Reginald Cudlipp (11 December 1910 ? 21 January 2005) was a British newspaper editor .

Cudlipp was born in Cardiff and was the second of three brothers. He followed his older brother, Percy , to become a journalist on the Penarth News , before joining the Western Mail as a sub-editor . In 1938, he became a sub-editor on the News of the World , based in London. ^[1]

Cudlipp joined the Royal Artillery during World War II . He spent much of his time in the Army as associate editor of Phoenix Magazine . ^[2] At the end of the war became the News of the World' s New York City correspondent. He returned to London in 1948, and was promoted to become editor in 1953. Both Percy and his younger brother Hugh had already edited national newspapers. ^[1]

As editor, Cudlipp maintained the paper's reputation for reporting on sex scandals and serialising romantic novels . However, circulation fell from eight million to six-and-a-half million copies per issue, and he resigned in 1959. In 1961, he became director of the Anglo-Japanese Economic Institute and edited Japan , its journal. He remained director until 1986, and in 1982 was the first Briton to be awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure . ^[1]

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