Dacre to step down as Daily Mail editor

Paul Dacre is to step down after 26 years as editor of the Daily Mail. Mr Dacre will edit his last edition in November, when he turns 70, but will remain at DMGT, the Daily Mail’s publisher, as chairman and editor-inchief of its newspaper arm, Associated Newspapers. Mr Dacre plans to step down as a director of DMGT’S board before the end of the financial year, at the end of October. The company, controlled by Viscount Rothermere, is yet to appoint a successor. Business, page 1