Paul F. Webster is a British journalist who has been the editor of ''

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'' since 2018. He was previously the deputy editor of ''The Observer'' for 20 years under Will Hutton, Roger Alton, and John Mulholland, and before that, the foreign and home editor of ''

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''. Webster is the author of a 1993 biography of the French writer and aviator

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''The Observer''

Webster became editor of ''The Observer'' as a result of his promotion by

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editor-in-chief

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, who said he would be a "superb" editor. Webster said: "I am delighted and honoured to be appointed editor, especially at such an exciting time in the paper’s development as it relaunches in its new tabloid format." He succeeded John Mulholland, who took up a role as editor of ''

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'' in the

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-based American online presence of the British print newspaper in April 2018.

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