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 former British prime minister Gordon Brown guest-edited the magazine in 2016, a special edition exploring Britain's relationship with Europe ahead of the EU referendum. And it usually ended with the sack. ER - Arshed N, Danson M. The Literature Review. He doesn't want to appear anywhere. Low-key during his time at Datamonitor - he. Cowley is optimistic about the implications of Danson's decision. For some, even enemies of Johnson such as Richard Ingrams, this was a strong period for the magazine editorially. September 19, 2016, 12:34 PM. "[47], In September 2009, the magazine was guest-edited by Labour politician Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London.[48]. The philosopher John Gray was the first writer I contacted when I became editor. Then, theres the fact that GlobalData Plc pays Dansons own company for its offices as well as for accounting, HR, IT, and facilities management. Filter appointments Filter appointments Current appointments Total number of appointments 7 Date of birth May 1973. Chairman of the weekly title, Geoffrey Robinson, said in a statement . The title has typically sold around 25,000 copies in recent years, and has struggled to break through the 30,000 circulation barrier. And he likes his Premier League football (Manchester United and Chelsea). It's there to be subsidised.' Last week, Danson bought the industry title Press Gazette, illustrating. He also noted that the Labour Party had failed to offer an alternative to what he called "associational socialism". Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. His hope must be that the internal battles that have afflicted the magazine will then be forgotten, leaving it free to play a leading role in the debate about the future of the Labour party. The Statesman promoted the edition on the basis of Williams' alleged attack on the government, whereas Williams himself had ended his article by asking for "a democracy capable of real argument about shared needs and hopes and real generosity". 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. His decision to widen the scope of the title has irritated some staffers, but then he has often proved a divisive figure. Sales have fallen from a peak of 30,000 in July 2006 to 23,500 for the last six months of 2008. 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. The nickname is now used as the title of its politics blog.[6]. But professing commitment to leftwing values in that rightwing rag lends a somewhat weakened credibility to anything she says. "Plural" is the word he chooses to describe its approach, with voices from the right as well as the left (Irwin Stelzer, Rupert Murdoch's favourite economist, recently made an appearance). Clearly, we are commercial, he says. In 2002, for example, the periodical was accused of antisemitism when it published an investigative cover story on the power of the "Zionist lobby" in Britain, under the title "A Kosher Conspiracy? 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. Michael Danson Founding Member / Principal Consultant at Synthology Healthcare Solutions Group With two huge corporate sales under his belt, the secretive data mogul may find it increasingly difficult to fly under the radar. [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. "[31] The cover was illustrated with a gold Star of David resting on a Union Jack. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [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. NEW STATESMAN LIMITED was founded on 1996-01-04 and has its registered office in Hull. In my early weeks in the job I received an email from a young fellow called Leo Robson who had just graduated from Warwick University. I was expecting the latter but I wasn't expecting the former," is all he will say. Registration is free and only takes a minute. More for NEW STATESMAN MEDIA GROUP LIMITED (06339167) Officers; Persons with significant control; . After one conversation, I hired him as a graduate trainee. When we encounter a natural style we are always surprised and delighted, wrote Blaise Pascal. 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. Robson, who was a Man Booker prize judge in 2018, seemed to have his own attractively natural style. However, others have described how his relentless commercial focus on retaining customers has driven an aggressive sales culture at GlobalData. New Statesman este o revist politic i cultural britanic publicat la Londra. Please, Control of the influential, but financially weak left-wing weekly has changed hands after a turbulent 13 years. The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. 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. This editorship was condemned by Suzanne Moore, a contributor to the magazine for twenty years. 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. Nobody knows better than Danson how to build premium data and analytics and, perhaps, nobody is better at charging real subscription prices. @SGMacleanauthor. B. Priestley directly led to the founding of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The Danson Foundation was founded by Mike Danson (Law, 1982), and his wife Helen, to help support all students to achieve their potential, regardless of background. [8] In 2020, the certified average circulation was 36,591. 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. [46], In March 2009, the magazine had its first guest editor, Alastair Campbell, the former head of communications for Tony Blair. 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". As with all books by. A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. KATHRYN A. BURNETT, RAY BURNETT AND MIKE DANSON. 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. Pre-tax losses grew from 3.4m to 11.4m. Mike Danson founded Datamonitor Plc, an online information company, in 1990. 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. It emerged on Friday that Robinson would be stepping down as chairman before the next election and handing. I was fired in the end. 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. Cowley says: "On politics Mike is, like me, sceptical and plural. Danson's projected 30%+ margins might make that "just" 12x the . . Although the Webbs and most Fabians were closely associated with the Labour Party, Sharp was drawn increasingly to the Asquith Liberals.[14]. Thats the softer side of the man whose latest company is worth 650m but frustrates and excites investors in equal measure. If you thought the Informa deals were doozies, Mike Danson negotiates even better with himself. While some praise his editing skills, others point out he can be immodest. , excellent historical research and descriptions of everyday life in 18th century Inverness and Dunlichity. 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. Its first line is: "What happened that night? Why is Mike there? To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 3353 3857. Please, The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. 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]. 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. "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". There could be cost savings now that Press Gazette has been acquired by Danson's Progressive Media. In 2017, revenue from its services across the retail, ICT and healthcare markets increased by 22% to 121.7m. Getting the balance right, learning from context: this is what we have been trying to do at the New Statesman. Records showing a $15m mortgage on the property taken out in 2018 created a rare publicity spike for the serial entrepreneur, who has managed to keep a low profile despite his reputation as a shrewd deal-maker. 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. "It doesn't mean I endorse Campbell's politics but it doesn't mean he's barred from the magazine.". "Mike Danson is a very private man. 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. These magazines are very strongly in that position because that is their heritage. This article is about the British magazine. Mr Danson told the Financial . 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.