Former Daily Mail supremo Paul Dacre steps down from the DMGT board
Former Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre has left the board of the newspaper's parent company, three months after announcing his resignation.
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) today said Dacre has stepped down as executive director with immediate effect.
In June the company announced he would leave the Daily Mail and be appointed chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, which owns the Mail on Sunday, the Metro, and the Mail Online.
At the time Lord Rothermere, chairman of DMGT, said: “Paul is, quite simply, the greatest Fleet Street editor of his generation not only for his huge circulation successes on both the Mail and Standard but also for the sheer power of his many campaigns, investigations and crusades.”
Dacre steps down before his 70th birthday in November. He was replaced earlier this month by Geordie Greig as editor of the Daily Mail. Greig was formerly boss of the Mail on Sunday.