Colin Valdar (18 December 1918 – 11 January 1996) was a British newspaper editor.
Valdar studied at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, then in Hampstead.
He worked as a freelance journalist from 1935 to 39, then served with the Royal Engineers during World War II.
[1] In 1964, he briefly served on the board of Liberal News, the official Liberal Party newspaper but, the following year, he worked with his wife Jill and brother Stewart to set up a weekly journal for the newspaper industry, which soon became the Press Gazette.
[2] Valdar took the title of publisher, but remained strongly involved with supervising the content.