Richard Addis (born 23 August 1956) is a British journalist and entrepreneur. He is currently chairman and Editor-in-Chief of ''
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''. He is a former
editor of the ''
Daily Express'' newspaper and a former novice
Anglican monk
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.
Addis was educated at
West Downs School
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,
Rugby School
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and
Downing College, Cambridge, graduating with a
BA and an
MA. Between attending Rugby and Downing he spent two years as a novice at the Anglican priory of the
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in Watchet,
Somerset
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His started in journalism as deputy editor of ''Homes & Jobs'' magazine where he was rapidly promoted to editor and, to save money, wrote the entire magazine under various pseudonyms. It was there where he first demonstrated his flair for design when his insisted that his staff should all wear a different colour each day and sit next to each other so their clothes and the editorial floor were colour-coordinated. When the title went bankrupt he got a job as a reporter on ''
Marketing Week
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''Marketing Week'' was launched in March 1978. Its co-founders were ...
'' where he remained for two years. His career took off when he was hired as a reporter on ''
Londoner's Diary
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'' of the ''
London Evening Standard
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In October 2009, after be ...
'' in 1985. He went on to become Editor of ''
Londoner's Diary
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'' and Assistant Editor (Features).
In 1989 he was appointed Deputy Editor of ''
The Sunday Telegraph
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It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', kn ...
''. In 1991 he was appointed features editor at the ''
Daily Mail'' where his downhome and informal style of dress was admired and often imitated. In 1995, he was appointed editor of the ''
Daily Express'' and a year later became editor-in-chief of the ''Daily'' and ''
Sunday Express''. While on the Express he regularly invited the paper's
astrologer Jonathan Cainer
Jonathan Cainer (18 December 1957 – 2 May 2016) was a British astrologer. He wrote astrological predictions six days a week for the '' Daily Mail,'' and forecasts for three Australian newspapers: the ''Sydney Daily Telegraph'', the '' Melb ...
to join editorial conferences to give them an added perspective. He left the ''Express'' in 1999 to move to Canada as editor of ''
The Globe and Mail
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'' in
Toronto
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, a post he held from July 1999 – July 2002. In 2002 he returned to London as Assistant Editor in charge of design at the ''
Financial Times
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''. He was promoted to Editor of ''Weekend FT'' shortly afterwards while retaining his design duties, remaining there until 2006.
Overall he has taken his turn at editing seven ‘national’ newspapers (''Evening Standard'', ''Sunday Telegraph'', ''Daily Mail'', ''Daily Express'', ''Sunday Express'', ''The Globe and Mail'' and ''Financial Times'') which is believed to be a record among living British journalists.
Richard Addis left newspapers in February 2006 to launch his own media consultancy, Shakeup Media, working with publishers in Africa, the Middle East and
India
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. For five years he attempted to launch various media start-ups including the UK's first hand-written newspaper (''The Manual'') and the UK's first quality free daily newspaper (''The Day'') which received investment support from backers including
Associated Newspapers
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before running into the
credit crunch
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of 2008. He wrote an award-winning book about the ethics of the global economic system (''Good Value'', Penguin, 2009) with
Stephen Green.
In January 2011 he finally launched ''The Day'' in a new incarnation as a daily online news title for "schools, colleges and inquiring minds". Claiming to be the "world's first current affairs teaching and learning website", 18 months after launch ''The Day'' had subscribers in 21 countries and a daily reach of over half a million teenagers.
From March 2014 to July 2015 he worked with Newsweek to launch a fully independent European edition as its first European editor-in-chief.
Addis lives in London with the British actress
Helen Schlesinger with whom he has two children, Theo and Sebastian. He was previously married to the artist Noonie Minogue with whom he has three children.
External links
Richard Addis on Newsweek's relaunchA newspaper that goes back to the futureEx-editor confirms launch of ''The Day''''The Day'' website
References
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1956 births
Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge
English male journalists
Living people
People educated at Rugby School
People educated at West Downs School
Daily Express people
The Globe and Mail editors