Former News of the World TV editor Tom Latchem has joined The Daily Beast as lead global correspondent.
The move comes amid a period of editorial expansion for the politics and pop culture publisher under chief content officer Joanna Coles and chief executive Ben Sherwood.
Both joined the IAC-owned title in April 2024 taking minority stakes.
Working part-time for The Daily Beast over the summer, Latchem revealed plans for the Trump administration to pull Covid vaccines from the US market.
Writing on Linkedin, Latchem said: “The Daily Beast is a media organisation on the rise: readership and profits are up, it’s just had a global hiring spree, and it consistently punches above its weight.
“It’s also making moves into broadcasting – with successful podcasts and a new Netflix deal, in the TV giant’s first steps into news documentaries – which plays to my background and skills, and only adds to my excitement.
“Plus the Beast’s cheeky but intelligent, non-partisan but not neutral ‘high-end’ independent tabloid journalism that explores people, politics and power – embarrassing hypocrites and poking fun at ‘important’ people saying and doing daft things – without fear or favour, aligns with my career-long approach to journalism, and I already feel very much at home.”
He added: “Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love journalism, and that I have spent the past three years grafting and manoeuvring my way back into the industry full-time after many years freelancing, broadcasting and doing PR. This feels like the culmination of all that hard and often not brilliantly paid work, and I feel proud of what I have achieved.”
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