Stephen Bacon: 'Hugely gifted and much liked' longtime Express and Star media lawyer

Stephen Bacon: 'Hugely gifted and much liked' longtime Express and Star media lawyer

Stephen Bacon was a hugely gifted and much liked media lawyer. For nearly 50 years, he advised newspaper journalists and editors across tabloid and broadsheet publications. Over his working life, he saw the heights and decline in circulations of national newspapers and the birth and flourishing of digital titles. He was equally at ease in advising them all. Stephen was born in Oldham in 1945. He remained proud of his northern heritage and it fou…