James Edward Macartney was an Australian newspaper editor and executive from Perth, Western Australia. He served for periods as editor of the Daily News and The West Australian, and was later managing director of West Australian Newspapers Ltd. (WAN) from 1962 to 1969.
- Occupation
- newspaper editor
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Born
- July 15, 1911
- Died
- September 21, 1977