Simon Kelner (born 1957) is a British journalist and newspaper editor.

Kelner is editor-in-chief of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers. He was appointed in May 1998 to succeed Andrew Marr and Rosie Boycott. For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ... The Independents old (pre-compact) masthead. ... Andrew Marr (born 31 July 1959) works as a British journalist and political commentator. ... Rosel Marie Boycott (born 1951), better known as Rosie Boycott, is a British journalist. ...

He has won several awards whilst at The Independent, including Editor of the Year. His accolades followed his radical decision in September 2003 to relaunch The Independent in compact format, which proved to have an immediate and sustained uplift in sales, and which also acted as the catalyst for other broadsheet newspapers across the world shrinking in size. His success has seen him become one of the longest-serving editors in the short history of The Independent. Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ...

He is known as something of a raconteur and as an ebullient figure in the newspaper industry. He is mentioned several times in Piers Morgan's 2005 book The Insider. Piers appearing on Have I Got News For You Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born March 30, 1965 in Newick, East Sussex) was editor of The Daily Mirror, a British tabloid newspaper, from 1995 until his sacking in 2004 [1]. He has also pursued a television career. ...

Kelner's previous jobs include sports editor of the now defunct Sunday Correspondent, editor of The Observer magazine, and also the Mail on Sunday supplement Night and Day. He qualified in journalism at Preston Polytechnic, later the University of Central Lancashire, where he has been awarded an honorary degree. The Sunday Correspondent was a short lived British weekly national broadsheet newspaper. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... The University of Central Lancashire (or UCLan) is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, with additional campuses in Carlisle and Penrith. ...

He is married to the cartoonist Sally Anne Lasson. His brother Martin Kelner is also a journalist. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...