Jane Martinson



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Full name: Jane Martinson

Area of interest: Media business

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:jane.martinson@guardian.co.uk jane.martinson@guardian.co.uk]

Website: Guardian.co / Jane Martinson

Blog: Comment is free...

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Education: Cambridge University:English; City University: Journalism

Career: South Wales Echo; Financial Times (five years); joined The Guardian in 1999: Wall Street correspondent, 1999/2002, City news editor, 2002/2004, media business editor, associate city editor, 2004/2007

Current position/role: Media Guardian editor, 2008-


 * also writes/has written for: Salon.com

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Column remit: Media business issues

Section: Media and Guardian.co

Role: Editor of Media Guardian

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Email: [mailto:jane.martinson@guardian.co.uk jane.martinson@guardian.co.uk]

Website: Guardian.co / Jane Martinson | Guardian.co / Media

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Articles: 2009

 * Should newspapers be eligible for state aid? - Should newspapers be promoted to young people as in France, or left to die? - 9th February 2009
 * TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington espouses benefits of journalism in pants - Are all journalists work-shy prima donnas keeping the truth from their readers? Michael Arrington seems to think so - 27th January 2009



Articles: 2008

 * What were your media highlights of 2008? - Jane Martinson: Sachsgate? Max Mosley? Funding problems at ITV and Channel 4? Robert Peston's meteoric rise to fame? What grabbed your attention most this year? - 22nd December 2008
 * You can smell the fear as newspapers brace for 2009 - Get a huddle of newspaper executives together in a late-night corner and what they want to know is, will we all survive? - 29th September 2008
 * The BBC has created a Worldwide cause for concern - No matter where you look in medialand, the sense of grievance at Auntie's ambitious commercial arm is almost universal - Monday, 1st September 2008
 * Is the BBC anti-men? - Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman claims 'The worst thing you can be in this industry is a middle-class white male' - 26th August 2008
 * Digital switchover: Murdoch's delight is the BBC's fright - How much do you know about the Digital Switchover Help Scheme? Well, it may well be about to hand a chunk of the licence fee over to Rupert Murdoch - 16th June 2008
 * It's not just about the cost of talent - it's a question of Trust - Was it in the charter that the BBC Trust should be run like a bus service? We wait all year for a review and now there are three arriving at once - Media - Monday, May 26th 2008
 * Trains of thoughtlessness - Eight months into my pregnancy only one man has given me his seat on public transport. Were the rest afraid of being sexist? - Guardian.co - Tuesday, 1st May 2008
 * Is it already too late for Burnham to save regional TV? - Media - Monday, 31st March 2008
 * Davos 07: a new star is born - Move over Bono: Sir Nicholas Stern is the real celebrity at Davos - Guardian.co - Wednesday, 24th January 2008

