Ian Edmondson
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Ian Edmondson is a British tabloid journalist. He was the news editor at the News of the World
. Edmondson was arrested by the Metropolitan police in April 2011 as part of Operation Weeting
.
in 2000 as assistant news editor. He progressed through deputy news editor and news editor and was promoted to assistant editor (news) in 2003. Edmondson was hired to the News of the World editorial team by Neil Wallis
, who was Andy Coulson
's deputy editor in November 2004. Mr Coulson promoted Edmondson to assistant editor of the news department in October 2005.
He was allegedly one of Mr Coulson's inner circle of executives when Mr Coulson was editor of the paper, according to a former reporter from the News of the World
.
As the assistant editor of the news section, he was part of a clique of senior ranking staff that discussed 'high grade' and sensitive news stories privately after the official editorial meetings had taken place.
He was reported to have been privy to most of the big scoops the paper published each week. His News of the World
ex-colleague was the paper's former royal editor, Clive Goodman
, who produced some news scoops which involved paying the private detective Glenn Mulcaire
to hack in to mobile phones belonging to leading public figures.
. He was then sacked the same month. Edmondson was arrested, along with his former colleague Neville Thurlbeck
on 5 April 2011 by officers as part of Operation Weeting
. He was later released on bail until September 2011 which was subsequently extended until March 2012.
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
. Edmondson was arrested by the Metropolitan police in April 2011 as part of Operation Weeting
Operation Weeting
Operation Weeting is a British police investigation that commenced on 26 January 2011, under the Specialist Crime Directorate of the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of phone hacking in the News of the World phone hacking affair...
.
Career
Edmondson worked for News of the World twice. Before landing his first position at News of the World Edmondson worked as a freelance reporter. He was initially hired by News of the World as a general news reporter. He went on to spent 18 months as the paper's crime correspondent before moving to rival tabloid The PeopleThe People
The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
in 2000 as assistant news editor. He progressed through deputy news editor and news editor and was promoted to assistant editor (news) in 2003. Edmondson was hired to the News of the World editorial team by Neil Wallis
Neil Wallis
Neil John Wallis is a former newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Wallis was born in Lincolnshire. He attended Skegness Grammar School.-Journalism:...
, who was Andy Coulson
Andy Coulson
Andrew Edward Coulson is an English journalist and political strategist.Coulson was the editor of the News of the World from 2003 until his resignation in 2007, following the conviction of one of the newspaper's reporters in relation to illegal phone-hacking.He subsequently joined David Cameron's...
's deputy editor in November 2004. Mr Coulson promoted Edmondson to assistant editor of the news department in October 2005.
He was allegedly one of Mr Coulson's inner circle of executives when Mr Coulson was editor of the paper, according to a former reporter from the News of the World
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
.
As the assistant editor of the news section, he was part of a clique of senior ranking staff that discussed 'high grade' and sensitive news stories privately after the official editorial meetings had taken place.
He was reported to have been privy to most of the big scoops the paper published each week. His News of the World
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
ex-colleague was the paper's former royal editor, Clive Goodman
Clive Goodman
Clive Goodman is a former royal editor and reporter for the News of the World. He was arrested in August 2006 and jailed in January 2007 for intercepting mobile phone messages involving members of the Royal Household.Goodman initially worked as a journalist on Nigel Dempster's gossip column in the...
, who produced some news scoops which involved paying the private detective Glenn Mulcaire
Glenn Mulcaire
Glenn Mulcaire, born September 8, 1970, is a former professional footballer, latterly a private investigator. He has been closely associated with the News International phone hacking scandal. In January 2007 he was found guilty of illegally intercepting phone messages from Clarence House and...
to hack in to mobile phones belonging to leading public figures.
News of the World phone hacking affair
Edmondson was suspended on 5 January 2011 after being implicated in the News of the World phone hacking affairNews of the World phone hacking affair
The News International phone-hacking scandal is an ongoing controversy involving mainly the News of the World but also other British tabloid newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking, police...
. He was then sacked the same month. Edmondson was arrested, along with his former colleague Neville Thurlbeck
Neville Thurlbeck
Neville Thurlbeck is a British journalist who worked for the tabloid newspaper News of the World for 21 years. He reached the position of news editor before returning to the position of chief reporter. Thurlbeck was arrested in April 2011 as part of Operation Weeting.-Career:In 1998 Thurlbeck was...
on 5 April 2011 by officers as part of Operation Weeting
Operation Weeting
Operation Weeting is a British police investigation that commenced on 26 January 2011, under the Specialist Crime Directorate of the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of phone hacking in the News of the World phone hacking affair...
. He was later released on bail until September 2011 which was subsequently extended until March 2012.