Conor McNicholas is a British journalist and editor. He formerly edited '' Top Gear'' and the IPC-run music magazine ''

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'' (''NME'').

Career

In 2007,

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announced that he was going to sue both McNicholas and ''NME'' for libel over an article on the singer's views on immigration. The case was settled in June 2012 when ''NME'' issued a statement saying "we apologise to Morrissey if he or anyone else misunderstood our piece". In 2009 McNicholas left the ''NME'' to take over as the editor of ''Top Gear'' magazine. He left after less than a year to work at

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on the launch of ''Buzz'' magazine at '' The Sun''. He later served as Executive Content Director at the content agency Redwood before going on to be CEO of the full service digital engagement agency AllTogetherNow within the

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, which he founded in 2014.

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