[18] Martin was irritated by Keynes's article but still allowed it to be printed. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. This entry was posted in Editors' pick and tagged blogs , LabourHome , Mike Danson , New Statesman , Politics on July 25, 2008 by Laura Oliver . He doesn't want to be involved in running it. 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. [39] Cowley had been shortlisted as Editor of the Year (consumer magazines) in the 2012 PPA (Professional Publishers Association) Awards. 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?'". [15] Most famously, Graham Greene won second prize in a challenge to parody his own work. Robinson was losing around 800,000 a year before he sold up. 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.. Historically, the magazine was affectionately referred to as "The Staggers" because of its crises of funding, ownership, and circulation. 0. Natilik was the first partner in the UK to be awarded Cisco Master specialisation in four areas: Security, Collaboration, Data Centre Liked. Nobody announced the purchase but, then, even Dansons quoted company has been known to forget to tell investors about the odd 20m acquisition (Infinata in 2017). Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson and more brought a little laughter to the afterlife on NBC's The Good Place . "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. Why is Mike there? Both businessmen are Wigan-born, another fact that, along with his personal wealth, will be a huge appeal to the Wigan supporters. 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. [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). Desmond MacCarthy joined the paper in 1913 and became literary editor, recruiting Cyril Connolly to the staff in 1928. Danson has given him "complete editorial independence and an excellent . Mr Danson made his money from publishing, founding Datamonitor, a market research specialist, in 1989, with 5,000. Smooth and self-promoting, Cowley was not the easiest of interviewees, given his propensity to dictate his own terms. Creating a opportunities both inperson and online for teen boys to build lifelong brotherhood. Its contributors have included John Maynard Keynes, Bertrand Russell, Virginia Woolf, Christopher Hitchens, and Paul Johnson. 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. Organic growth accounted for more than half of the increase. 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. Turnover at News Statesman Media Group dropped 49pc to 14m year-on-year for 2020, according to accounts on Companies House. 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. 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. Lets wait for 2019. RT @enokay69: Kay69 drinking water soon. But that wasnt my aspiration, not least because the Spectator is a magazine of opinion that does not publish essays or more ambitious long reads. 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 magazine defended the Soviet collectivisation policy, but also said the policy had "proceeded far too quickly and lost the cooperation of farmers". Michael Danson ~ Background Report ~ Principal Excel Known Addresses for Emerald Coast Consulting LLC. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. NEW STATESMAN LIMITED was founded on 1996-01-04 and has its registered office in Hull. The subsequent departures of both men contributed to the fractious atmosphere. His stewardship was not without controversy. He says building a world-class data platform is difficult, but it helps if youre surrounded by talented people who all know what they are doing and are accountable for [it].. 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. Our renewal rate by value is 98pc, so most of our clients stay with us, and they stay with us for a very long time and spend more money each year. Long before streaming video services and recipe boxes turned monthly payments into an economic force, Danson was taking annual subscription fees from blue-chip companies who would pay for industry intelligence reports and conference calls with analysts. He has no specific, partisan position he wishes to push.". "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. Aug 5. Brad was recently promoted . @SGMacleanauthor. Danson still needs to convince investors that the extra 180m worth of headroom to do deals will drum up even more value, however. [30], Hargreaves was succeeded by Peter Wilby, also from the Independent stable, who had previously been the Statesmans books editor, in 1998. 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. Another little in-house deal. 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. NATILIK OPERATIONS LIMITED (13202883) . Please, The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. During the 1930s, Martin's New Statesman moved markedly to the left politically. For some, even enemies of Johnson such as Richard Ingrams, this was a strong period for the magazine editorially. Cowley says: "On politics Mike is, like me, sceptical and plural. M3 - Chapter. It put Danson in a formidable position. 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. 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. Worse they called the New Statesman a news magazine. Mike Danson is CEO/Co-Founder at Globaldata PLC. 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. 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. He insists the 20,000 fee GlobalData charges for its core product remains cheap for multinationals, which are hungry for data during uncertain times. Established in 1913, it is Britain's oldest and best known left wing magazine, and has a reputation Universalium The New Statesman For the current affairs magazine, see New Statesman. Your final night. 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The New Statesmans weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. [46], In March 2009, the magazine had its first guest editor, Alastair Campbell, the former head of communications for Tony Blair. LONDON - Press Gazette has been saved from closure after it was acquired by publisher Progressive Media, the group run by New Statesman owner Mike Danson. B. Priestley directly led to the founding of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. 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. "But we, the Lenagan family have 75% of the shares. 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. Chairman of the weekly title, Geoffrey Robinson, said in a statement . Y1 - 2015. And he likes his Premier League football (Manchester United and Chelsea). DANSON, Peter John Correspondence address Studio 5, Salters House, 156 High Street, Hull, England, HU1 1NQ . Under Kampfner's editorship, a relaunch in 2006 initially saw headline circulation climb to over 30,000. . What was there not to like about it? KATHRYN A. BURNETT, RAY BURNETT AND MIKE DANSON. 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. A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. Every editor starts with a belief that he (its always been a he so far) can restore the magazines glory days, wrote Peter Wilby, who was editor from 1998 to 2005. He has given the New Statesman an edge and a relevance to current affairs it hasnt had for years."[41]. Wigan-born Mr Danson's personal fortune is estimated to be in the region of 1.1bn. Yet persistence paid off. Mr. In October 2010, the magazine was guest-edited by British author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg. 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). No products in the cart. With two huge corporate sales under his belt, the secretive data mogul may find it increasingly difficult to fly under the radar. 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. The company's suit against rival Dansons in Arizona District Court was dismissed with prejudice by Judge . In April 2008, Geoffrey Robinson sold a 50% interest in the magazine to businessman Mike Danson, and the remainder a year later. To evade China's internet censors, the New Statesman uploaded the issue to file-sharing sites such as BitTorrent. One bitterly cold morning we had coffee in Victoria, sitting outside at a table. Paul Danson, retired English football referee from Leicester. . He says weekly and bi-weekly political titles have outperformed not only newspapers, but the wider magazine market as readers increasingly reach for a more considered and partisan take on current affairs that cuts through the breaking news cycle. [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. Tell us what you think of this service (link opens a new window) Is there anything wrong with this page? And yet his sphere of influence in the world of media and data is becoming increasingly powerful. "I hope and expect Mike to invest," he says, although that will only happen when he has demonstrated that the title can break even. February 7, 2023 9:20am. I had only recently been appointed editor of Granta magazine, which is owned by Sigrid Rausing, a culture-loving billionaire, and our offices were located in a splendid white-walled Holland Park town house. [24] Although the action was settled out of court for a minimal sum,[25] the magazine's legal costs almost led to its closure. Mike Danson is the man that runs Progressive Digital Media, owner of the New Statesman and he also founded Datamonitor, a market research business that he later sold in 2007 for a fortune! 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. 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. The dawn of the internet only strengthened the business case. Our guess is that the indulgent confusion will continue for some time yet, and that more deals are in the pipeline. Scotland and Islandness: Explorations in Community, Economy and Culture. A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. Registration is free and only takes a minute. 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'". The magazine was in chaos when Cowley arrived, with staff considering strike action that was narrowly averted a few months ago. In December 2011 the magazine was guest-edited by Richard Dawkins. Cowley has recruited new writers and plans to extend the scope of the magazine. Wilby attempted to reposition the paper back "on the left". View Michael Danson results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. "If someone came to you and offered you an interview with Alex Ferguson, and Tony Blair on God, would you turn it down?" Over almost two millennia, Scotland's western and northern isles have had complex and conflicting relationships both with the kingdom of Scotland and with the ensuing stateless nation that has its own issue with its neighbour on the 'fractured island' (Burnett 2013 . Despite the prospect of a more fruitful future for the New Statesman, Dansons focus lies firmly with growing GlobalData. I started just as Barack Obama became president of the United States and thought I was just passing through, on my way to the next challenge. Mike Danson founded Datamonitor Plc, an online information company, in 1990. Ted Danson, American actor, known for the award-winning TV comedy Cheers. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. [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. I was expecting the latter but I wasn't expecting the former," is all he will say. Michael DANSON, Professor Emeritus | Cited by 7,483 | of University of Bath, Bath (UB) | Read 178 publications | Contact Michael 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. . In April, he sold 50 per cent of the New Statesman to millionaire Mike Danson. Michael T. Danson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of the Company. United States. Staff were briefed about the change of ownership at lunchtime today. Its almost like the market has shaped themselves around the product they have been running for a long time, he says. The magazine opposed the Korean War, and an article by J. [36], In January 2009, the magazine refused to recognise the National Union of Journalists, the trade union to which almost of all its journalists belonged, though further discussions were promised but never materialised. 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. Danson doesn't recognise the claim. Jane Danson (born 1978), English actress. Danson personally made almost 200m from the sale of Datamonitor, right at the top of the market. He doesnt care about the media and analysis products, an ex-worker says. Plus, there was the golden period of the magazine, from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s, which, it was always being said, could never be recaptured. But this is the messy backstage of a company that is growing impressively. And it usually ended with the sack. [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. Born in Wigan, Mike Danson is the owner of the New Statesman magazine, and last year took a stake in the Wigan Warriors Rugby League team. In 2009, he bought the New Statesman from Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson through a series of deals. [13], During Sharp's last two years in the post, from around 1926, he was debilitated by chronic alcoholism and the paper was actually edited by his deputy Charles Mostyn Lloyd. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. The longest-serving editor was Kingsley Martin (19301960), and the current editor is Jason Cowley, who assumed the post in 2008. This article is about the British magazine. 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. 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 The leading GlobalData brands include: Canadean, Kable,Verdict,Current Analysis,PharmSource, andMarketLine. The New Statesman is the leading progressive political and cultural magazine in the United Kingdom. International Intelligence History Association, p. 63. [16] After the 1938 Anschluss, Martin wrote: "Today if Mr. Chamberlain would come forward and tell us that his policy was really one not only of isolation but also of Little Englandism in which the Empire was to be given up because it could not be defended and in which military defence was to be abandoned because war would totally end civilization, we for our part would wholeheartedly support him. In the words of the American commentator David Brooks, Being a moderate does not mean picking something mushy in the middle but picking out the strong politics at either end, because politics is essentially about balance, getting the balance right. For the economist Paul Collier, there are no permanent solutions. August Equity and Progressive both declined to comment. Circulation was at its highest in the mid-1960s at 93,000. These magazines are very strongly in that position because that is their heritage. AU - Danson, Mike. Surrounded by so many wonderful people who work incredibly hard to make all of our lives better. A week later, I received an email from a friend of Robsons, another recent Warwick graduate called George Eaton. Michael Thomas Danson founded GlobalData Plc and Datamonitor Ltd. The magazine published a 186-page centenary special in April 2013, the largest single issue in its history. Geoffrey helped save the magazine and he will remain fully involved as co-chairman.". I don't want to edit a loss-making magazine.". 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. In October 2014, the magazine was guest-edited by the artist Grayson Perry, whose essay titled "Default Man" was widely discussed. 1. 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. Did it even have a future? 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. Ted Danson, 'The Mole Agent' and Mike Schur Getty/Everett/Courtesy. Cowley insists the Statesman can be profitable. Danson's projected 30%+ margins might make that "just" 12x the . But the deal ends Robinson's financial involvement with the title, which he bought in 1996, the year before New Labour came to power. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 3353 3857. MICHAEL THOMAS DANSON (resigned) Director, 2008.03.31 - 2012.08.24 JOHN CARPENTER HOUSE JOHN CARPENTER STREET , LONDON EC4Y 0AN HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED (resigned) Nominee Director . This entry was posted in Editors' pick and tagged blogs , LabourHome , Mike Danson , New Statesman , Politics on July 25, 2008 by Laura Oliver . 1959 Maria Ln Lillian, AL 36549. "[47], In September 2009, the magazine was guest-edited by Labour politician Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London.[48]. [42] It was the first time in the magazine's history it had explicitly chosen not to endorse Labour. Can Keir Starmers vision of the great unbinding of Britain save the Union? 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. 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.
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