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Edward Verity (born 19 August 1965) is a British journalist. He has been editor of the Daily Mail since 2021. He was formerly editor of Mail newspapers, with responsibility for the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and You magazine. Before that, he was editor of The Mail on Sunday.

Education

Verity studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He attended alongside the former Labour MP David Miliband, matriculating in 1984.

Career

Verity began his journalism career at the Stoke Evening Sentinel, and in 1990 joined Associated Newspapers.

He began as a reporter, going on to run the showbusiness desk at the Daily Mail. He had a stint as the Daily Mail's royal correspondent. He moved to a role at Femail before moving to an executive function at MailOnline.

In 2004 he moved to Ireland to take on a role at the Irish Mail, becoming editor-in-chief, overseeing the launch of the Irish Daily Mail and the conversion of Ireland on Sunday to the Irish Mail on Sunday in 2006.

In 2008 he returned to London to become executive editor at The Mail on Sunday, serving as fourth in command and described as a "Dacre golden boy".

In June 2018, it was announced that Verity would succeed Geordie Greig, who would in turn succeed Paul Dacre as editor of the Daily Mail in November 2018. He edited his first edition of The Mail on Sunday on 9 September 2018, slightly earlier than initially expected.

In November 2020 Verity wrote a letter in The Guardian defending his title's coverage of Marcus Rashford, specifically a story which referred to the player's ownership of buy-to-let properties.

That same month, Private Eye reported that Verity's title had obtained images of Carrie Symonds "garbed in Roman attire with chums at a university ball". Symonds reportedly applied pressure on senior press figures to have the photos withdrawn from publication, but the photographs were only moved from the front page to a less prominent position after a direct intervention to Verity was made by the Prime Minister.

In 2021 the Daily Mail lost in a high court claim made by the Duchess of Sussex alleging misuse of private information in five articles that reported the contents of a letter written by her father, Thomas Markle. It was reported that Verity had taken the side of editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, in contrast to the views of then Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig who had told the paper's proprietor Lord Rothermere to settle the claim. The New European reported at the time that relations between Verity and Greig were "strained", though the Mail is now appealing the case.

On 17 November 2021, Greig was "ousted" as editor and replaced by Verity, who began a new seven-day role as editor of Mail newspapers, with responsibility for the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and You magazine.

On 17 December 2021, David Dillon was confirmed as editor of The Mail on Sunday.

In 2023, the New Statesman named Verity as the eighteenth most powerful right-wing political figure in the UK in 2023.

References

1. ^ Brook, Stephen (9 January 2008). "Ted Verity appointed Mail on Sunday executive editor". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Pompeo, Joe (17 November 2021). "'Daily Mail' Editor's Ouster Blows Up British Media". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
3. Waterson, Jim (7 June 2018). "New Daily Mail editor to be Geordie Greig". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
4. Tobitt, Charlotte (12 September 2018). "Mail on Sunday appoints new political editor as Simon Walters moves to Daily Mail as assistant editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
5. Verity, Ted (17 November 2020). "Nothing wrong with our Rashford report". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
6. "Carrie Favour". Private Eye. 4 November 2021.
7. ^ Walker, Tim (19 February 2021). "How Meghan and Daily Mail editor Greig dealt a blow to Paul Dacre". The New European. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
8. Holden, Michael (9 November 2021). "UK tabloid starts appeal against privacy ruling on Duchess Meghan letter". Reuters. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
9. Sabin, Lamiat (17 November 2021). "Geordie Greig replaced as Daily Mail editor". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
10. Tobitt, Charlotte (17 November 2021). "Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig steps down as Ted Verity takes charge of seven-day operation". Press Gazette. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
11. Ponsford, Dominic (17 December 2021). "David Dillon named new editor of the Mail on Sunday". Press Gazette. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
12. Statesman, New (2023-09-27). "The New Statesman's right power list". New Statesman. Retrieved 2023-12-14.

• Living people
• British male journalists
• Daily Mail journalists
• 1965 births