#NeilGaiman no longer cares that he's the bad guy
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#NeilGaiman no longer cares that he's the bad guy
So glad Carol #Cadwalladr got to write her final piece in the #Observer about her second #TED talk ‘This is what a digital coup looks like’ that took place last week…at the time she gave it and pitched the accompanying piece to new owners #TortoiseMedia it was rejected.
The Guardian · It’s not too late to stop Trump and the tech broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now
New revelations on the #NeilGaiman accusations from #Vulture, which is more reputable & thorough in its investigation than apparently was #TortoiseMedia.
New revelations on the #NeilGaiman accusations from #Vulture, which is more reputable & thorough in its investigation than apparently was #TortoiseMedia.
New revelations on the #NeilGaiman accusations from #Vulture, which is more reputable & thorough in its investigation than apparently was #TortoiseMedia.
Caught up with Carole Cadwalladr's "The Power" post from 18 Dec. called "Who is 'the money behind the money?'" about the "sale" of the Observer to Tortoise Media.
I feel sick. My late husband was a subscriber to the Guardian (I am, too) precisely because it was journalism independent of wealthy backers with "other interests than journalism". I wish dead people really could come back to haunt people and make them see the errors of their ways. He would have had a blast at Waddesdon Manor. Or maybe ghosts think "glad I don't have to deal with that sh*tshow"?
https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/who-is-the-money-behind-the-money?r=4suwr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#journalism #TortoiseMedia #ScottTrust #Observer #Guardian #TheObserver #TheGuardian
The Power · Who is 'the money behind the money?'
Continued thread
All part of the Oligarch coup she's been warning about and was successfully dismissed by the British media with misogyny and implied threats of violence.
Why is The Observer being flogged off?
Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | The Observer | The Guardian
The Guardian · Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/06/sale-of-observer-to-tortoise-media-agreed-in-principle
I don't know how confident one can be of The Observer's future.
I'm also sad that two of my favourite columnists, Kenan Malik and Martha Gill, will now be behind a paywall.
##UKPress #UKMedia #TheObserver
#KenanMalik #MarthaGill #Newspapers #BritishNewspapers #SundayNewspapers #TortoiseMedia
The Guardian · Sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media agreed in principle
[11:34] Sale of Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media agreed
The sale of British newspaper The Observer - the world's oldest Sunday newspaper - to Tortoise Media has been approved.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1206/1485048-observer-sold-to-tortoise-media/
#British #Sunday #TortoiseMedia
Don't worry Brits, the levels of transphobia will stay the same! /s
Sky · Guardian Media Group in talks to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media
"Guardian Media Group (GMG) is in talks to sell The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a start-up founded five years ago by a former BBC and Times executive"
Sky · Guardian Media Group in talks to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/08/09/new-uk-sanctions-are-overdue-and-undermined/
Britain's sanctions in general on pro-Kremlin warmongers (and emigré #oligarchs) are inconsistently enforced at best and undermined by much of the work of the body that administers them – a secretive Treasury unit called the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (#OFSI)
TortoiseNew UK sanctions are overdue and undermined - TortoiseLong stories short A Belgian arms dealer sold 49 Leopard 1 tanks for use in Ukraine. The World Bank halted new lending to Uganda over its anti-LGBT+ law. A woman was left in critical condition after being bitten by a shark off New York’s Rockaway Beach. Fatal attraction Twenty-five arms brokers, drone makers, chip shippers …
#TortoiseMedia do some really cracking journalism. This is from weekly #SlowNews #podcast. Check out some of their series.
In 2017 the MeToo movement swept through Hollywood. Some men, such as Harvey Weinstein, went to prison. Others who were accused of sexual misconduct and assault were ostracised and struggled to find parts in big movies. But six years on some of these same people are back on the red carpets. Is Hollywood trying to rewrite history?
https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/64d10a162c5bd600129a4174/media.mp3
An interesting podcast about modern families and social acceptability.
Almost totally undermined by the journalist's insensitive, blunt question at the final Q&A "What do you say to the people who say... you've bought a baby?"
The journalist then gets annoyed that Ana didn't answer to her liking. 
#podcasts #tortoise #TortoiseMedia #AnaObregon #family #spain #surrogacy
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/modern-family-i-had-my-dead-sons-baby-at-68/
TortoiseModern family: I had my dead son’s baby at 68 - TortoiseSpanish celebrity Ana Obregón shocked the world when she announced that she had a child via surrogate, using a donor egg and the sperm of her deceased son. Her story takes us to the new frontiers of fertility, where technology challenges our ideas of family, motherhood and the law.
@rmdes I had the same thought a while back, but didn't do anything other than muse on it. Thanks for sharing!
The phrase "who pays the piper plays the tune" came to mind, could be a tagline?
This project looks at the funding of UK politicians:
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/the-westminster-accounts/
Some global analysis for news orgs like that could complement what an extension can do.
TortoiseThe Westminster Accounts - TortoiseOver £183 million of outside funds has flowed into this parliament alone, with no way of fully understanding who’s getting what, from whom, and why. Until now. This is the story of the money flowing into our politics, hidden in plain sight
The Westminster Accounts
Sky News and Tortoise Media have created an extensive record of financial interests in Westminster since December 2019, when the current parliament was formed.
The thing that jumps out at me, when looking at the website are the amounts of money each party receives, and where those donations come from.
#WestminsterAccounts #skynews #tortoisemedia #ukpolitics
https://darrinnightingale.com/2023/01/10/the-westminster-accounts/
Darrin // NightingaleThe Westminster Accounts
Who pays the piper?
"Britain’s MPs have declared almost £5 million in earnings over this parliament without disclosing their end clients, a Tortoise and Sky analysis of public data found.
Nearly 50 MPs registered income from intermediaries such as speaker bureaus and consultancies without declaring who ultimately paid for their time."
#WestminsterAccounts #SkyNews #TortoiseMedia #Transparency
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/01/10/mps-register-of-members-interests-5-million-in-earnings/
TortoiseWho pays the piper? - TortoiseThe register of members’ interests can obscure as well as reveal
Westminster Accounts: MPs earn £17.1m on top of their salaries since the last election - with Tories taking £15.2m
Sensemaker: Westminster money trail
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/01/08/sensemaker-230108/
Out of curiosity, I looked up "30p Lee" Lee Anderson: "The value of Mr Anderson’s interests puts him in the top 16 per cent of all MPs. Since the start of the current parliament, 100 members have taken in more money than this MP."