Ian Edmondson
Ian Edmondson | |
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Born | c. 1969 UK |
Occupation(s) | The People |
Ian Edmondson (born c. 1969) is a British tabloid journalist. He was the news editor at the News of the World. Edmondson was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in April 2011 during the Operation Weeting phone-hacking investigation.
Career
Edmondson worked for News of the World twice. Before landing his first position at News of the World Edmondson worked as a freelance reporter. He was initially hired by News of the World as a general news reporter. He went on to spend 18 months as the paper's crime correspondent before moving to rival tabloid
A former
In May 2012 Edmonson was appointed as the editor of Loaded magazine.[3]
News of the World phone hacking scandal
Edmondson was suspended on 5 January 2011 after being implicated in the
He was one of those on trial in
See also
- Phone hacking scandal reference lists
- Metropolitan police role in phone hacking scandal
References
- ^ John Plunkett (15 July 2004). "Coulson poaches People news man". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d James Robinson (6 January 2011). "Ian Edmondson was at heart of News of the World's operations | Media". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ Mark Swenet "News of the World's former news editor to edit Loaded", The Guardian, 22 May 2012
- ^ "News executive suspended on phone-hacking allegations". Financial Times. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ James Robinson (6 January 2011). "Ian Edmondson was at heart of News of the World's operations". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Two arrested on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting voicemail messages". Metropolitan Police. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Phone hacking: NoW journalist abandons salary bid". BBC News. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Operation Weeting – Phone Hacking". London: Bark&co Solicitors. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. [failed verification]
- ^ BBC News (October 2014). "Ex-NoW news editor Ian Edmondson admits phone hacking", BBC News, 3 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Ian Edmondson jailed over News of the World hacking plot". BBC News. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.