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February 2, 2009

Spectator editor: Do not insult owners if you can avoid it

By Dominic wireposts

The main quality needed of editors this year is nerve”, Spectator editor Matthew D’Ancona tells former New Statesman editor John Kampfner in a Guardian interview.

D’Ancona predicts that print circulation will “consolidate” around the 77,000 figure in the next magazine ABCs – after several period of growth.

And he reveals unaudited figures showing that the Spectator  had 338,053 unique users on its website in October – up 160 per cent year-on-year.

D’Ancona admitted changing a book review written by Sir Peregrine Worsthorne – which was critical of Spectator owners the Barclay brothers, a move prompted Worsthorne to lodge a PCC complaint.

He said the incident was a one off: “You don’t neccessarily want to insult your owners if you can avoid it.”

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