Colin Myler is a US-based British journalist.

Early life

Myler grew up in the Hough Green area of

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form th ...

, Cheshire. He was raised Catholic, served as an altar boy and attended SS John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, at the time a secondary modern school, in Widnes.

Career

Myler started his career working for the ''Catholic Pictorial'' in

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, before joining West Lancs Press Agency in

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'' The Sun'' and later the '' Daily Mail''. He was appointed news editor of the '' Sunday People'',Editor resigns after trial collapse
,

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, 12 April 2001 then moved to ''

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'' in 1985, before its launch, again as news editor. He was later appointed as Deputy Editor of the '' Sunday Mirror''. In 1992, he succeeded his boss

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as editor of the ''Sunday Mirror''. In 1994, he moved to edit the ''

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''.Inside Story: The ex-editors' files
, ''

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'', 9 May 2005 He was made managing director of both the ''Daily'' and ''Sunday Mirror'' in 1995, but soon left to run Super League of Europe, the

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marketing body. He returned to the ''Sunday Mirror'' in 1998, but resigned in 2001 after Judge David Poole ruled that an article he had published regarding accusations of assault against

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footballers

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and Jonathan Woodgate risked prejudicing their trial. Shortly after, Myler moved to the United States and was appointed executive editor of the ''

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''. He returned to London in 2007 to become editor of the '' News of the World'' and remained in post until the paper ceased publication on 10 July 2011. On 22 July 2011, Myler and former ''News of the World'' lawyer,

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, wrote to the Parliamentary Select Committee to clarify evidence given by

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in respect of the

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which had resulted in the closure of the ''News of the World''. They appeared before the Committee to answer further questions on 6 September 2011. In January 2012, Myler was appointed editor-in-chief of the New York City '' Daily News''.

Personal

Myler is a practising Catholic and a second cousin of rugby player

Frank Myler Frank Myler (4 December 1938 – 27 March 2020) was an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. A Great Britain and England national representative or , he ...

References

External links

Myler's speech to ''News of the World'' staff on the occasion of the publication of the final edition of the paper.
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