Jane Martinson

New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

Important part of the fight for news organizations to “investigate and report without fear or favor” New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...

Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain

The Daily Mail £500mn deal for the Telegraph raises two big questions. Why after all this time are they less concerned with a competition probe? Also where does all the money come from? on.ft.com/4oXyXoo

Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer

Rachel Cooke, always brilliant and gone too soon. RIP observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Yes I can especially as I mention both the Trump edit and most of it covered in previous coverage and also reviews

The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism

The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
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A podcast in which I get to talk Mumdani and not just the British media thanks to @themediaclub.com

amazing

Tv moment of the year David and Nick comforting Alan Carr for winning celebrity Traitors

Jo Marler hero. What would we do without #celebritytraitors

‘The sheer ineptitude has been staggering’: what we learned from The Celebrity Traitors Alan Carr achieved national treasure status, the hierarchies of fame were laid bare and Celia Imrie proved an accomplished banshee. Why were they all so useless at the round table, though? Read on …

Up to date after marathon madness and this one of best reviews of best TV so far www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

HENLEY LITERARY FESTIVAL | LinkedIn HENLEY LITERARY FESTIVAL | 376 followers on LinkedIn. 📚 One of the UK’s biggest book festivals with over 130 events 🗓 1- 9 October 2022 | HENLEY LITERARY FESTIVAL is one of the UKs best literary festi...

It’s just struck me on way to Henley lit fest that I’m going to discuss Tony Blair and no fewer than SIX conservative Prime ministers, only one of whom left office losing at the ballot in the past 45 years! Looking forward to talking to Iain Dale, Adam Boulton and Sir Graham Brady lnkd.in/ecxz7vcn

Tom Daley and Charlotte Church are going to become even more entrenched national treasures aren’t they? Just love celebrity #traitors

🎧: Listen to last week’s live ep of Media Confidential on ITV’s The Hack. Prospect’s @arusbridger.bsky.social is joined by Toby Jones—who plays him in the show—along with writer Jack Thorne, producer Patrick Spence and journalist @janemartinson.bsky.social.
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Thank you. The hotel policy is a disaster and the government should have listened to experts and sought to close them far faster. But the key is speeding up the process so it doesn’t take a year to process those from war hit countries

A desperate, opportunist press and vicious politicians: no wonder the debate on refugees is so awful | Jane Martinson Migration is one of the most important issues of our time and needs serious consideration. History will damn much of the UK media for failing to do that, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

Migrant hotels in some of the poorest parts of the country help no one but this terrible situation is being manipulated by politicians and the media alike. Me for the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/30/press-politicians-debate-refugees-migration-uk

Protect BBC’s independence in case of Farage government, ex-news head urges James Harding says it is ‘recklessly complacent’ to assume Trump-style attacks on media could never happen in UK

Really good speech by James Harding on the need for the BBc to be made truly independent - like the Bank of England - and how the media is like the Last of us - “trying to stay alive as the fungus of new things eats through all of us". www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Ha literally wondered if moving the exercise bike in there would make me use it more anyway

I take full credit natch ♥️

Record proportion of A-level students get top grades in England Of more than 1.1m entries, 28.2% gained A or A* and 9.4% gained A*, though regional variations remain

Right then, my beloved youngest has got into her top choice university, I’ve eaten cake and scrolled insta for empty nest videos. Now sharing this on how fewer kids are taking A levels and how regional and class disparities persist. My job is done #nomoreexams

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Incredible piece of reporting by @BBC’s Andrew Harding and team - doing a better job at finding the violent channel smuggling gangs

And Fox helped get him back into the White House. All true. As is wanting to ride all the horses

Murdoch v Trump: why the flawed media titan could be the final protector of press freedom | Jane Martinson His companies may have hacked phones and broadcast lies, but Murdoch appears ready to battle the president to uphold editorial freedoms, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

My take on Murdoch, the unlikely hero www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks so much Felix. Kind of you x

Aw that’s kind of you x

Thanks so much kate x

Thanks so much Scott

Jane Martinson joins the Scott Trust board The Scott Trust, the sole shareholder of Guardian Media Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of former Guardian journalist Jane Martinson to its board

The Guardian’s independence and commitment to the very best journalism is more important than ever in a world undergoing such momentous change. I’m enormously proud to become a director of the Scott Trust, its ultimate owner, and can’t wait to get started.
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The truth must come out about BBC mistakes at Glastonbury. But here’s why Tim Davie must stay | Roger Bolton The director general’s position looks perilous, but I hope he is not forced out. The institution faces many threats – it needs him, says media expert and former BBC editor Roger Bolton

Good column by @BeebRoger on why Tim Davie shouldn’t stand down and why we need more not less reporting from Gaza
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Telegraph set to turn the page... if Redbird deal gets gr... The newspaper group seemed to give a sigh of relief that its search for a new owner was over but Westminster’s concerns about share of control is now hol...

The Telegraph thought it was all over, but it’s not yet. The continuing sale saga continues. Thanks to Fraser Nelson for talking on the record and all others for the rest. When the history of British newspapers is written the Telegraph will need a very large chapter… observer.co.uk/news/busines...

US users currently pay nothing for BBC News content - when UK users pay the licence fee. Surely there must be some demand for its services.

But publicly funded US media is under pressure from Trump. Will they be the priority for those willing to pay?