Martin Daubney

Martin Edward Daubney (born 22 June 1970 in Gedling, Nottinghamshire) is the longest-serving editor of lad magazine Loaded. Daubney was responsible for the title's relaunch in April 2005. Daubney introduced "new laddism" and said “Men have realised that if they adopt the ways of the gays, they get laid more often.” ^[1] He is also a friend of Milo Yiannopoulos, having participated in the Breitbart journalist's day long YouTube Livestream Big Milo.

Early life

He was brought up in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire. He attended Carlton le Willows School,^[2] before going up to the University of Manchester, graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geography in 1992.

Lads magazine career

Previously working for the News of the World on its sports pages, Daubney was appointed Editor of Loaded, replacing former editor Scott Manson.

Scandal

The Daily Mirror reported that footballer George Best, then husband of Alex Best, accused Alex of sleeping with Daubney.^[3] The Anglian Wolf Society criticised Daubney for his actions, reported in an article he wrote for Loaded, in shooting wolves for sport in Russia and suggested "a whole lot of serious protest".^[4] Campaign magazine noted Martin Daubney in their 'Most Talked About Editors' list of 2005.

Anti-pornography activism

Despite his career working for Loaded, Daubney had a change of heart after participating in the making of the Channel 4 documentary, Porn on the Brain. During filming, his visit with a group of school children convinced him that pornography was shockingly prevalent, even amongst pre-adolescents. Since his experiences, Daubney has written editorials in the Daily Mail and posted anti-pornography messages on his Twitter account.^[5]

See also

• Anti-pornography movement in the United Kingdom
• Lad culture

References

1. Turner, Janice (October 22, 2005). "Dirty young men". London: The Guardian.
2. "Martin Daubney". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
3. Daily Miurror article mentioning Daubney and Alex Best
4. Anglian Wolf Society
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2432591/Experiment-convinced-online-porn-pernicious-threat-facing-children-today-By-ex-lads-mag-editor-MARTIN-DAUBNEY.html; and https://twitter.com/MartinDaubney

• Loaded, first laddie, seeks a new youth

External links

• "The lads' mag I edited turned a generation on to porn - and now I'm a father I bitterly regret it: A remarkable confession from the longest-serving editor of Loaded" – June 2012 article about Martin Daubney