Bridget Rowe
Bridget Rowe (born 16 March 1950) is a former newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.
Rowe worked for a succession of magazines: 19, Petticoat, Club, Look Now and Woman's World, before becoming Assistant Editor of The Sun, then editor of "Sunday", the News of the World's magazine. In 1986, Rowe became editor of Woman's Own,[1] then left to become editor of TV Times.
Rowe edited the Sunday Mirror from 1991 to 1992, then moved to edit The People. In 1995, she became managing director of both newspapers, and in 1997 she returned to editing the Sunday Mirror for a year. After this she served as the Director of Communications for the National Magazine Company, and later was the content director of Yava until 2001.[2] She was a panelist on the first series of Loose Women in 1999.
A friend[3] of United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, Rowe registered as the leader of Libertas UK with the United Kingdom Electoral Commission in December 2008,[3] in order to prevent Declan Ganley's political party Libertas from fielding candidates in the UK's European Parliament elections in 2009 under that name.[3] Rowe has worked as public relations chief for the businessman and UKIP donor Arron Banks.[4]
References
- Hugh Thompson, "Dallasty and Glynis recipe", The Guardian, 7 July 1986
- "Inside Story: The ex-editors' files", The Independent, 9 May 2005
- "Libertas faces UK electoral hurdle over party name", Irish Times, Friday, January 23, 2009
- Syal, Rajeev (4 October 2014). "Ukip donor Arron Banks shows tax cheque sent to HMRC for £1.86m". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Eve Pollard |
Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1991–1992 |
Succeeded by Colin Myler |
| Preceded by Bill Hagerty |
Editor of The People 1992–1996 |
Succeeded by Len Gould |
| Preceded by Amanda Platell |
Editor of the Sunday Mirror 1997–1998 |
Succeeded by Brendon Parsons |