Roger Alton was formerly editor of The Independent and The Observer, and executive editor of The Times.
10 Facts About Roger Alton
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Roger Alton was educated at Clifton College and Exeter College, Oxford.
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Roger Alton joined the Liverpool Post on graduation, moving to The Guardian five years later as a sub-editor.
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Roger Alton was the editor of the British national Sunday newspaper The Observer from 1998 to 2007.
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Roger Alton resigned on 24 October 2007 after "a bitter falling-out with senior figures at the title's sister paper, The Guardian", and left The Observer at the end of 2007.
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Roger Alton oversaw a rise in circulation during his editorship and introduced the award-winning Observer Sports, Food, and Music Monthlies.
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Roger Alton wrote a fortnightly sport column in the Spectator.
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Roger Alton resigned from The Independent in April 2010 when the paper reverted to its former editor, Simon Kelner.
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On 24 May 2010, Roger Alton was appointed executive editor of The Times, succeeding Alex O'Connell, who was appointed arts editor.
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In July 2011, Roger Alton gave an interview with Channel 4 News in which he lambasted members of the website Mumsnet for campaigning against the News of the World.