Katie is currently the US Editor of The Times and Sunday Times.
She will join in the summer and will focus on building on the success of DailyMail.com – one of the US’s most popular digital news sites - and expanding its reach within the American market.
Before joining The Times, Katie was US Editor of The Independent. Prior to The Independent, she spent seven years as a senior editor at DailyMail.com in New York.
Katie Davies said: “I am delighted to be rejoining the Daily Mail and to be reunited with so many fantastic colleagues. The Mail has such incredible reach in the US and is a fantastic brand that has great potential for even further growth. I’m excited to support such a talented team of journalists as we break even more agenda-setting stories in the US.”
Danny Groom, publisher and editor of MailOnline, said: “Katie is an outstanding editor who enjoyed a number of highly successful years as an executive at the Mail in New York and we are absolutely thrilled she is returning to lead our US operation into the next stage of its evolution. Katie is a brilliant leader with superb instincts and we believe, under her leadership, DailyMail.com will go on to enjoy even greater success over the coming years.”
Lord Rothermere, Chairman of DMGT, said: “Katie is a hugely talented journalist and an impressive leader. She arrives in a pivotal year for US politics, and has the skills and judgement to lead DailyMail.com into its next exciting chapter.”
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