Thomas John Cardell Martyn (January 3, 1896 – February 6, 1979) was a British World War I pilot, journalist, and publisher who founded Newsweek in 1933.
[2] Martyn attended, but never graduated from Oxford University, having previously served with the Royal Air Force as bomber and Home Defence pilot as a flight commander.
He stated in a 1925 Time magazine article about how he and fellow pilots respected and admired the famous German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron").
After losing money for four years, Martyn declared bankruptcy for the company and sold his interests in the magazine.
According to Isaiah Wilner, Martyn separated from his first wife and lived as a houseguest of Time co-founder Briton Hadden.