Barclays get Telegraph
06/08/04 12:12 Media
issues
The Barclay Brothers have officially taken up
residence at the Telegraph. So, will Andrew Neil
become the new editor? He's been named as a contender
so many times it should be a done deal, but various
commentators keep coming up with objections.
My biggest problem with a Neil editorship is that he has actually increased his profile over the last few years, without actually needing to edit a national newspaper. Almost absurdly, I wonder whether he actually needs the Telegraph? If it succeeds under the Barclays, fair enough, but this doesn't go without saying. Let's think the unthinkable and accept that it could fail - hello Mr. Neil, care to accept this potentially poisoned chalice?
My money is on someone else getting it, with a bit of a profile but who'd really benefit from the experience of editing a National. Come in, Boris Johnson, your time may have come...
My biggest problem with a Neil editorship is that he has actually increased his profile over the last few years, without actually needing to edit a national newspaper. Almost absurdly, I wonder whether he actually needs the Telegraph? If it succeeds under the Barclays, fair enough, but this doesn't go without saying. Let's think the unthinkable and accept that it could fail - hello Mr. Neil, care to accept this potentially poisoned chalice?
My money is on someone else getting it, with a bit of a profile but who'd really benefit from the experience of editing a National. Come in, Boris Johnson, your time may have come...
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