Geordie Greig appointed editor of the Independent

Former Daily Mail boss reunited with Lord Lebedev as news outlet faces tough financial challenges

The former Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Independent, as the news outlet faces tough financial challenges and deals with a round of redundancies.

Greig has been given the task of growing the Independent’s audience in the US after the company recently made about 30 staff redundant, including several of its UK political reporters.