Spencer (pictured) is currently Northcliffe’s longest-serving daily title editor. Before Swansea, he was editor of The Citizen, Gloucester, for seven years. He was appointed to his first Northcliffe editorship, the Llanelli Star, in 1986. Spencer is also currently editor in chief of South West Wales Media, with overall editorial responsibility for the Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star as well as the Post. A former member of the Press Complaints Commission, Spencer was one of the regional editors asked to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
Spencer said: “I am 62 this year, and after ten years as Post editor it simply feels like the right time for me to call it a day. I know I am going to miss the excitement of seeing the paper coming together every day, but I won’t miss waking up at 2am with second thoughts about that headline or court snatch pic.
“I’ve been working on regional newspapers since I left school in 1969, so retirement is going to be a strange experience. But I am sure that it is the right time for me to stand aside and let somebody else enjoy the fun of a great job.”
Rich Mead, Executive Director, Northcliffe Media said: “Spencer is a first-class journalist and has made a massive contribution to all our titles in South Wales. He played a major role in creating “Wales’ largest selling newspaper” after overtaking Trinity Mirror’s Cardiff-based titles the Western Mail and South Wales Echo to become the largest-selling regional newspaper in Wales. I wish him well for his retirement.”
Spencer’s last day will be Friday 28 September 2012.
