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Article: Editor of Belfast Telegraph announces his retirement
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- July 8, 2009
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The Editor of the Belfast Telegraph, Martin Lindsay, is to retire
at the end of the summer.
Mr Lindsay, who has edited the paper since 2005, will step down
on Friday, September 4 after completing 47 years in journalism --
most of it in various roles with the Belfast Telegraph.
Speaking today, Mr Lindsay said: "I have had a wonderful four
years editing the Belfast Telegraph but all good things come to an
end and I intend to retire at the end of the summer.
"I leave a paper that is in very good health indeed, with a
successful transformation into compact format earlier this year,
confirming its position as Northern Ireland's pre-eminent newspaper.
"The media industry in general is going ...