Amol Rajan national newspaper when his "Independent" appointment was announced, although that claim has also been made on behalf of Rachel Beer. His predecessor as editor of "The Independent", Chris Blackhurst, became Group Content Director. When "The Independent" proprietor Evgeny Lebedev announced a move to digital-only in February 2016, with the imminent closure of the print edition, it emerged that Rajan would remain with the company to help facilitate the change in direction. His role as editor-at-large for "The Independent" website ended after he was appointed as the BBC's first Media Editor in November 2016, and he assumed his new post on
David English (editor) ceremony. English married Irene Mainwood in 1954, and they had three children. He died in London. David English (editor) Sir David English (26 May 1931 — 10 June 1998) was a British journalist and newspaper editor, best known for his two-decade editorship of the "Daily Mail". English was born in Oxford, and educated at Bournemouth School. Aged 16, he joined the local "Christchurch Times" and then had a brief period with the "News" in Portsmouth, moving to London before he was 20. English began his national newspaper career at the "Daily Mirror" in 1951, before moving to the "Daily Sketch"