Northcliffe announced today that Keith Perch is to be acting editor of its flagship Leicester Mercury following the departure of long serving Mercury editor Nick Carter.
Perch has been a leading player in Northcliffe's digital plans, as editor and managing director of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing and latterly as the company's digital development director.
It was announced three weeks ago that Carter was leaving after 15 years to become the first chairman of the Leicester and Leicestershire Economic Development Company, a new body aiming to drive economic growth across the area.
Perch was editor of the South Wales Echo from 1993-97 but was lured back to Northcliffe to edit the Derby Evening Telegraph from 1997-2001. The move lead to a Press Gazette story headlined: "Perch Poached".
Story via HoldtheFrontPage.
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