Ian MacGregor is a British journalist. He is a former

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of ''

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'', now in an 'Emeritus' role. MacGregor studied at the

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, where he edited the student newspaper, titled '' The Student''. He entered professional journalism in 1986 at the '' Southern Evening Echo'' in Southampton, along with Tony Gallagher, later editor of ''

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'' and ''

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''. MacGregor joined South West News Service in Bristol in 1988. He was then the editor of '' Metro'' during 2001, and moved to become Deputy Editor of the ''

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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 ''

''. He moved to an "Editor Emeritus" post in April 2017, and was replaced as editor by Allister Heath. His new role is intended to be as a coordinator between the commercial and editorial sides of the operation In April 2018, MacGregor was appointed to the board of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) as an industry member.

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