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Caroline Marland, trailblazing Guardian executive, dies aged 80
- Caroline Marland dies at age 80, marking the loss of a trailblazing Guardian executive.
- She was Fleet Street’s first female advertising director and modernized the Guardian’s ad market.
- Marland helped expand Guardian sections on media, education and society to boost ad revenue.
- Colleagues credit her with nurturing talent and loyalty within the Guardian team.
- Her deputy Carolyn McCall later led Guardian Media Group and ITV.
- Katharine Viner called Marland a formidably impressive figure who broke the glass ceiling.
- Marland began her career in 1969 at the Yorkshire Post before joining the Guardian in 1976.
- She left the Guardian in 2000 after a 24-year tenure.
- Her death followed involvement in a car accident, leaving behind three stepchildren.
- The Guardian and Guardian Media Group executives praised her impact on women leaders.
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