Michael Curtis (28 February 1920 – 3 July 2004) was a British newspaper editor and executive.
Politically, he kept the newspaper aligned with the Liberal Party, and opposed the Suez invasion,[2] a decision which led to a significant decrease in the paper's circulation.
[3] As Editor, Curtis proposed a succession of ideas intended to revive the paper's circulation: to start using a broadsheet format, to form a partnership with Granada Television, to merge with the Daily Herald, and finally to increase the price by a halfpenny in order to boost profits.
[1] Curtis later worked as executive aide to the Aga Khan, writing speeches and organising publicity.
As the culmination of the process of Africanising the company, Curtis stepped down in 1977, and moved to lead the Aga Khan's social welfare department in Aiglemont[4] until his retirement in 1994.