Prior to the appointment he was Executive Producer for MSN in the UK and former Head of Editorial Development at BBC News.
[2] Clifton replaced Richard Deverell as head of BBC News Interactive, who had moved to become chief operating officer of CBBC.
[3] Clifton's successor as editor of BBC News Online was Steve Herrmann.
[4] Clifton admitted on the BBC Editor' Blog on 16 August 2007 that he had edited his own Wikipedia entry after viewing an incorrect entry for BBC News Online, but would be leaving the editing of the page to others in future.
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