Martin Newland
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Martin Newland (born 1962) is a British journalist who was editor of The Daily Telegraph, a British broadsheet newspaper, from 2003-2005, replacing Charles Moore. He is related to Andrew Newland worked to preserve the Daily Telegraph when it was purchased in June 2004 from Hollinger International by the Barclay brothers, owners of The Scotsman newspaper and The Business magazine.
After the takeover, it was confirmed that Newland would remain as editor under the new owners, despite some reports that he would be replaced by Dominic Lawson, editor of the Sunday Telegraph, and others such as Andrew Neil, publisher of The Scotsman and The Business.
Newland was opposed to introducing a compact (tabloid) version of the Daily Telegraph but was known to want to introduce some changes to the broadsheet.
Newland resigned as Daily Telegraph editor on November 18, 2005. His temporary replacement was confirmed as John Bryant, the Telegraph Group's newly-appointed Editor-in-Chief.
It has been reported that he has applied to the Conservative Party to join their candidate list for the next General Election.
[edit] Previous career
Prior to becoming editor of the Daily Telegraph, he was deputy editor on the National Post, a conservative Canadian daily founded in 1998 by Lord Black of Crossharbour. Under Newland's news direction, the upstart daily found a distinctive voice and quickly came to within striking distance of the venerable, but colourless Globe and Mail, before mounting losses forced major cutbacks in editorial staffing levels. Before that Newland was home editor, news editor and a reporter for the Daily Telegraph.
A devout Catholic[1], he is married to the sister of the Telegraph's pocket cartoonist, Matt.
[edit] Notes
| Preceded by: Charles Moore |
Editor of The Daily Telegraph 2003 - 2005 |
Succeeded by: John Bryant, acting editor |
