Mike Randall

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Mike Randall (12 August 1919–10 December 1999) was a British newspaper editor.

Randall worked as a shipping clerk in Brazil in his youth. He moved to the UK at the start of World War II and took a job as a journalist at the Daily Sketch. In 1941, he moved to the Sunday Graphic, rising to become its editor in 1953. However, he soon left to become an assistant features editor with the Daily Mirror, and in 1956 moved to the News Chronicle. This paper merged with the Daily Mail, and Randall joined the Mail, becoming its editor in 1963.^[1]

Randall aimed to take the Mail upmarket, introducing more investigative journalism and attract younger readers with a more liberal position. However, the paper lost readers, and Randall was replaced as editor in 1966 while he was on sick leave. He joined the Sunday Times as Managing Editor (News), assisting Editor Harold Evans and co-ordinating investigations. In 1969, Robert Maxwell asked Randall to edit The Sun if he was successful in purchasing it, but the deal did not go ahead, and Randall instead retired from the Sunday Times in 1979.^[1]

In semi-retirement, Randall worked as a fruit picker and on a mushroom farm, while involving himself in the launch of the Sunday Standard.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael Leapman, "Obituary: Mike Randall", The Independent, 14 December 1999

Media offices
Preceded by Philip Brownrigg	Editor of the Sunday Graphic 1953	Succeeded by Gordon McKenzie
Preceded by William Hardcastle	Editor of the Daily Mail 1963–1966	Succeeded by Arthur Brittenden

v t e Editors of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday

Daily Mail	1896: S. J. Pryor 1899: Thomas Marlowe 1922: W. G. Fish 1930: Oscar Pulvermacher 1930: William McWhirter 1931: W. L. Warden 1935: Arthur Cranfield 1939: Bob Prew 1944: Sidney Horniblow 1947: Frank Owen 1950: Guy Schofield 1955: Arthur Wareham 1959: William Hardcastle 1963: Mike Randall 1966: Arthur Brittenden 1971: David English 1992: Paul Dacre

Mail on Sunday	1982: Bernard Shrimsley 1982: David English 1982: Stewart Steven 1992: Jonathan Holborow 1998: Peter Wright 2012: Geordie Greig

Persondata
Name	Randall, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	British newspaper editor
Date of birth	1919
Place of birth
Date of death	1999
Place of death

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