# Colin Valdar

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British newspaper editor

**Colin Valdar** (18 December 1918 – 11 January 1996) was a British [newspaper editor](/source/Newspaper_editor).

Valdar studied at [Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School](/source/Haberdashers'_Aske's_Boys'_School), then in [Hampstead](/source/Hampstead). He worked as a freelance journalist from 1935 to 39, then served with the [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). In 1942, he became features editor with the *[Sunday Pictorial](/source/Sunday_Pictorial)*, soon moving to become assistant editor. In 1946, he moved to the *[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)*, again as features editor, and in 1951, they too promoted Valdar to assistant editor. In 1953, Valdar returned to the *Sunday Pictorial* as editor, serving until 1959. For last two years of his tenure, he was also a director of the publishing company.[1] He was able to raise circulation to five million copies per issue.[2]

In 1959, Valdar became editor of the *[Daily Sketch](/source/Daily_Sketch)*, serving three years in the post. He was also appointed to the council of the [Commonwealth Press Union](/source/Commonwealth_Press_Union).[1] In 1964, he briefly served on the board of *Liberal News*, the official [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) newspaper but, the following year, he worked with his wife Jill and brother Stewart to set up a weekly journal for the newspaper industry, which soon became the *[Press Gazette](/source/Press_Gazette)*.[2] Valdar took the title of publisher, but remained strongly involved with supervising the content. The family retired in 1983.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-who_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-who_1-1) *The International Who's Who* (1961), pp. 991–992

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-north_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-north_2-1) David North, "[A bow tie and an open door](http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=32619&sectioncode=1) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110616182711/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=32619&sectioncode=1) 16 June 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)", *[Press Gazette](/source/Press_Gazette)*, 25 November 2005

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Roy Greenslade, "[UK Press Gazette: 1965-2006](https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2006/nov/27/ukpressgazette19652006)", *[Guardian Unlimited](/source/Guardian_Unlimited)*, 27 November 2006

Media offices Preceded by Hugh Cudlipp Editor of the Sunday Pictorial 1953–1959 Succeeded by Lee Howard Preceded by Bert Gunn Editor of the Daily Sketch 1959–1962 Succeeded by Howard French

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

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