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British newspaper editor (1950–2021)

**Bridget Rowe** (16 March 1950 – 12 January 2021) was a British newspaper editor.

## Life and career

Rowe worked for a succession of magazines: *19*, *[Petticoat](/source/Petticoat_magazine)*, *Club*, *Look Now* and *Woman's World*, before becoming Assistant Editor of *[The Sun](/source/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom))*, then editor of "Sunday", the *[News of the World](/source/News_of_the_World)*'s magazine. In 1986, Rowe became editor of *[Woman's Own](/source/Woman's_Own)*,[1] then left to become editor of *[TV Times](/source/TV_Times)*.

Rowe edited the *[Sunday Mirror](/source/Sunday_Mirror)* from 1991 to 1992, then moved to edit *[The People](/source/Sunday_People)*. In 1993 *The People* published a photo of [Sonia Sutcliffe](/source/Sonia_Sutcliffe) taken by a freelance photographer that breached [Press Complaints Commission](/source/Press_Complaints_Commission) code of conduct on privacy.[2] Her refusal to accept respsponsibility for the actions of the photographer was described by the PCC as "lamentable".[2]

In 1995, she became managing director of both newspapers, and in 1997 she returned to editing the *Sunday Mirror* for a year.[2] After this she served as the Director of Communications for the [National Magazine Company](/source/National_Magazine_Company), and later was the content director of Yava until it closed in 2001.[3][2] She was a panelist on the first series of *[Loose Women](/source/Loose_Women)* in 1999.

A friend[4] of [UK Independence Party](/source/UK_Independence_Party) (UKIP) leader [Nigel Farage](/source/Nigel_Farage), Rowe registered as the leader of Libertas UK with the United Kingdom [Electoral Commission](/source/Electoral_Commission_(United_Kingdom)) in December 2008,[4] in order to prevent [Declan Ganley](/source/Declan_Ganley)'s political party [Libertas](/source/Libertas.eu) from fielding candidates in the UK's [European Parliament elections in 2009](/source/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom) under that name.[4] Rowe worked as public relations chief for the businessman and UKIP donor [Arron Banks](/source/Arron_Banks).[5]

Rowe died from [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) in [Farnborough](/source/Farnborough%2C_Hampshire) on 12 January 2021, at the age of 70, during the [COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom).[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hugh Thompson, "Dallasty and Glynis recipe", *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, 7 July 1986

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-telegraphy-bridget-rowe-obituary_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-telegraphy-bridget-rowe-obituary_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-telegraphy-bridget-rowe-obituary_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-telegraphy-bridget-rowe-obituary_2-3) ["Bridget Rowe, award-winning tabloid editor with her finger on the populist pulse – obituary"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210127114515/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/26/bridget-rowe-award-winning-tabloid-editor-finger-populist-pulse/). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. 26 January 2021. Archived from [the original](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/26/bridget-rowe-award-winning-tabloid-editor-finger-populist-pulse/) on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-exed_3-0)** "[Inside Story: The ex-editors' files](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-490081.html)", *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*, 9 May 2005

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IT1232474675764_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IT1232474675764_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IT1232474675764_4-2) ["Libertas faces UK electoral hurdle over party name"](http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0123/1232474675764.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121021012200/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0123/1232474675764.html) 2012-10-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Irish Times, Friday, January 23, 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Syal, Rajeev (4 October 2014). ["Ukip donor Arron Banks shows tax cheque sent to HMRC for £1.86m"](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/04/ukip-donor-arron-banks-shows-tax-cheque-sent-hmrc). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Trailblazing journalist and Fleet Street legend Bridget Rowe dies aged 70"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/trailblazing-journalist-fleet-street-legend-23332013). *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)*. 16 January 2021.

Media offices Preceded by Eve Pollard Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1991–1992 Succeeded by Colin Myler Preceded by Bill Hagerty Editor of The People 1992–1996 Succeeded by Len Gould Preceded by Amanda Platell Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1997–1998 Succeeded by Brendon Parsons

v t e Editors of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Pictorial Daily Mirror 1903: Mary Howarth 1904: Hamilton Fyfe 1907: Alexander Kenealy 1915: Ed Flynn 1916: Alexander Campbell 1931: Leigh Brownlee 1934: Cecil Thomas 1948: Silvester Bolam 1953: Jack Nener 1961: Lee Howard 1971: Tony Miles 1974: Michael Christiansen 1975: Mike Molloy 1985: Richard Stott 1990: Roy Greenslade 1991: Richard Stott 1992: David Banks 1994: Colin Myler 1995: Piers Morgan 2004: Richard Wallace 2012: Peter Willis 2018: Alison Phillips 2024: Caroline Waterston 2025 to date: Chloe Hubbard Sunday Pictorial 1915: F. R. Sanderson 1921: William McWhirter 1924: David Grant 1928: William McWhirter 1929: David Grant 1938: Hugh Cudlipp 1940: Stuart Campbell 1946: Hugh Cudlipp 1949: Philip Zec 1952: Hugh Cudlipp 1953: Colin Valdar 1959: Lee Howard 1961: Reg Payne Sunday Mirror 1963: Michael Christiansen 1972: Bob Edwards 1984: Peter Thompson 1986: Mike Molloy 1988: Eve Pollard 1991: Bridget Rowe 1992: Colin Myler 1994: Paul Connew 1995: Tessa Hilton 1996: Amanda Platell 1997: Bridget Rowe 1998: Brendon Parsons 1998: Colin Myler 2001: Tina Weaver 2012: Alison Phillips 2016: Gary Jones 2018: Peter Willis 2020: Paul Henderson 2021: Gemma Aldridge 2024: Caroline Waterston 2025 to date: Chloe Hubbard

v t e Libertas Movement European political party Libertas.eu Lobby group Libertas Institute European political foundation Libertas Foundation Timeline Origins Lobby group Lisbon I Party Recognition attempt 2009 elections Lisbon II See also List of Declan Ganley organizations Political positions of Libertas People Staff Declan Ganley Jens-Peter Bonde Election advisers Joe Trippi Lynton Crosby Members of member parties1 See List of 2009 candidates Members of affiliated parties2 See List of 2009 candidates Individual members List of 2009 candidates List of original signatories Disavowed people Bridget Rowe Petr Mach Paul-Marie Coûteaux Igor Gräzin Parties Member parties1 Estonia Germany Ireland Malta Netherlands Poland Sweden United Kingdom Affiliated parties2 Czech Republic Libertas.cz3 Nezávislí demokraté France Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions Mouvement pour la France Germany AUF - Partei für Arbeit, Umwelt und Familie Greece Komma Fileleftheron (1980) Latvia Latvijas Atmoda Mūsu Zeme Sociālā Taisnīguma Partija Poland Liga Polskich Rodzin Naprzód Polsko Organizacja Narodu Polskiego - Liga Polska Partia Regionów PSL Piast Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe Portugal Movimento Partido da Terra Slovakia Občianska Konzervatívna Strana Konzervatívni Demokrati Slovenska Spain Ciudadanos – Partido de la Ciudadanía Partido Social Demócrata Unión del Pueblo Salmantino Disavowed parties Libertas UK (England) Party of Free Citizens (Czech Republic) Libertas Slovensko3 (Slovakia) Sloboda a Solidarita3 (Slovakia) Libertas Bulgaria3 (Bulgaria) Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija (Lithuania) Polo dell'Autonomia (Italy) Elections 2009 lists Czech Republic Estonia France Greece Germany Ireland Latvia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovakia Spain United Kingdom Key 1 Member parties are members of Libertas.eu. Members of member parties are automatically members of Libertas.eu unless they choose otherwise. 2 Affiliated parties are not members of Libertas.eu but are otherwise associated. Members of affiliated parties are not members of Libertas.eu unless they choose to join as individuals. 3 Parties presenting as Libertas.eu affiliates/members but not sanctioned by Libertas.eu when presentation commenced. European Union Portal Politics Portal

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