Ian MacGregor is a British

British people

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 newspaper editor.

MacGregor studied at the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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, where he edited the student newspaper, titled Student

Student (newspaper)

The Student is a weekly British independent newspaper produced by students at the University of Edinburgh. Founded in 1887 by author Robert Louis Stevenson, it is the oldest student newspaper in the United Kingdom and held the title of Best Student Newspaper in Scotland, awarded by the Herald...

. He entered professional journalism at the South West News Service

South West News Service

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 in Bristol

Bristol

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. He was then the editor of Metro during 2001, and moved to become Deputy Editor of the Evening Standard

Evening Standard

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at the start of 2002. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph; the post was initially intended to be held jointly with Will Lewis, but Lewis was then appointed as the paper's editor. In September 2007, MacGregor was promoted to become Editor of the Sunday Telegraph

Sunday Telegraph

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