Monty is back - a rational man to rationalise regional newspapers

When David Montgomery was ousted as chief executive of Mecom in 2010, I wrote a lengthy appraisal of his remarkable career as both a journalist and newspaper businessman. In the final paragraph I said:"It would be foolish to write off a man who has had comebacks to rival those of Frank Sinatra. As he said when The Guardian bumped into him at last week's party to celebrate 40 years of Saatchi & Saatchi, 'Some people think me and retirement don't go.'"Indeed. Retirement for an ambitious man - now ...

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