Fiona Cavanagh was the daughter of Clarion Group boss Nick Cavanagh. In March 1988, Fiona was drafted in by Nick as Janet Bamford's replacement in the role of secretary of the Weatherfield Recorder, after Nick bought up Bob Statham's 60% majority share of the newspaper. The move annoyed minority shareholder Ken Barlow, especially as Nick had persuaded Ken to sack Janet, but when she started in the job Fiona made sure Ken knew that she was genuinely interested in journalism and would be an asset to him.