Tortoise Media
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Website type | News website |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | James Harding, Matthew Barzun, Katie Vanneck-Smith |
| Editor | James Harding |
| Website | www |
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url. Replace with website.Tortoise Media is a British news website co-founded in 2018 by James Harding, a former Director of BBC News and a former editor of The Times, and Matthew Barzun, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Tortoise produces podcasts and holds live discussion events called "ThinkIns" and "Discussion Lates" in the London area. It is part of the slow journalism movement. It purchased The Observer in December 2024 with the transfer taking place on 22 April 2025.