Age, Biography and Wiki
Martin Townsend was born on 11 July, 1960, is a British newspaper editor. Discover Martin Townsend's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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Martin Townsend Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Martin Townsend Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Martin Townsend worth at the age of 63 years old? Martin Townsend’s income source is mostly from being a successful editor. He is from . We have estimated Martin Townsend's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Martin Townsend (born 11 July 1960) is a British journalist.
Townsend attended Harrow County School for Boys (which became Harrow High School in 1975) and the London College of Printing.
He gained his first job as a journalist in 1979, working on Caravan magazine, then was pop music correspondent at Today.
In 1987, Townsend became a freelance reporter, but in 1994 was appointed showbusiness editor of The Mail on Sunday's You magazine, then in 1999 was appointed editor of OK!.
During his tenure, he persuaded Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey to pose with chocolate bars in their wedding photos, as part of a promotion.
In 1989, Townsend married Jane O'Gorman.
The couple have two sons and a daughter.
O'Gorman has worked at the Daily Star as the paper's agony aunt.
He was the editor of the Sunday Express from 2001 to 2018.
In 2001, he was appointed editor of the Sunday Express.
In 2006, Townsend had a cameo role in the television series Hustle in which he, as editor of the Sunday Express, bought an exposé story from some con men regarding the unscrupulous editor of a rival (fictional) Sunday newspaper.
In 2007, Townsend published The Father I Had, an autobiographical account of his relationship with his father, who had bipolar disorder.
This won the Mind Book of the Year Award 2008.
Townsend was the ghost writer of (former) Express owner Richard Desmond's autobiography, The Real Deal: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Controversial Media Mogul which was published in 2015.
Lynn Barber, in her Sunday Times review wrote that "the bulk of this memoir, about getting on, is a ripping yarn, fluently and wittily told".
Townsend left his job in early August 2018 during editorial changes at the Express Newspapers group which was initiated in February 2018.
Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror) bought the titles owned by Richard Desmond's Northern and Shell at that time.
In late 2018, it was announced Townsend had been appointed by the public relations company Pagefield as a partner.
The company's clients include Camelot which is the franchise holder for the National Lottery.
