Reginald Cudlipp (11 December 1910 – 21 January 2005) was a British newspaper editor. Cudlipp was born in

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and was the second of three brothers. He followed his older brother, Percy, to become a journalist on the '' Penarth News'', before joining the '' Western Mail'' as a sub-editor. In 1938, he became a sub-editor on the ''

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'', based in London.Michael Leapman,
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'', 26 January 2005 Cudlipp joined the

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during

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. He spent much of his time in the Army as associate editor of ''Phoenix Magazine''.Bob Warren,
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, '' Press Gazette'', 11 February 2005 At the end of the war became the ''News of the Worlds

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correspondent. He returned to London in 1948, and was promoted to become editor in 1953. Both Percy and his younger brother

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had already edited national newspapers. As editor, Cudlipp maintained the paper's reputation for reporting on

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s and serialising

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s. However, circulation fell from eight million to six-and-a-half million copies per issue, and he resigned in 1959. In 1961, he became director of the

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and edited ''Japan'', its journal. He remained director until 1986, and in 1982 was the first Briton to be awarded the

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