ɐ fˈɔːɹmɚ dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪst wɪð ɹˈɔɪɾɚz, hiː dʒˈɔɪnd nˈuːz ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl nˈaʊ nˈuːz jˌuːkˈeɪ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ænd wʌz ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ ʌvðə sˈʌndeɪ tˈaɪmz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ ænd ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ ʌvðə tˈaɪmz ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θˈɜːtiːn.
A former journalist with Reuters, he joined News International (now News UK) in 1980 and was appointed editor of The Sunday Times in 1994 and editor of The Times in 2013.