Online chief in running for Times editorship

Monkey would like to apologise to Times executive Anne Spackman. The well regarded Times Online editor in chief has not been on our list as a contender to replace Robert Thomson if/when he departs London for New York to take up a senior role at the Wall Street Journal, which News Corporation is set to complete buying mid-December. Anne, people around Times Towers are mentioning your name, and Monkey sincerely regrets the omission. You join esteemed company, including Sun editor Rebekah Wade, as contenders for the post, and to the list we should also add Sunday Times editor John Witherow, possibly as editor in chief across both titles. Many also still fancy the chances of Times business editor and man about town James Harding.