Victoria Newton
| Victoria Newton | |
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| Born |
9 March 1972 Liverpool, England |
Victoria Newton (born 9 March 1972 in Liverpool, England) is the editor of The Sun on Sunday. She ran the "Bizarre" showbiz column of Rupert Murdoch's The Sun and then became deputy editor of the paper.
She attended Rushcliffe School, a comprehensive in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, where her father, Don, was deputy-headmaster. She went to Newnham College, Cambridge.
Newton started in Fleet Street in 1993 at the Daily Express, and then started the showbiz beat at The People. In 1998, she became an assistant to Dominic Mohan on The Sun's "Bizarre" pages, before becoming the paper's Los Angeles correspondent in 1999. Newton returned to the UK in 2002 to become the Daily Mail's showbiz editor, but returned to The Sun in 2003 to become editor of "Bizarre" replacing the departing Mohan. She described it as her "dream job" in September 2005 although an anonymous critic began a Vickywatch blog detailing her mistakes.
Under her direction, "Bizarre" was known for presenting awards like 'Shagger of the Year' or 'Caner of the Year' and various other awards. However, it was revealed that the 2006 winners of the "Bizarre" readers' poll awards - who included Justin Timberlake and Madonna - were presented with their awards before readers had the opportunity to vote. From 2006, Newton started producing a weekly podcast featuring many celebrity friends and musicians. Newton's column often contradicted her News International colleague Rav Singh's then-showbiz column in the News of the World.
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