Richard Wallace (journalist)
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Richard Wallace (born 1961) was the editor of British newspaper the Daily Mirror until May 2012.
Wallace began his Fleet Street career working for the Daily Mail and The Sun.[1] In 1990 he joined the Daily Mirror.[2] During Piers Morgan's editorship of the paper he became show business editor,[2] before becoming head of news in 2000.[3] Notable among Wallace's scoops was the news that actor Ross Kemp was leaving the BBC soap opera EastEnders in favour of working for rival channel ITV.[4] He was also responsible for the creation of the gossip columnists The 3AM Girls.[4] In 2002 he swapped jobs with the paper's New York editor, Andy Lines.[1] Ten months later, in 2003, he became deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror.[5] Wallace was appointed editor of the Daily Mirror in 2004 on the dismissal of well-known editor Piers Morgan for publishing false images of British soldiers in Iraq.[6] The Daily Mirror was named Newspaper of The Year at the What the Papers Say Awards in December 2006.[7]
In May 2012, Wallace was sacked as editor of the Daily Mirror "with immediate effect".[8] after Trinity Mirror decided to merge the Daily & Sunday Mirror titles and slash editorial budgets.
In September 2012 he joined Simon Cowell's entertainment company Syco as a consultant.
In 2013 Cowell appointed him Syco's Executive Producer on the company's hit show America's Got Talent, broadcast on NBC.
In October 2017 Wallace was made Senior Vice President (TV & Production) for Syco.
He married long-time partner Tina Weaver, former Editor of the Sunday Mirror, in June 2016 at Aynhoe Park, Oxon.
References
- ^ a b Jessica Hodgson (21 May 2002). "Wallace and Lines swap jobs at the Mirror". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Media Guardian 100 : 61. Richard Wallace". The Guardian. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "Wallace appointed Mirror head of news". The Guardian. 3 October 2000. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Media Guardian Top 100 (2004) : 44. Richard Wallace". The Guardian. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ Mirror names NY correspondents (27 May 2003). "Mirror names NY correspondents". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "Daily Mirror unveils new editor". BBC News. 17 June 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Mirror takes top What the Papers Say award". The Guardian. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror editors lose their jobs", BBC News, 30 May 2012