In October 2013 the magazine was guest-edited by Russell Brand, with contributions from David Lynch, Noel Gallagher, Naomi Klein, Rupert Everett, Amanda Palmer, and Alec Baldwin,[58] as well as an essay by Brand.[59]. Career-wise and looks-wise, Danson has tread across the same paths time and time again, returning to similar outfits, style choices, character types, and stories affectionately and with great . A new day dawned for the New Statesman yesterday when control of the influential, but financially weak left-wing weekly magazine, switched to Mike Danson. New Statesman have sent over this press release Geoffrey Robinson MP is delighted to announce that Mike Danson, founder of Datamonitor, is the new owner of the New Statesman magazine. If you thought the Informa deals were doozies, Mike Danson negotiates even better with himself. mike danson new statesman. [19] In 1934 it ran an interview with Stalin by H. G. Wells. Our website makes it possible to view other available documents related to NEW STATESMAN LIMITED. Danson expanded Datamonitor by gulping down smaller business intelligence companies to broaden coverage of different sectors, while increasing global reach to America, Europe and Asia. The magazine published a 186-page centenary special in April 2013, the largest single issue in its history. Under Kampfner's editorship, a relaunch in 2006 initially saw headline circulation climb to over 30,000. In June 2011, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, created a furore as guest editor by claiming that the Coalition government had introduced "radical, long term policies for which no one had voted" and in doing so had created "anxiety and anger" among many in the country. "Why the New Statesman is stubbornly resisting the lure of Corbynmania", "I thought that was very interesting and very revealing. His priorities, he adds, are "better writing, stronger, scoop-driven reporting [and] authoritative comment". Placing Campbell in charge is slightly different from asking him to pen a column, of course, but Cowley is at pains to stress his title will be more inclusive than it has been in the past. An editor, like a sports coach, must of course have a method, a plan and a style of play, as it were, but he or she also needs luck. His stewardship was not without controversy. he asks. She wrote in a Mail on Sunday article: "New Statesman fiercely opposed the Iraq war and yet now hands over the reins to someone key in orchestrating that conflict". SP - 31. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". He is a Wigan fan of many long years standing who happens to be well off and wants to support his Club as much as he can. New Statesman a British magazine published each week, containing articles about politics, society and the arts, usually written from a left wing point of view. In October 2012 the magazine was guest-edited by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei[54] and, for the first time, published simultaneously in Mandarin (in digital form) and English. London-listed GlobalData powered by 800 analysts, 2,000 researchers and 100 journalists covering 20 industries is searching for bolt-on deals, as it attempts to replicate the power of the Bloomberg Terminal with its own data platform for blue-chip companies. Today, the magazine is a printdigital hybrid. In his first interview since taking over as editor, Cowley concedes the last six months have been "gruelling", although he has found time to write a book, which he is keen to promote. Numirea noului redactor, Jason Cowley, a fost anunat la 16 mai 2008, dar acesta a preluat funcia abia la sfritul lunii . And yet, it seemed to me, there were some things that could be done to improve the New Statesman in an era of declining newspaper circulation and revenues. GlobalDatas annual report discloses that revenues are nicely spread with 40% from each of the US and Europe, and the rest from the AsiaPacific. I don't read the Mail on Sunday. Danson, who also owns journalism trade website Press Gazette separately from GlobalData, dismissed the idea that his initial investment was politically driven and points instead to the unlocked value in the New Statesmans heritage. Yesterday at HSJ Awards it was incredible to Liked by Lucas Danson Join now to see all activity. John Whittaker Net worth: 1.4bn Ranked: 120 Born in Bury, John Whittaker is chairman of the Peel Group, the property company with most of its interests in the North West. Danson played a key role in hiring the New Statesman's editor, Jason Cowley, the former editor of literary periodical Granta and an ex-Observer journalist, who joined at the beginning of last autumn. Why is Mike there? Granta is only published, in book format, four times a year and, having left the faster pace of newspapers, this seemed to be a role I could combine with doing some writing and flneuring around town. The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. Keynes argued that Martin was "a little too full perhaps of good will" towards Stalin, and that any doubts about Stalin's rule had "been swallowed down if possible". B. Priestley directly led to the founding of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 29 May 2013, 11:23 am. Robinson was losing around 800,000 a year before he sold up. The journal of intelligence history. Stolen this off a topic on Total RL, but there's a guy on there claiming that someone called Mike Danson (owner of the new statesman) has bought a stake in Wigan. Sales have fallen from a peak of 30,000 in July 2006 to 23,500 for the last six months of 2008. The last of the lawsuits involving Traeger Pellet Grills has been settled. Mr Danson is one of Britain's most successful media entrepreneurs, having founded Datamonitor in his London flat with a 5,000 investment in 1989. Clearly, we are commercial, he says. Robson, who was a Man Booker prize judge in 2018, seemed to have his own attractively natural style. One insider described how GlobalDatas use of robo-reporters to produce news stories after buying the Infinata brand from Mergermarket had been an ongoing source of frustration because of their tendency to make mistakes. "and the poem ends with the moment Hughes is informed of his wife's death. It became strongly anti-fascist and pacifist, opposing British rearmament. Our weekly culture newsletter from books and art to pop culture and memes sent every Friday. New Statesman co-owner Mike Danson has invested a five-figure sum in the unofficial party blog LabourHome. I was delighted when he agreed to become our lead book reviewer, and over the past decade Johns review-essays and longer pieces exploring the history of ideas and the crisis of liberalism have contributed hugely to the redefinition of our political and cultural coverage, as we attempt not only to understand but to analyse and explain the forces driving this period of extraordinary upheaval and technological disruption. Mike Danson, the owner of the New Statesman and 128th richest person in the country, has taken a substanial stake in Wigan RL. Even insiders who are quick to identify his workaday absence of emotional empathy admire his analytical skills and deal-making. Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Community, Economy and Culture. In February 2008, Audit Bureau Circulation figures showed that circulation had plunged nearly 13% in 2007. That sounds like the wish-list of every new editor, but Cowley is confident money will be made available to make it a reality. But in our business there is zero point in aggressive sales tactics because the clients are all CEOs and they just would not respond well to it. Looks like there is still some money left over for 300 million Mike Danson, despite all the cash loaned to the New Statesman interest free and with no repayment date.Sky's Mark Kleinman reports that Danson is in talks for a deal with a potential new sister publication for the Staggers: Boat International, "the world's leading publisher in the super yacht industry". But it is difficult to find the usual investor information on the web site, and who can tell which of the multiple companies operating from his London headquarters belong to the public group and which to the private one? The leading GlobalData brands include: Canadean, Kable,Verdict,Current Analysis,PharmSource, andMarketLine. The subsequent departures of both men contributed to the fractious atmosphere. The New Statesman's sales slide was all the more painful because it began just as its rightwing rival, the Spectator, began to take flight (the latter's sales have risen from just over 60,000 five years ago to more than 77,000), aided by a substantial marketing budget. Since offloading Datamonitor to Informa for 502m in 2007 and re-buying parts of the company for his second business GlobalData, Danson has seized control of the News Statesman magazine, wielding influence in left-wing politics, and taken a stake in the Wigan Warriors rugby club. 0:32. Lets wait for 2019. The new project . He has no specific, partisan position he wishes to push.". "It is an unfortunate fact", Martin wrote to Orwell, "that any hostile criticism of the present Russian regime is liable to be taken as propaganda against socialism". In January, Danson, who owns 63pc of GlobalData, sold stock worth 15.6m. Cowley is unrepentant about Campbell's week in charge, privately enthusing about his hands-on approach. When billionaire hedge fund manager Marc Lasry put his $32m (26m) New York mansion up for sale, the buyer proved a more elusive figure than his celebrity neighbours. Danson still needs to convince investors that the extra 180m worth of headroom to do deals will drum up even more value, however. And being editor of the Statesman always seemed to me to be a bit like being manager of Newcastle United: the potential was boundless and you could be beguiled by it but the reality was invariably one of conflict, struggle and decline. [21], Martin became more critical of Stalin after the Hitler-Stalin pact, claiming Stalin was "adopting the familiar technique of the Fuhrer", and adding: "Like Hitler, he [Stalin] has a contempt for all arguments except that of superior force. He was given the opportunity to reform by new owner Mike Danson (who bought out Brownite Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson). The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Thank you for your support and happy Christmas to all our readers. Mike Danson has taken full control of the New Statesman, the leftwing political weekly, buying out the Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson's 50% stake in the title. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s. This compares to the magazine's overall circulation of 36,591,[1] and paid-for circulation of 34,451 as of January 2021, the highest level for 40 years. The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Ted Danson, 'The Mole Agent' and Mike Schur Getty/Everett/Courtesy. "[47], In September 2009, the magazine was guest-edited by Labour politician Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London.[48]. He cut his teeth as a management consultant before laying the foundations for his data empire in 1989 when he used funds from four credit cards to set up the market intelligence company Datamonitor. But professing commitment to leftwing values in that rightwing rag lends a somewhat weakened credibility to anything she says. Low-key during his time at Datamonitor - he. . Mike Danson, the millionaire businessman who owns half of the New Statesman, is set to take full control within three years. As well as Bright, who had applied for the editor's job, several other senior figures, including the associate editor Barbara Gunnell and, most recently, the deputy editor, Sue Matthias, have left since Cowley arrived. "Mike Danson is a very private man. In the following year it expanded its web presence by establishing two new websites: May2015.com, a polling data site focused on the 2015 general election, and CityMetric, a cities magazine site under the tagline, "Urbanism for the social media age" and edited by Jonn Elledge. Mike Danson, the owner of the New Statesman and Press Gazette, on Friday announced a proposed reverse takeover of TMN Group, the Aim-listed internet marketing company. Photograph: Sean Smith. Now, hes busy building another billion dollar research and data business, GlobaData Plc. [10] In 2018, New Statesman America was launched. He also noted that the Labour Party had failed to offer an alternative to what he called "associational socialism". Wilby responded to the criticisms in a subsequent issue. One of the fall's most anticipated new comedies, The Good Place, premieres tonight on NBC. In December 2011 the magazine was guest-edited by Richard Dawkins. The company was sold to Informa for 502m. Freeman left in 1965 and was followed in the chair by Paul Johnson, then on the left, under whose editorship the Statesman reached its highest ever circulation. Danson has now exercised a clause giving him the right to purchase the remainder of the publication, with Robinson's agreement. The nickname is now used as the title of its politics blog.[6]. The Lockdown Files only confirm every suspicion we had about the pandemic government, Undermining Sue Grays integrity wont save Boris Johnson, Sue Grays appointment is bad for public life and bad for Labour, Universal Credit falls short of covering the bare essentials. Robinson will stay on as co-chairman alongside Danson. [18], In 1938 came Martin's refusal to publish George Orwell's celebrated dispatches from Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War because they criticised the communists for suppressing the anarchists and the left-wing Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM). With Robinson staying on as co-chairman, Cowley insists he enjoys good relations with him and Danson, but others have spoken of a strategic impasse at a publication with two owners. Our guess is that the indulgent confusion will continue for some time yet, and that more deals are in the pipeline. L'abril de 2008 l'empresari Mike Danson va comprar el 50% de l'editorial, i la resta l'any segent. There were grumblings after he accepted a 650p a share bid from data rival Informa that worked out as a 2pc premium on its last closing share price. [27][28], The New Statesman was rescued from near-bankruptcy by a takeover by businessman Philip Jeffrey but in 1996, after prolonged boardroom wrangling[29] over Jeffrey's plans, it was sold to Geoffrey Robinson, the Labour MP and businessman. 0:00. [34] Kampfner resigned on 13 February 2008, the day before the ABC figures were made public, reportedly due to conflicts with Robinson over the magazine's marketing budget (which Robinson had apparently slashed in reaction to the fall in circulation). Michael DANSON. "There's been some financial restructuring that resulted in redundancies and some people leaving for whatever reason. Last week, Danson bought the industry title Press Gazette, illustrating that he is intent on expansion at a time when most media owners are concentrating on survival. Although he was impressed by the former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock's modernising fervour, he adds: "I never believed in the party enough to become a member. And as a reader of American magazines such as the Atlantic, reinvented as a print-digital hybrid, it seemed obvious to me what was needed: take the New Statesman upmarket; make it more politically sceptical and unpredictable; free it from the clutches of the Labour Party; publish longer and better-written pieces; burnish its literary pages; Insights from the research, writing and editing processes well drawn out by the host's questions. The magazine defended the Soviet collectivisation policy, but also said the policy had "proceeded far too quickly and lost the cooperation of farmers". His decision to widen the scope of the title has irritated some staffers, but then he has often proved a divisive figure. Source. [44], At the 2020 British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) awards, editor Jason Cowley was named Current Affairs and Politics editor of the year for the fourth time, defeating rivals from The Spectator, The Big Issue and Prospect. "In increasingly tribal times, Jason Cowley continues to champion independence of thought and diversity of opinion, challenging his audience and producing a magazine that's imaginative, unpredictable and interesting", the BSME judges said on presenting the award. The young Labour MP Richard Crossman, who had become an assistant editor of the magazine before the war, was Martin's chief lieutenant in this period, and the Statesman published Keep Left, the pamphlet written by Crossman, Michael Foot and Ian Mikardo, that most succinctly laid out the Labour left's proposals for a "third force" foreign policy rather than alliance with the United States. February 7, 2023 9:20am. [37], Cowley was named current affairs editor of the year at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards in 2009,[38] and in 2011 he was named editor of the year in the Newspaper & Current Affairs Magazine Category at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards, while Jon Bernstein, the deputy editor, gained the award for Consumer Website Editor of the Year. In April, he sold 50 per cent of the New Statesman to millionaire Mike Danson. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. [43], As of 2020, the New Statesman considers itself a "print-digital hybrid" with peak online traffic of over 4 million unique visitors per month, almost a four-fold increase since 2011. Suzanne Moore, who wrote an occasional column, subsequently resigned in protest, although the magazine pointed out she was not on its staff and had been listed as a contributing editor, an unpaid position. [18] The debate resulted in several more articles in the magazine; in one of them, George Bernard Shaw accused Wells of being disrespectful to Stalin during the interview. The son of two teachers from Wigan, Danson spent his school days in the northern city before graduating in law from the University of Oxford in 1982. [citation needed]. In November last year, Cowley told the Financial Times that the global intrigue in Brexit, Boris Johnson and Britains constitutional crisis had convinced Danson the title was worthy of fresh investment. Murray Legg Age 42Education Latton Bush School, Harlow, Essex; University of SouthamptonCareer1989 freelance journalist, local press and magazines1992 reporter, news editor, the Bookseller1996 staff feature writer, the Times1999 literary editor, New Statesman2003 editor, Observer Sport Monthly2007 editor, Granta2008 editor, New Statesman, With the loss of several senior journalists and a high-profile buyout, the New Statesman's editor is presiding over a title in turmoil. Part of the challenge, however, will be ensuring the quality of analysis and research products remains strong as the company continues to scale. Hargreaves fired most of the left-wingers on the staff and turned the Statesman into a strong supporter of Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. Danson has given him "complete editorial independence and an excellent . [42] It was the first time in the magazine's history it had explicitly chosen not to endorse Labour. ", While Robinson is a close ally of Gordon Brown, little is known about Danson's politics, although he reportedly donated 100,000 to Labourhome, the website for party activists. The issue was launched on 19 October 2012 at the Lisson Gallery in London,[57] where speakers including artist Anish Kapoor and lawyer Mark Stephens paid tribute to Ai Weiwei. While he gets quite close to that, I havent seen him cross the line., Danson describes his management style as ambition delivered by clear focus. Mike Danson, English entrepreneur who founded Datamonitor and GlobalData and proprietor of New Statesman magazine. We just literally squeezed over some of the big institutions didnt vote for it, Danson said at the time. His early dealings typified a characteristic that has come to define him. In April 2011, the magazine was guest-edited by human rights activist Jemima Khan. See Mike Danson's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. [3] Jason Cowley, the magazine's editor, has described the New Statesman as a publication "of the left, for the left"[4] but also as "a political and literary magazine" with "sceptical" politics.[5]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Ted Danson, American actor, known for the award-winning TV comedy Cheers. [2] Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members of the socialist Fabian Society, such as George Bernard Shaw, who was a founding director. Shares in the business are down more than 15pc at 12 since the start of the year. Whereas before, Danson would sell one printed copy of a report for all employees of one company to share, the shift to online allowed him to charge businesses by the number of users that wanted access to the information. 12 October 2018 3 minute read Mike Danson is the maddening Brit who, in 2007, sold Datamonitor to Informa for 502m, only to buy it back eight years later for just 25m. Although Cowley was previously literary editor of the Statesman (from 1999 to 2002), Danson's decision to parachute him into the editor's chair surprised some staff, who questioned whether their new boss had the political instincts of his predecessors Peter Wilby and John Kampfner. [11] The Fabians previously had supported The New Age but that journal by 1912 had moved away from supporting Fabian politics and issues such as women's suffrage. In the intervening years, he has donated some 10m to bursaries for under-privileged students in his old college at Oxford University and other educational causes in Africa, Asia and the UK. Mike Danson, founder of business information company Datamonitor, has acquired 50 per cent of the New Statesman magazine. But behind the harsh epithets is the man who quietly built Datamonitor in his north-west London apartment and financed it from thousands of pounds run up on multiple credit cards. The Statesman acquired the weekly New Society in 1988 and merged with it, becoming New Statesman and Society for the next eight years, then reverting to the old title, having meanwhile absorbed Marxism Today in 1991. Contributors to the issue included the Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and Michael Sandel. According to its present self-description, it has a liberal and progressive political position. A listing on the London Stock Exchange followed in November 2000, before Danson offloaded the business eight years later despite push back from institutional investors. Dods rose 2 pence, or 18 percent, to 13 pence yesterday, the. That needs to change, The autonomous future is nearly here with Wejo, The need to grow Londons EV infrastructure at speed and scale, Reaching for Utopia, is published by Salt, What Keir Starmer has learnt from the return of the German Social Democrats, Why the fall of Nicola Sturgeon offers little reason for unionist triumphalism, From radical to reactionary, Paul Johnson came to hate the left but never lost his rage. Although the Webbs and most Fabians were closely associated with the Labour Party, Sharp was drawn increasingly to the Asquith Liberals.[14]. The group, which was set up to buy the New Statesman but now owns both titles, will move to new London offices at the end of the summer. GlobalData acquired the Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict businesses from Informa Plc in 2015. Please, Control of the influential, but financially weak left-wing weekly has changed hands after a turbulent 13 years. Image via NBC. This editorship was condemned by Suzanne Moore, a contributor to the magazine for twenty years. New Statesman is the leading progressive political and cultural magazine in the UK. Desmond MacCarthy joined the paper in 1913 and became literary editor, recruiting Cyril Connolly to the staff in 1928. Michael Danson Founding Member / Principal Consultant at Synthology Healthcare Solutions Group I don't agree with that. Industry forecasts that were once produced annually are now published monthly to ensure customers are kept up to speed with the fast-changing macroeconomic picture. Indeed, with these pages managed by Janet Adam Smith, who was literary editor from 1952 to 1960, the paper was sometimes described as a pantomime horse: its back half was required reading even for many who disagreed with the paper's politics. Another little in-house deal. Chairman of the weekly title, Geoffrey Robinson, said in a statement . Reporting on a political civil war will be a much more comfortable position for the Statesman than dealing with its own internecine struggles. It also absorbed The Week-end Review in 1934 (one element of which survives in the shape of the New Statesman's Weekly Competition, and the other the "This England" feature). ER - Arshed N, Danson M. The Literature Review. The Danson Foundation is a modern and innovative grant-making organisation which supports educational projects both in the UK and abroad. Currently, Mr. Danson is Chief Executive Officer & Director at GlobalData Plc and Investment Partner at PROfounders Capital Partners LLP.
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