light hearted bookish articles under the pseudonym Oliver Edwards These articles were published in 1957 by Heinemann as Talking of Books While at the BBC he created the BBC Third Programme which was replaced by BBC Radio 3 in 1967 3 He was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1946 He was editor in chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica from January 1968 until resigning in April 1969 in an editorial dispute over how to adapt the work to new readers It was reported that younger executives including the company s president Charles E Swanson wanted to introduce livelier materials while Haley favoured the traditional approach and an expansion in size 4 Sir William died in a nursing home in Jersey 5 External links EditThe Papers of Sir William John Haley held at Churchill Archives CentreSources Edit a b Sir William Haley Retrieved 6 June 2012 Harold Evans Essential English for Journalists Editors and Writers 2000 p 10 Key Facts Director Generals Retrieved 12 July 2012 Henry Raymont Encyclopaedia Britannica Feud Seen New York Times April 20 1969 WILLIAM J HALEY BRITISH JOURNALIST DIES AT 86 Retrieved 14 June 2012 Media officesPreceded byRobert W Foot Director General of the BBC1944 1952 Succeeded byIan JacobPreceded byWilliam Casey Editor of The Times1952 1966 Succeeded byWilliam Rees MoggPreceded byWarren E Preece Editor in Chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica1968 1969 Succeeded byWarren E Preece This biographical article related to British television is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Haley amp oldid 1121433167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
