Martin Newland
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, a Sunday broadsheet.
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.
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
[ Marathon man keeps Telegraph running], he is married to the sister of the Telegraph's pocket cartoonist,
Matt.
