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Paul Webster

@paulfwebster.bsky.social
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Ex Observer editor

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Paul Webster @paulfwebster.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Who is 'the money behind the money?' open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Who is 'the money behind the money?'
As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.
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Paul Webster @paulfwebster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The announcement of the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media is a grim end to a shaming episode for the Scott Trust.🧵
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Paul Webster @paulfwebster.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d... Why some of the finest international correspondents in the media are so angry about the deal to sell the Observer
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Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer | Letter
Letter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust
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Paul Webster @paulfwebster.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Thread by @paulfwebster on Thread Reader App
@paulfwebster: Here's why I think the proposed sale of the Observer to Tortoise would severely damage the reputation of the Scott Trust and threaten the future of the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, ...
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Telegraph reports that the Observer made £3.4m last year, according to internal figures. An interesting new fact www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Observer posts £3m profit ahead of potential sale to loss-making start-up
Sunday title outstrips forecasts despite claims it must be offloaded to protect the Guardian
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