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Read: Daily Mail editor’s resignation letter

Paul Dacre has just announced that he is to step down as editor of the Daily Mail in November, having edited the newspaper since 1992. Mr S has been passed a copy of his letter to staff announcing the news. Dacre says he now plans to take on ‘broader challenges within the company as chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Associated’. Here is the letter:

Will it be a case of champagne at the ready at the paper’s fiercest rival, also known as the Mail on Sunday?

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