English language daily the South China Morning Post is to have a new editor from January 1st, 2016.
Tammy Tam is set to succeed Wang Xiangwei as the new editor-in-chief. Wang will return to Beijing where he will become editorial advisor to Tam.
Wang was editor-in-chief at the paper for four years. Tam, who is currently deputy editor, joined the SCMP in February 2012 according to an internal memo announcing the change.
The memo was posted by an SCMP reporter on Twitter on Friday afternoon shortly before being removed.
The switch comes amid a mass exodus of employees including all staff members from the SCMP’s new international edition. At least two dozen reporters, long-standing veterans and award-winning journalists have left the paper in the past six months alone.
