Conor McNicholas
{{short description|British journalist and editor}}
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Conor McNicholas is a British journalist and editor. He formerly edited Top Gear and the IPC-run music magazine New Musical Express (NME).
Career
In 2007, Morrissey announced that he was going to sue both McNicholas and NME for libel over an article on the singer's views on immigration.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7118412.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Morrissey to sue NME over story|date=29 November 2007|accessdate=30 April 2010}} The case was settled in June 2012 when NME issued a statement saying "we apologise to Morrissey if he or anyone else misunderstood our piece".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18410933|publisher=BBC News|title=NME apologises to singer Morrissey over article|date=13 June 2012|accessdate=30 April 2010}}
In 2009 McNicholas left the NME to take over as the editor of Top Gear magazine.{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Luft|title=Top Gear magazine appoints NME's Conor McNicholas as editor|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/24/top-gear-nme-conor-mcnicholas|work=The Guardian|location=London|date= 24 June 2009|accessdate=27 June 2009}} He left after less than a year to work at News International on the launch of Buzz magazine at The Sun.{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Sweeney|title=Top Gear magazine editor Conor McNicholas quits|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/29/top-gear-magazine-editor-leaves|work=The Guardian|location=London|date= 29 June 2010|accessdate=18 September 2010}}
He later served as Executive Content Director at the content agency Redwood before going on to be CEO of the full service digital engagement agency AllTogetherNow within the WPP Group, which he founded in 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/11/27/thepartnership-hires-former-nme-and-top-gear-editor-conor-mcnicholas-launch-content|title = The&Partnership hires former NME and Top Gear editor Conor McNicholas to launch content agency AllTogetherNow}}
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Category:British male journalists
Category:British magazine editors
Category:British people of Irish descent