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January 26, 1999
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DAVID MONTGOMERY has resigned as chief executive of Mirror Group with immediate effect, the company announced today.

In a statement Mr Montgomery said: "After consulting with my fellow executive directors I have decided to leave Mirror Group. It is an opportune time to make this decision as the group now seems likely to have an independent future."

In the last month Mirror Group has been involved in merger talks with two newspaper publishing groups, Trinity and Regional Independent Media. Mr Montgomery's departure follows boardroom disagreements over how to handle the merger approaches. John Allwood, formerly Mirror Group's finance director and now director of its regional and Scottish ...

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