The move spikes for now speculation on whether Newland would stay or go, following the Barclay's £665m winning bid for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator.
Newland only took over the editor's job at the Daily Telegraph in October, when Charles Moore stepped down after eight years. In a speculative frenzy, several names have emerged as possible replacements, including BBC business editor Jeff Randall, Sunday Telegraph editor Dominic Lawson, and Spectator editor and MP Boris Johnson.
Andrew Neil, the Scotsman editor-in-chief, who is widely tipped to be offered the chief executive's job under new chairman Aidan Barclay, son of Sir David, has praised Newland, saying that "the Barclay family view is that Martin Newland has done a good job in difficult circumstances. There is a view which says, 'Let's see how he does'".
However, according to reports today, Newland has been reassured of his position and praised for doing a good job during Lord Black's ousting from the company and the ensuing Hollinger scandal.
Hollinger International has asked a Delaware Court to go ahead with the sale of the Telegraph newspaper to the Barclay Brothers at the end of the month after Lord Black tried to block the sale.
Hollinger claims that Lord Black is trying to undermine the company and
make the sale subject to shareholder approval, which would mean that Black, as the company's controlling stockholder, would be able to veto the deal.
The Telegraph sale is to close July 30, unless the court intervenes.
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