James Douglas (journalist)

James Douglas ca. 1909

James Douglas (1867–1940) was a British critic, newspaper editor and author.

Douglas edited The Star from 1908 to 1920, then the Sunday Express until 1931.^[1] He was a supporter of censorship, and called for several books to be banned, most notably The Well of Loneliness.^[2]

References

↑ Randolph Spencer Churchill and Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: 1914-1916, p.128
↑ James Armstrong (1931) "The Publication, Prosecution and Re-Publication of James Hanley's Boy", p.353 The Library (1997) s6-19 (4):351-362.

Media offices
Preceded by Ernest Parke	Editor of The Star 1908–1920	Succeeded by Wilson Pope
Preceded by ?	Editor of the Sunday Express with John Gordon 1928–1931 1920–1931	Succeeded by John Gordon

Express newspapers

Daily Express editors	1900: Arthur Pearson 1901: Fletcher Robinson 1909: R. D. Blumenfeld 1929: Beverley Baxter 1933: Arthur Christiansen 1957: Edward Pickering 1961: Bob Edwards 1962: Roger Wood 1963: Bob Edwards 1965: Derek Marks 1971: Ian McColl 1974: Alastair Burnet 1976: Roy Wright 1977: Derek Jameson 1980: Arthur Firth 1981: Christopher Ward 1983: Larry Lamb 1986: Nicholas Lloyd 1995: Richard Addis 1998: Rosie Boycott 2001: Chris Williams 2003: Peter Hill 2011: Hugh Whittow

Sunday Express editors	1920: James Douglas 1928: James Douglas and John Gordon 1931: John Gordon 1952: Harold Keeble 1954: John Junor 1986: Robin Esser 1989: Robin Morgan 1991: Eve Pollard 1994: Brian Hitchen 1995: Sue Douglas 1996: Richard Addis 1998: Amanda Platell 1999: Michael Pilgrim 2001: Martin Townsend

Other topics	Daily Express Building, London Daily Express Building, Manchester Northern & Shell Richard Desmond Rupert Bear Sunday Express Dunblane controversy The Sunday Express Book of the Year

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 28316437

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