Lloyd Embley (born 16 March 1966,

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) is a British former

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. Embley attended

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, a public school, and later entered journalism, working at the ''

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''. He served as Assistant Night Editor from 1999, Night Editor from 2001, and then Assistant Editor from 2004, before his appointment as Editor of ''

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'' in 2008. In May 2012, following the sacking of Richard Wallace and Tina Weaver, he was named as editor of both the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''

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''. In October 2012, as part of a restructuring of the parent company

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, he was promoted to editor-in-chief of the group. In September 2017, Embley was placed at number 79 on commentator Iain Dale's list of 'The 100 Most Influential People on the Left'.

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