Iain Martin has quietly departed from the deputy editorship of the Wall Street Journal Europe. It follows the arrival of a new editor at the WSJE, Tracy Corrigan.
A spokeswoman confirmed that Martin had left, but did not comment further.
In his final blog for the paper's website, on 22 February, he wrote: "I am moving on and this blog will no longer be updated. Thank you for taking the time to read me... I've had a lot of fun writing here. I hope that occasionally it has been fun to read."
He was appointed in September 2009 by the WSJE's former editor-in-chief, Patience Wheatcroft, who left the paper after being made a Conservative peer.
Martin, 39, is a former editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday and deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph. He was regarded as being Wheatcroft's pal because they had worked harmoniously together at the Sunday Telegraph, when Wheatcroft was its editor.
Clearly, Corrigan, who was assistant editor at the Daily Telegraph from February 2008 until joining the WSJE in January, was less of a pal.
At the time of writing, I was unable to reach Martin, who is said to be considering his options while taking a rest.
