Amol Rajan Amol Rajan Amol Rajan (born 4 July 1983) is the BBC's Media Editor, having taken up the role in December 2016. Rajan was formerly editor of "The Independent" newspaper from June 2013. When "The Independent" announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, Rajan was retained for a period as "editor-at-large". Rajan was born in Calcutta, India; he was three when his family moved to England, and he was raised in Tooting, south London. The son of Hindu parents, he has not believed in any god since the age of 15.
The Sportsman (2006 newspaper) The Sportsman (2006 newspaper) The Sportsman was a daily published in the United Kingdom for seven months during 2006. It was launched on 22 March and intended to complement Dennis Publishing's gambling magazine, "Total Gambler". It was the brainchild of editor-in-chief Charlie Methven, and the UK's first new national daily newspaper since the launch of the "Daily Sport" in 1991. It claimed to be a one-stop shop for the modern punter, offering news, views and tips on sport, racing and anything else bookmakers give odds on. Sales reached 22,333 in May, some way short of its target break-even figure of