As war between Ukraine and Russia continues to rage, closer to home a very different conflict has been playing out at Daily Mail HQ over on High Street Kensington. Mr S has chronicled the recent comings and goings in the hallowed halls of Northcliffe House, as Paul Dacre, Geordie Greig and Martin Clarke have all found themselves in and out of the building’s revolving doors since November. Now another bigwig has joined the list of those exiting the Mail group: Mail+ editor Gordon Thomson, who is departing after three years.
The Mail+ project, which has been referred to internally as the ‘baby’ of owner Lord Rothermere, was launched to much fanfare in 2019. It is a bulletin-based digital service and offers video content in the form of shows like Palace Confidential and the Michael Crick Report. A glowing write-up from ambitious BBC media editor Amol Rajan made much of its promise to mobilise ‘big names’ and dubbed it ‘the most significant new iteration of its journalism since the launch’ of Mail Online. But
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