Martin Clarke (born ) is a British journalist. He was the driving force behind

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, which he was responsible for building into the most popular newspaper website in the UK.

Biography

Clarke was born in 1964 or 1965. After joining the ''

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'' in 1987, he launched the ''

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'' and was its editor. He then edited ''

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'', the '' Daily Record'', and the ''Record''s sister title the '' Sunday Mail''. He was executive editor of ''

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'', where he launched ''Live'' magazine. He was also launch editor of ''Standard Lite'' and ''London Lite''; both became defunct. Clarke rejoined the ''Mail'' group in 2001 as editor of ''

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'', which had been bought by Associated Newspapers. He took over

in 2006. In 2008, he became publisher at

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and relaunched MailOnline. Clarke later said that leading MailOnline was not a job he wanted at the start. He played a part in building MailOnline into the most popular newspaper website in the UK, and second only to ''

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'' worldwide. In December 2021 he said he wanted to leave his role to "pursue new challenges", but that he would "remain available" to the company until the end of 2022 to support it in its search for a new leader. DMG Media owner

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said he had "reluctantly" accepted his resignation. On 24 February Rothermere announced that UK editor Danny Groom would become acting global editor of MailOnline the following week. In the role he would oversee the website's UK, US and Australian editorial operations. In March 2023, ''

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'' reported that Clarke was part of a consortium of investors that had unsuccessfully sought to buy MailOnline the previous year. He was said then to be planning to launch a competitor to MailOnline, with his investors.

References

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