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Arthur Firth

Arthur Firth was an editor of the Daily Express between June 1980 and October 1981. He replaced Derek Jameson as editor. Firth started his career at the Lancashire Evening Post, a local daily newspaper then based on Fishergate in Preston, Lancashire. After a spell as a sub-editor on the Daily Herald in Manchester, at 32 he gained a position as a sub-editor at the Daily Express and rose to become northern editor 12 years later and deputy editor under Derek Jameson 6 years after that.

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Arthur Firth was an editor of the Daily Express between June 1980 and October 1981.1 He replaced Derek Jameson as editor.2 Firth started his career at the Lancashire Evening Post, a local daily newspaper then based on Fishergate in Preston, Lancashire. After a spell as a sub-editor on the Daily Herald in Manchester, at 32 he gained a position as a sub-editor at the Daily Express and rose to become northern editor 12 years later and deputy editor under Derek Jameson 6 years after that.3

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  1. "Editors of the Daily Express". The Drone. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. Orr, Craig (30 June 2008). "Daily Express: Hirings and many firings at the Black Lubyanka". The Independent. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. Greenslade, Roy (2004). Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 325. ISBN 9780330393768.