Daniel Sabbagh (born 1971) is a British

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who is the associate editor of ''

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'' (appointed in January 2018), having previously been national news editor."Guardian appoints Dan Sabbagh as national news editor"
guardian.co.uk, 18 January 2013 Sabbagh worked as senior reporter on the magazine ''

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'' and as a city reporter at ''

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'' before joining ''

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'' where he was telecoms correspondent and then media editor between 2004 and 2009, when he resigned. In April 2005, along with his then editor Robert Thomson, he was served with a

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summons from a French court by the

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over an article published in ''The Times'' in November 2004. That action was eventually dropped, and ''The Times'' published a statement in February 2007. Sabbagh was co-founder of the media news and entertainment websit
Beehive City
along with two former ''Times'' colleagues

Adam Sherwin Adam Sherwin is a British journalist and a former media correspondent for ''The Times'' between 1999 and 2010. He covered topics and issues regarding naval architecture, entertainment, music, literature, technology and politics.The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

''.Dominic Ponsfor
"Former Times media editor Dan Sabbagh joins The Guardian"
''Press Gazette'', 1 November 2010 He joined ''The Guardian'' in November 2010. He was initially head of media and technology which included oversight of the Media Guardian website, then became national news editor, running the home department during the 2014 Scottish referendum, the 2016 EU referendum as well as general elections in 2015 and 2017. He returned to reporting as associate editor, covering politics and based in Westminster. He was in Westminster throughout 2018, during the final stages of the Brexit negotiations and their passage through parliament. He was a Labour councillor for Vassall ward in the London Borough of Lambeth between August 1999 and May 2006. In 2010, he was media advisor to

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on her unsuccessful attempt to become the London Labour Mayoral candidate.Gideon Spanie
"Ready for a legal fight over Project Canvas - Sabbagh is King's right hand man"
''Evening Standard'', 9 June 2010

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External links

Dan Sabbagh on TwitterSabbagh's ''Guardian'' contributor page
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