Peter Preston: Editor John Micklethwait departs on a high. But print circulation may never be so high - nor fortunes quite so serene – again
Economist magazine appoints its first female editor
Business affairs editor Zanny Minton Beddoes succeeds John Micklethwait, who has held the role for nine years
Media Monkey
Media Monkey: Kim Kardashian and Gary Lineker’s new year resolutions
Read Media Monkey from the Monday print pages
December 2014
MediaGuardian 100
Who are the most powerful people in the UK’s media right now?
November 2014
Media interview
Micklethwait: ‘Merkel listens to the Economist’s audio app in the car’
The Economist’s editor-in-chief on his big-name readers and rumours that the FT will sell its 50% stake
November 2013
Greenslade
Google's Schmidt joins Economist board
He accepts three-year non-executive directorship
September 2013
MediaGuardian 100 2013 1-100
61. John Micklethwait
Job: editor-in-chief, the Economist Age: 50 Industry: publishing, digital 2012 ranking: 66
March 2013
Economist editor: poor conduct by some journalists is price of free press
John Micklethwait says freedom of the press is a bigger issue than protecting against abusive actions by some journalists. By Lisa O'Carroll
Greenslade
The Economist calls press regulation deal 'a shameful hash'
Magazine attacks government for raising spectre of state regulation
Press regulation has become a mess, says Economist editor – video
Advertising Week Europe: John Micklethwait expresses his misgivings about press regulation, why freedom of the press is the priority choice and how the Leveson inquiry became too fixated on celebrity
September 2012
MediaGuardian 100 2012 1-100
66. John Micklethwait
Job: editor-in-chief, the Economist Age: 49 Industry: publishing, digital 2011 ranking: 69
November 2011
Greenslade
Economist group's profits up by 6%
Magazine company's operating profit rises to £26.2m
September 2011
Greenslade
Phone hacking - the big media topic that has everyone talking
Speakers at three events include editors, actors, lawyers and a Watergate journalism hero
July 2011
MediaGuardian 100 2011 1-100
69. John Micklethwait
Job: editor-in-chief, the Economist Age: 48 Industry: publishing, digital media Circulation: 210,204 (UK), 1.47 million (worldwide) Staff: 85 2010 ranking: 70
