{"id":117010,"date":"2018-08-14T13:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=117010"},"modified":"2018-08-14T13:58:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:58:25","slug":"dacre-out-greig-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/dacre-out-greig-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Dacre out, Greig in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Dacre has reportedly edited his last edition of the Daily Mail, months before his supposed November departure date. The Press Gazette also reports<\/a> that Geordie Greig will take over earlier than planned in the role, becoming editor on 1 September.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Gazette questions whether Dacre will be given the official Fleet Street banging out, as some mail staff are calling his low-key departure a \u2018soft exit\u2019.<\/p>\n

The change of editors has created a big question mark over the future editorial direction of the Daily Mail \u2013 the paper is one of the most vehemently pro-Brexit nationals, which is completely at odds with Greig\u2019s remain stance.<\/p>\n

Greig, who has already left his role of editor at the Mail on Sunday, received a custom front page from colleagues, which carried the headline: \u2018You lot Remoan here. I\u2019m heading for the Grexit!\u2019, as well as the strapline: \u2018Remainer-in-chief Geodie Greig\u2019s farewell to his troops as he rides to the dark side.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Guardian reports<\/a> that Grieg will \u2018only gradually tone down the strident pro-Brexit agenda espoused by his predecessor\u2019. Grieg apparently fears alienating readers, who have, for some 26 years, hungrily consumed Dacre\u2019s idiosyncratic editorial line. There\u2019s also concern about the wider political situation, which remains uncertain, and Greig will be wary of heavily supporting a political position when it could all change overnight.<\/p>\n

The Guardian also reports that during Greig\u2019s leaving drinks, he praised his Mail on Sunday colleagues\u2019 efforts as \u2018tireless and fearless\u2019, \u2018imaginative and persevering\u2019 and \u2018collegic\u2019. The Guardian suggests the last point is an emphasis on teamwork that has never been associated with Dacre and his hierarchical management style.<\/p>\n

To help support his slow and steady editorial transition, Greig has brought a number of staff from the Mail on Sunday with him: Gerard Greaves and Tobyn Andreae as his new deputies; Ruth Sunderland as financial editor; and Simon Walters \u2013 the Mail on Sunday\u2019s political editor \u2013 as his assistant editor. Walters is considered to be closely attuned to Greig\u2019s thinking and will be used to assert the new editorial line.<\/p>\n

Whatever Greig does to the paper, he\u2019s likely to have Dacre breathing down his neck now that the latter has ascended to become chairman and editor in chief of publisher DMG Media. Though Dacre won\u2019t be directly involved in day-to-day decisions (especially now he has sold his remaining shares in the company<\/a>), if readership figures start to slip, Dacre will be in a strong position to oppose Grieg\u2019s changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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