View all newsletters
Sign up for our free email newsletters

Fighting for quality news media in the digital age.

  1. Archive content
January 15, 2004updated 22 Nov 2022 1:29pm

Mac Keene:features editor of the Daily Mail

By Press Gazette

Mac Keene, features editor of the Daily Mail in the Seventies and Eighties, has died at the age of 71.

Mac, who was the founder editor of Femail, joined the Mail from the Daily Sketch when the newspapers merged under the editorship of Sir David English in 1971.

He remained a key figure in the Mail’s features operations until his retirement as executive editor (leisure and travel) in 1992.

Mac was a great skiing enthusiast and won awards as ski editor of the Mail in 1991.

He left Fleet Street to spend his retirement in north Devon with his wife, Margaret. He leaves three sons, one daughter and eight grandchildren.

A private cremation for family and close friends will take place on Friday 23 January. A service for anyone who would like to attend will follow at 3pm at St Peter and St Mary Magdalene, High Street, Barnstaple, Devon.

Content from our partners
MHP Group's 30 To Watch awards for young journalists open for entries
How PA Media is helping newspapers make the digital transition
Publishing on the open web is broken, how generative AI could help fix it

No flowers, but donations can be made to Barnstaple Stroke Support Group (affiliated with the Stroke Association). Cheques should be made payable to Barnstaple Stroke Support Group and sent to 14 Sticklepath Hill, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 2BS.

Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog

Select and enter your email address Weekly insight into the big strategic issues affecting the future of the news industry. Essential reading for media leaders every Thursday. Your morning brew of news about the world of news from Press Gazette and elsewhere in the media. Sent at around 10am UK time. Our weekly does of strategic insight about the future of news media aimed at US readers. A fortnightly update from the front-line of news and advertising. Aimed at marketers and those involved in the advertising industry.
  • Business owner/co-owner
  • CEO
  • COO
  • CFO
  • CTO
  • Chairperson
  • Non-Exec Director
  • Other C-Suite
  • Managing Director
  • President/Partner
  • Senior Executive/SVP or Corporate VP or equivalent
  • Director or equivalent
  • Group or Senior Manager
  • Head of Department/Function
  • Manager
  • Non-manager
  • Retired
  • Other
Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications.
Thank you

Thanks for subscribing.

Websites in our network