John Arne Markussen (born 20 May 1953) is a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was chief editir of the newspaper from 2011 to 2018.

Career

Markussen was born on 20 May 1953 in Repvåg in Nordkapp Municipality, Norway. He was journalist for the newspaper '' Altaposten'' from 1971 to 1976, and for from 1977. In 2011 he was appointed chief editor of ', succeeding Lars Helle. In 2018 Alexandra Beverfjord succeeded him as chief editor of . He was media executive of

Aller Media Aller Media is a magazine publisher in the Nordic countries, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. It publishes ''Elle'', ''Cafe'', ''Familie Journalen'', ''Femina (Denmark), Femina'', ''Allers'' and ''Se og Hør''. History Aller Media was fo ...

from 2018 to 2019. Among his books are ''Norske redaktører - voktere av enigheten'' from 1979, and ''Frihet og frykt - nærbilder av USA'' from 1996.

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1953 births Living people People from Nordkapp Norwegian newspaper editors Dagbladet people {{Norway-journalist-stub