[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. After one conversation, I hired him as a graduate trainee. Mr Danson made his money from publishing, founding Datamonitor, a market research specialist, in 1989, with 5,000. 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. The issue featured a series of exclusives including the actor Hugh Grant's secret recording[50] of former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan, and a much-commented-on[51] interview[52] with Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, in which Clegg admitted that he "cries regularly to music" and that his nine-year-old son asked him, "'Why are the students angry with you, Papa?'". 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. Chairman of the weekly title, Geoffrey Robinson, said in a statement . . A2 - MacIntosh, Robert. The New York Times reprinted it as America began its lengthy debate on entering what was then called "the European War". Insights from the research, writing and editing processes well drawn out by the host's questions. Mike Danson, the owner of the New Statesman and 128th richest person in the country, has taken a substanial stake in Wigan RL. The nickname is now used as the title of its politics blog.[6]. Va ser fundat el 1913 per Sidney i Beatrice Webb, membres del moviment esquerr Societat fabiana. [42] It was the first time in the magazine's history it had explicitly chosen not to endorse Labour. New Statesman este o revist politic i cultural britanic publicat la Londra. [19] In 1934 it ran an interview with Stalin by H. G. Wells. 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. He is direct, driven, has a point of view and is very clear in how he expressed that point of view, an industry source says. Mr. Natilik was the first partner in the UK to be awarded Cisco Master specialisation in four areas: Security, Collaboration, Data Centre Liked. Last week, Danson bought the industry title Press Gazette, illustrating. Michael Danson Founding Member / Principal Consultant at Synthology Healthcare Solutions Group It marked the end of a 13-year. 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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. For other uses, see. 1959 Maria Ln Lillian, AL 36549. 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 . 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]. Fred and Peter Done Net worth: 1.235bn 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. It put Danson in a formidable position. The regional STOXX 600 index fell 3.4% per month after regaining records in early September, but fell 0.9% at the start of the session. Image via NBC. 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; We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Aug 5. Robinson was losing around 800,000 a year before he sold up. The sale could help to end a period of uncertainty at the title, which has lost several senior editorial staff, including political editor Martin Bright, in recent months. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. (link opens a new window) Support links. [18] In a 17 September 1932 editorial, the magazine accused the British Conservative press of misrepresenting the Soviet Union's agricultural policy but added that "the serious nature of the food situation is no secret and no invention". Company type: Private Limited Company Company number: 06339167 Company status: Active country of origin: United Kingdom incorporation date: 2007.08.09 last member list: 2015.08.09 mike danson new statesman. It is the latest leg of the colourful corporate story of Danson, who is described as disarmingly normal with a knack for buying unloved assets and unlocking their potential. This entry was posted in Editors' pick and tagged blogs , LabourHome , Mike Danson , New Statesman , Politics on July 25, 2008 by Laura Oliver . Campbell responded: "I had no idea she worked for the New Statesman. Turnover at News Statesman Media Group dropped 49pc to 14m year-on-year for 2020, according to accounts on Companies House. Flashes & Flames is published by Flashes & Flames Media Ltd. Danson has now exercised a clause giving him the right to purchase the remainder of the publication, with Robinson's agreement. [40] He was also shortlisted for the European Press Prize editing award in January 2013, when the awards committee said: "Cowley has succeeded in revitalising the New Statesman and re-establishing its position as an influential political and cultural weekly. [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. Michael T. Danson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of the Company. It emerged on Friday that Robinson would be stepping down as chairman before the next election and handing. Wilby had aspired to create a left-wing Spectator. He also noted that the Labour Party had failed to offer an alternative to what he called "associational socialism". I started just as Obama became president of the US and thought I was just passing through, on my way to the next challenge. The magazine opposed the Korean War, and an article by J. "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. n aprilie 2008 Geoffrey Robinson a vndut o participaie de 50% afaceristului Mike Danson, iar restul un an mai trziu. Michael Thomas Danson founded GlobalData Plc and Datamonitor Ltd. Worse they called the New Statesman a news magazine. The magazine was in chaos when Cowley arrived, with staff considering strike action that was narrowly averted a few months ago. Robson, who was a Man Booker prize judge in 2018, seemed to have his own attractively natural style. 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. 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. Ted Danson, known for his roles in Cheers and The Good Place, is set to star in a new comedy series based on The Mole Agent, a Chilean documentary released in 2020. Danson's projected 30%+ margins might make that "just" 12x the . Secretive data mogul Mike Danson may soon find it difficult to fly under the radar. "Mike Danson is a very private man. "The magazines I've edited have always been admired for the quality of their writing," says Cowley, who was previously editor of the literary periodical Granta and, before that, editor of Observer Sport Monthly. Now, hes busy building another billion dollar research and data business, GlobaData Plc. Danson published the companys first reports aimed at the UK frozen food industry: the aim was to capitalise on business chiefs appetite to make sense of an increasingly complex and interconnected world. When we encounter a natural style we are always surprised and delighted, wrote Blaise Pascal. He is also on the board of 13 other companies. The company was floated in 2000, Mr Danson retaining a significant stake. In October 2010, the magazine was guest-edited by British author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg. [3] New Statesman s un setmanari poltic i cultural britnic. Mike Danson, the millionaire businessman who owns half of the New Statesman, is set to take full control within three years. The question is: Could The Economist's investors resist a cash and/or shares offer for EIU of, say, 250m (20 x operating profit)? The company was sold to Informa for 502m. [20] Martin also refused to allow any of the magazine's writers to review Leon Trotsky's anti-Stalinist book The Revolution Betrayed. Smooth and self-promoting, Cowley was not the easiest of interviewees, given his propensity to dictate his own terms. 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. Michael DANSON. The journal of intelligence history. Yesterday at HSJ Awards it was incredible to Liked by Lucas Danson Join now to see all activity. "[31] The cover was illustrated with a gold Star of David resting on a Union Jack. After time spent in the clutches of modernist artist Marc Chagall and discredited pop star Michael Jackson, Lasry sold the six-story pile on East 74th Street to Mike Danson the British data tycoon worth more than 1bn. 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. He also wants to banish the title's image as "overly serious and pompous" and says he has already done that by introducing a broader range of writers, including Bryan Appleyard and Tom Holland, restoring some levity to a magazine traditionally read by political obsessives. While the long-term future of the news magazine might have looked patchy at the time of Dansons investment, Douglas McCabe, of Enders Analysis, says the outlook is now much brighter. While learning self awareness . Subscriptions have been growing fast and the company is targeting 25% profit margins. 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. His first Fleet Street job was as a staff writer at the Times, but he made his name in magazines, and that makes him an unusual Statesman editor - most of his predecessors have been newspaper men. [39] Cowley had been shortlisted as Editor of the Year (consumer magazines) in the 2012 PPA (Professional Publishers Association) Awards. He insists the 20,000 fee GlobalData charges for its core product remains cheap for multinationals, which are hungry for data during uncertain times. After Johnson's departure in 1970, the Statesman went into a long period of declining circulation under successive editors: Richard Crossman (197072), who tried to edit it at the same time as playing a major role in Labour politics; Anthony Howard (197278), whose recruits to the paper included Christopher Hitchens, Martin Amis and James Fenton (surprisingly, the arch anti-Socialist Auberon Waugh was writing for the Statesman at this time before returning to The Spectator); Bruce Page (197882), who moved the paper towards specialising in investigative journalism, sacking Arthur Marshall, who had been writing for the Statesman on and off since 1935, as a columnist, allegedly because of the latter's support for Margaret Thatcher; Hugh Stephenson (198286), under whom it took a strong position again for unilateral nuclear disarmament; John Lloyd (198687), who swung the paper's politics back to the centre; Stuart Weir (198790), under whose editorship the Statesman founded the Charter 88 constitutional reform pressure group; and Steve Platt (199096). On Monday, Danson announced plans for a fresh takeover blitz to help bolster the market value of his data analytics and consultancy business beyond 1.3bn. From the outside the New Statesman which was rapidly losing circulation and struggling to adapt to the challenges as well as the opportunities of the digital age looked to be a magazine in serious trouble. 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. Reporting on a political civil war will be a much more comfortable position for the Statesman than dealing with its own internecine struggles. Although he stresses its political position - firmly on the left but frequently critical of the government - will not change, he talks of remaking it as "plural, sceptical and liberal with a small 'l'". His stewardship was not without controversy. [1] Traffic to the magazine's website that year reached a new high with 27 million page views and four million distinct users. [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. 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. 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. These magazines are very strongly in that position because that is their heritage. Now further deals are afoot. GlobalDatas annual report discloses that revenues are nicely spread with 40% from each of the US and Europe, and the rest from the AsiaPacific. "Why the New Statesman is stubbornly resisting the lure of Corbynmania", "I thought that was very interesting and very revealing. 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. Kristen Bell, who stars as a selfish soul misplaced in an otherwise . "Mr. Mayor" has good sitcom DNA: Robert Carlock and Tina Fey of "30 Rock" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" on the writing and producing side; Ted Danson, most recently of "The Good . Teen Coach. The last of the lawsuits involving Traeger Pellet Grills has been settled. Then, theres the fact that GlobalData Plc pays Dansons own company for its offices as well as for accounting, HR, IT, and facilities management. There could be cost savings now that Press Gazette has been acquired by Danson's Progressive Media. 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", Danson added: "My arrangement with Geoffrey has been working very well, and we both agreed that the time was right for me to take full control of the New Statesman as we seek to continue to develop the title. lake mead launch ramps 0. In 2000, Datamonitor completed its flotation on the London Stock Exchange and was sold to Informa for 502 million in 2007. I understand that Mike Danson, who made a near-200m fortune from the sale of his company Datamonitor six years ago, is in detailed talks about a . Lets wait for 2019. Eaton and Robson were the first of a group of writers who would define our expansion in print and online: Laurie Penny, Mehdi Hasan, Jonathan Derbyshire, Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, John Bew, Shiraz Maher. 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. 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; create a dynamic website; and discover and nurture a new generation of political writers. Cowley is unrepentant about Campbell's week in charge, privately enthusing about his hands-on approach. Certainly his commitment to the New Statesman is long-term.". 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. Youve got to learn from context and work out whats best in the context.. Mike Danson describes his management style as 'ambition delivered by clear focus' There were grumblings after he accepted a 650p a share bid from data rival Informa that worked out as a 2pc. More for NEW STATESMAN MEDIA GROUP LIMITED (06339167) Officers; Persons with significant control; . DANSON, Peter John Correspondence address Studio 5, Salters House, 156 High Street, Hull, England, HU1 1NQ . 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. L'abril de 2008 l'empresari Mike Danson va comprar el 50% de l'editorial, i la resta l'any segent. 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. Millionaire businessman Mike Danson buys remaining 50% of New Statesman from Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, New Statesman: Sale could end period of uncertainty, a clause giving him the right to purchase the remainder of the publication, who joined at the beginning of last autumn, Alastair Campbell, guest edited the title. The Good Place creator Mike Schur has reunited with the hit comedy's star Ted Danson for The Mole Agent, a new serialized comedy, which has hit the premium/streaming marketplace, sparking heated bidding, sources tell Deadline. 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. Shvets said that the KGB had provided disinformation, including forged documents, to the New Statesman journalist Claudia Wright which she used for anti-American and anti-Israel stories in line with the KGB's campaigns. Y1 - 2015. In January, Danson, who owns 63pc of GlobalData, sold stock worth 15.6m. Circulation was at its highest in the mid-1960s at 93,000. The group claims to offer4,000 corporate customers a single user-friendly interface, an end-to-end view of your entire industry value chain: from suppliers, manufacturers, channels to end-users (being consumers, patients, customers), all in one place and easily shared with colleagues.. No products in the cart. Apart from the odd loan between the private and public companies, all these corporate services are a 3m annual bill for GlobalData whose minority investors might just worry about a certain lack of independence. But the deal ends Robinson's financial involvement with the title, which he bought in 1996, the year before New Labour came to power. This entry was posted in Editors' pick and tagged blogs , LabourHome , Mike Danson , New Statesman , Politics on July 25, 2008 by Laura Oliver . Wilby attempted to reposition the paper back "on the left". . "It doesn't mean I endorse Campbell's politics but it doesn't mean he's barred from the magazine.". Campbell chose to feature his partner Fiona Millar, Tony Blair (in an article "Why we must all do God"), football manager Alex Ferguson, and Sarah Brown, the wife of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "[47], In September 2009, the magazine was guest-edited by Labour politician Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London.[48]. J.C. Squire edited the magazine when Sharp was on wartime duties during the First World War. Cowley says not being part of the Westminster village is a strength, arguing he is not beholden to any political faction, although he also reveals that: "When I was at university I seriously considered pursuing a political career." Its first line is: "What happened that night? In November 1914, three months after the beginning of the war, the New Statesmen published a lengthy anti-war supplement by Shaw, "Common Sense About The War",[12] a scathing dissection of its causes, which castigated all nations involved but particularly savaged the British. Mike Danson. Please, The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. 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. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. "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". "The purchase of Press Gazette is a smart move, and is further confirmation that the work he is doing under Progressive Media is part of a long-term strategy. The chairman of The Nation and Athenaeum's board was the economist John Maynard Keynes, who came to be an important influence on the newly merged paper, which started with a circulation of just under 13,000. New Statesman is a British centre - left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Its almost like the market has shaped themselves around the product they have been running for a long time, he says. 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). As long as it is unable to mount promotional campaigns, a small title such as the Statesman will always be reliant on procuring publicity in the mainstream press, and on that score, at least, Cowley's brief tenure can already be judged a success. For some, even enemies of Johnson such as Richard Ingrams, this was a strong period for the magazine editorially. Pre-tax losses grew from 3.4m to 11.4m. Multimillionaire businessman Michael Danson has taken a stake in Wigan Warriors Rugby League club. Not all the others suffered the same fate, but most left office with a sense of disillusion and disappointment and, in some cases, mental turmoil. Disappointment, mental turmoil, the sack oh dear. EXCLUSIVE: The Good Place creator Mike Schur has reunited with the hit comedy's star Ted Danson for . [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. So far, the companys results have proven robust. As well as writing that week's editorial,[55] Ai Weiwei interviewed the Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng,[56] who fled to the United States after exposing the use of compulsory abortions and sterilisations. Following Steve Platt's resignation, Robinson appointed a former editor of The Independent, Ian Hargreaves, on what was at the time an unprecedentedly high salary. Danson, owner of the New Statesman magazine, said in a regulatory filing yesterday that he sold his stake at 13.5 pence per share. 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. The largest related party deal was this years acquisition of Research Views for 100m priced at almost 45 x EBITDA and 4 x revenue. Its just sales, sales, sales.. BT - Research Methods for Business and Management. Danson doesn't recognise the claim. The New Statesman was founded in 1913 by Sidney and Beatrice Webb with the support of George Bernard Shaw and other prominent members of the Fabian Society. NATILIK OPERATIONS LIMITED (13202883) . 1. Unlike Upper East Siders Donald Trump and actor Bill Murray, few would crane their necks if the unassuming chief executive of GlobalData walked through the neighbourhood. In April 2011, the magazine was guest-edited by human rights activist Jemima Khan. Danson has given him "complete editorial independence and an excellent . The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (19301960), and the current editor is Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008. Shares in the business are down more than 15pc at 12 since the start of the year. He was given the opportunity to reform by new owner Mike Danson (who bought out Brownite Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson). Robinson will stay on as co-chairman alongside Danson. Mike Danson Chief Executive Officer Mike has worked in the technology industry for 25 years and has been CEO of Natilik for the past decade, since leading a management buy-out of the business in 2010. . Cowley says he wants to shed the Staggers's reputation as read mainly by "a rainbow coalition of disaffected leftists, which is how the magazine has sometimes been perceived". The project is based on the 2020 Chilean feature documentary The Mole. The New Statesmans global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday.