Darren Davidson is a British and Australian journalist. He is the managing editor and commercial director of ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of b ...

'' newspaper. Davidson was born in the United Kingdom. He holds a BA Hons in History. After university, Davidson undertook a journalist apprenticeship with the

National Council for the Training of Journalists The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) was founded in 1951 as organisation to oversee the training of journalists for the newspaper industry in the United Kingdom and is now playing a role in the wider media. It is a self-ap ...

. He began his career in London, writing for local newspapers, business-to-business magazines and national newspapers, including ''

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''. Davidson became media editor of ''The Australian'' in November 2015 after joining ''The Australian'' in 2011. Davidson was the editor-in-chief of

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, a news and video company owned and operated by

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. Based at News Corp's New York headquarters, Davidson led editorial and commercial activities between 2018 and 2023. Davidson is married with one daughter and one son.

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