Read our privacy notice Thanks for signing up to theMorning Headlines email {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}The Times has appointed a new editor after John Witherow stepped down following nine years at the helm. Former deputy editor Tony Gallagher said he was "delighted and enormously proud" after it was announced on Wednesday he would become editor effective immediately. Tony Gallagher has been appointed new editor of The Times (PA )Mr Gallagher said: “I am delighted and enormously proud to take on the editorship of The Times, the first paper I subscribed to as a teenage schoolboy. Mr Murdoch hailed Mr Witherow as one of the great editors of his generation and praised his “immense contribution to journalism over the past 42 years.”

Source: The Times September 28, 2022 23:12 UTC