Famous? Not the paper’s decision-maker (5)
I believe the answer is:
noted
'famous?' is the definition.
(noted can mean well-known or famous)
'not the paper's decision-maker' is the wordplay.
'the paper's decision-maker' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'not'+'ed'='NOTED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noted that I've seen before include "Made a record - celebrated" , "Celebrated, eminent" , "Observed - famous" , "Like music" , "prominent" .)