# Richard Addis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Addis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Addis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Addis > Source revision: 1319498249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British journalist and entrepreneur This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (November 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **Richard Addis** (born 23 August 1956) is a British journalist and entrepreneur. He is a former [editor](/source/Editor-in-chief) of the *[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)* newspaper, a former novice [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [monk](/source/Monk) and founder and former Editor-in-Chief of *[The Day](/source/The_Day_(news_for_schools))*. Addis was educated at [West Downs School](/source/West_Downs_School), [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) and [Downing College, Cambridge](/source/Downing_College%2C_Cambridge), graduating with a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) and an [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts). Between attending Rugby and Downing he spent two years as a novice at the Anglican priory of the [Community of the Glorious Ascension](/source/Community_of_the_Glorious_Ascension) in Watchet, [Somerset](/source/Somerset). His started in journalism as deputy editor of *Homes & Jobs* magazine where he was rapidly promoted to editor and, to save money, wrote the entire magazine under various pseudonyms. It was there where he first demonstrated his flair for design when his insisted that his staff should all wear a different colour each day and sit next to each other so their clothes and the editorial floor were colour-coordinated. When the title went bankrupt he got a job as a reporter on *[Marketing Week](/source/Marketing_Week)* where he remained for two years. His career took off when he was hired as a reporter on *[Londoner's Diary](/source/Londoner's_Diary)* of the *[London Evening Standard](/source/London_Evening_Standard)* in 1985. He went on to become Editor of *[Londoner's Diary](/source/Londoner's_Diary)* and Assistant Editor (Features). In 1989 he was appointed Deputy Editor of *[The Sunday Telegraph](/source/The_Sunday_Telegraph)*. In 1991 he was appointed features editor at the *[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail)* where his downhome and informal style of dress was admired and often imitated. In 1995, he was appointed editor of the *[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)* and a year later became editor-in-chief of the *Daily* and *[Sunday Express](/source/Sunday_Express)*. While on the *Express* he regularly invited the paper's [astrologer](/source/Astrologer) [Jonathan Cainer](/source/Jonathan_Cainer) to join editorial conferences to give them an added perspective. He left the *Express* in 1999 to move to Canada as editor of *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)* in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), a post he held from July 1999 – July 2002. In 2002 he returned to London as Assistant Editor in charge of design at the *[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)*. He was promoted to Editor of *Weekend FT* shortly afterwards while retaining his design duties, remaining there until 2006. Overall he has taken his turn at editing seven ‘national’ newspapers (*Evening Standard*, *Sunday Telegraph*, *Daily Mail*, *Daily Express*, *Sunday Express*, *The Globe and Mail* and *Financial Times*) which is believed to be a record among living British journalists. Richard Addis left newspapers in February 2006 to launch his own media consultancy, Shakeup Media, working with publishers in Africa, the Middle East and [India](/source/India). For five years he attempted to launch various media start-ups including the UK's first hand-written newspaper (*The Manual*) and the UK's first quality free daily newspaper (*The Day*) which received investment support from backers including [Associated Newspapers](/source/Associated_Newspapers) before running into the [credit crunch](/source/Credit_crunch) of 2008. He wrote an award-winning book about the ethics of the global economic system (*Good Value*, Penguin, 2009) with [Stephen Green](/source/Stephen_Green%2C_Baron_Green_of_Hurstpierpoint). In January 2011 he finally launched *The Day* in a new incarnation as a daily online news title for "schools, colleges and inquiring minds". Claiming to be the "world's first current affairs teaching and learning website", 18 months after launch *The Day* had subscribers in 21 countries and a daily reach of over half a million teenagers. Richard left *The Day* in May 2025. From March 2014 to July 2015 he worked with Newsweek to launch a fully independent European edition as its first European editor-in-chief. Richard Addis is single and lives in London. For 20 years he was the partner of the British actress [Helen Schlesinger](/source/Helen_Schlesinger) with whom he has two children, Theo and Sebastian. He was previously married for 20 years to the artist and translator Noonie Minogue with whom he has three children, Ferdie, Beatrice and Katharine. ## External links - [Richard Addis on Newsweek's relaunch](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/ian-burrell-who-said-print-was-dead-newsweek-is-back-9179948.html) - [Richard Addis to leave *FT*](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/30/financialtimes.pressandpublishing) - [A newspaper that goes back to the future](https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/oct/13/pressandpublishing3) - [Ex-editor confirms launch of *The Day*](http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/737091/Ex-editor-confirms-launch-Day/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH) - [*The Day* website](http://www.theday.co.uk/) ## References Media offices Preceded by Ian Watson Deputy Editor of the Sunday Telegraph 1989–1991 Succeeded by ? Preceded by Sir Nicholas Lloyd Editor of the Daily Express 1995–1998 Succeeded by Rosie Boycott Preceded by Sue Douglas Editor of the Sunday Express 1995–1998 Succeeded by Amanda Platell Preceded by William Thorsell Editor of The Globe and Mail 1999–2002 Succeeded by Edward Greenspon v t e Express newspapers Daily Express editors 1900: Arthur Pearson 1901: Fletcher Robinson 1909: R. D. Blumenfeld 1929: Beverley Baxter 1933: Arthur Christiansen 1957: Edward Pickering 1961: Bob Edwards 1962: Roger Wood 1963: Bob Edwards 1965: Derek Marks 1971: Ian McColl 1974: Alastair Burnet 1976: Roy Wright 1977: Derek Jameson 1980: Arthur Firth 1981: Christopher Ward 1983: Larry Lamb 1986: Nicholas Lloyd 1995: Richard Addis 1998: Rosie Boycott 2001: Chris Williams 2003: Peter Hill 2011: Hugh Whittow 2018: Gary Jones Sunday Express editors 1920: James Douglas 1928: James Douglas and John Gordon 1931: John Gordon 1952: Harold Keeble 1954: John Junor 1986: Robin Esser 1989: Robin Morgan 1991: Eve Pollard 1994: Brian Hitchen 1995: Sue Douglas 1996: Richard Addis 1998: Amanda Platell 1999: Michael Pilgrim 2001: Martin Townsend 2018: Michael Booker Other topics Daily Express Building, London Daily Express Building, Manchester James Bond comic strip Northern & Shell Richard Desmond Rupert Bear Sunday Express Dunblane controversy The Sunday Express Book of the Year --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Addis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Addis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Addis?action=history)). 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