Getty Images Tortoise was launched in 2019 by James Harding, a former editor of the London Times and director of news at the BBC, and the former U.S. ambassador to London, Matthew Barzun.

They are pursuing a controversial sale of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise, a loss-making startup founded by James Harding, the former BBC news director. The figures have come to ...

Tortoise was co-founded in 2019 by James Harding, a former BBC news executive and editor of The Times newspaper, and Matthew Barzun, who was a U.S. ambassador to Britain between 2013 and 2017.

This means the newspaper could be thrust into a bidding war should its deal with Tortoise, a “slow news” media venture founded by former BBC News boss James Harding, not go ahead within the ...

Tortoise was launched five years ago by James Harding, a former BBC News chief and a former editor of the Times newspaper. The Guardian reported that the title will remain a seven-day-a-week ...

"The Observer has a historic place in the world of journalism and a special place in the heart of its readers," said James Harding, who launched Tortoise Media in 2019 along with the former US ...

The sale of the Observer, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, has been agreed by the Guardian Media Group. The owner of the Guardian has confirmed a deal has been approved to sell the ...