Daily Mirror editor Richard Wallace is about to start a part-time course in business management.
It seems that Wallace, who has edited the Mirror for six years and started out in showbusiness journalism, has no plans to move from his current role.
Trinity Mirror is at pains to point out that there is nothing unusual in Wallace heading to business school. "Across the entire company from top to bottom we constantly review, as good managers of the business, what people's needs are and how they can benefit from all sorts of things," a spokesman said.
It might not be unusual but it is interesting, considering the last two editors to go to business school were Rebekah Brooks and Will Lewis. Look what happened to them.
Rebekah Brooks prepared for her chief executive's job at News International by doing a part-time course in business management at the London School of Economics while still editor of the Sun.
Will Lewis headed off to Harvard to do a course in advance management, giving up editorship of the Daily Telegraph upon his return to become Telegraph Media Group managing director, digital (although he remains TMG editor-in-chief).
So here is the beginnings of a random list of journalists who have made the jump from journalism to business management. Add to it if you can.
The Greenslade Guide to journalists turned executives
Ivan Fallon THEN: Daily Telegraph city editor, Sunday Times deputy editor NOW: chief executive Independent News & Media UK
David Montgomery THEN: editor of Today NOW chief executive of Mecom
Tim Brooks THEN: founding editor Media Week, NOW: managing director of Guardian News & Media
Simon Kelner THEN: editor of the Independent NOW: Independent editor-in-chief, now managing director on Independent News & Media UK
