A Murdoch Top Editor: How I Kicked Booze

As an editor at Rupert Murdoch’s Sun and New York Post, David Yelland covered other people’s problems until he realized that he was a serious alcoholic himself. This is the story of how he recovered by writing a book.

Published Apr. 20 2010 8:06PM EDT

My name is David Yelland and I am a recovering tabloid editor.

I edited the world's biggest scandal sheet, Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in London and before that the New York Post.

It nearly killed me.

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