English media executive and former newspaper editor. Editor of The Sun from 1981 to 1994, by then established as the British newspaper with the largest circulation in the UK. Answered questions on The Sun's use of private investigators ("never used them") and on paying public officials for information. He was in favour of public officials whistle-blowing to The Sun, he said, even if The Sun had to pay money.
Former editor of the News of the World (2007-11) and in post when the paper ceased publication on 10 July 2011 following the phone-hacking investigation scandal. He gave evidence to the Inquiry that phone-hacking preceded his arrival but that he had felt “uneasy” about metaphorical “bombs under the newsroom floor”. In 2012, Myler became editor-in-chief of the New York City Daily News.
Former journalist and editor of The Sun from 1998 to 2002. Yelland left the industry in 2003 to attend Harvard Business School and take up a career in business consultancy and as a writer of children's fiction. Gave evidence to the Inquiry of the principles in operation at the time of his editorship. Told the Inquiry that although it lost some PCC rulings in his time, the paper complied with requests from the PCC.
