Charles Wilson

Charles Martin Wilson (18 August 1935 – 31 August 2022) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper executive.

Early life and education Charles Martin Wilson was born in Glasgow on 18 August 1935, and educated at Eastbank Academy in the east end of the city.

Career Having begun his career as a reporter for the News Chronicle and the Daily Mail, Wilson subsequently edited the Glasgow Evening Times, The Glasgow Herald and The Scottish Sunday Standard from 1976 to 1982, before moving to London to work as deputy editor (1982–1985) and editor (1985–1990) of The Times. American-born author Bill Bryson, who worked at the Times during Wilson's ascension to editor, described him as "a terrifying Scotsman and a Murdoch man through and through". Wilson, who oversaw a drastic cut in staff less than a year after his appointment (5250 workers, mostly from heavily unionized segments of the workforce), was remembered for his forceful demeanour, with Bryson recalling his announcement of the restructuring plan thus: