Mr. Poole, who studied at Loughborough University in England, arrived in New York after most of the Post staff had been working from home for more than a year. At least eight of The Post’s journalists have left recently, including the White House correspondent Ebony Bowden and the Page Six editorial director Maggie Coughlan.
Mr. Poole, who declined to be interviewed, worked at The Daily Mail from 2003 to 2016, spending part of that time in New York as the managing editor of its U.S. website, DailyMail.com. Within two years of going to work for Mr. Murdoch at The Sun, he had transformed its website into the biggest online brand in Britain. Last year he was named its deputy editor in chief.
In a 2018 interview, Mr. Poole said he focused on five key areas: news, celebrity, soccer, money and women’s lifestyle. While at The Sun, he met frequently with Robert Thomson, the chief executive of Mr. Murdoch’s newspaper company, News Corp, who was often in the London office before the pandemic, three people with knowledge of the relationship said.
Under Mr. Allan, The Post specialized in celebrity news and city coverage while also championing former President Donald J. Trump and attacking his rivals. Under Mr. Poole, the paper has kept its focus on celebs and liberal villains, as the April 16 front page suggested. The left side showed Jennifer Lopez in a revealing costume under the headline, “Inside J-Rod’s Breakup.” On the right, a headline blasted Democrats: “PACK RATS. Backlash as Dems try to take over Supreme Court.”
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/business/media/new-york-post-editor.html
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