Difference between revisions of "Newswatch"
m |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref> | '''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref> | ||
| − | + | Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing [[Barclay Thompson]] was quoted by the ''Guardian'''s Roy Greenslade as saying: 'Today's media has enjoyed an easy ride, and thinks it can get away with murder. But, from now on, it will have to think twice.' <ref>Roy Greenslade, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2007/oct/10/mediabiasisintheeyeofth Media bias is in the eye of the beholder]', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007</ref> According to Greenslade: | |
| + | |||
| + | <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">[Keighley] argues that the complaints procedures of the various media regulators - the BBC Trustees, Ofcom and the Press Complaints Commission - are "rather gruelling". Instead, he is urging businesses and institutions that want to "fight back" to use his new outfit. (He doesn't say how much he will charge for his services).<p>What he does say is that Newswatch will "use a range of robust analytical tools to study the British broadcast media. Our methodology is firmly based on established academic principles utilising core quantitative and qualitative research techniques." <ref>Roy Greenslade, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2007/oct/10/mediabiasisintheeyeofth Media bias is in the eye of the beholder]', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007</ref></p></blockquote> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Newswatch was the successor of [[Minotaur Media Tracking]] which [[David Keighley]] co-owned with | ||
[[Kathy Gyngell]], a former [[TV-am]] producer and the wife of Keighley’s former boss and close friend [[Bruce Gyngell]]. <ref>‘[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/916058.stm Former TV-am boss dies]’, BBC News Online, 8 September, 2000</ref> [[Kathy Gyngell]] is listed as one of four team members on the Newswatch's website along with Keighley, [[Barclay Thompson]] and the company’s main researcher [[Andrew Jubb]]. <ref>Newswatch, [http://www.news-watch.co.uk/theteam.php The Team] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref> | [[Kathy Gyngell]], a former [[TV-am]] producer and the wife of Keighley’s former boss and close friend [[Bruce Gyngell]]. <ref>‘[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/916058.stm Former TV-am boss dies]’, BBC News Online, 8 September, 2000</ref> [[Kathy Gyngell]] is listed as one of four team members on the Newswatch's website along with Keighley, [[Barclay Thompson]] and the company’s main researcher [[Andrew Jubb]]. <ref>Newswatch, [http://www.news-watch.co.uk/theteam.php The Team] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref> | ||
| Line 7: | Line 11: | ||
The company filed an application for striking-off on 2 September 2009 and was dissolved on 29 December that year. <ref>Companies House, [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ac3e2d9cf523d50611a8950822662918/wcprodorder?ft=1 Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref> | The company filed an application for striking-off on 2 September 2009 and was dissolved on 29 December that year. <ref>Companies House, [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ac3e2d9cf523d50611a8950822662918/wcprodorder?ft=1 Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Resources== | ||
| + | Roy Greenslade, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2007/oct/10/mediabiasisintheeyeofth Media bias is in the eye of the beholder]', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007 | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Lobbying firms]] | [[Category:Lobbying firms]] | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 14 January 2010
Newswatch (officially Newswatch UK Ltd) was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist David Keighley and a managing consultant called Barclay Thompson. [1]
Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing Barclay Thompson was quoted by the Guardian's Roy Greenslade as saying: 'Today's media has enjoyed an easy ride, and thinks it can get away with murder. But, from now on, it will have to think twice.' [2] According to Greenslade:
[Keighley] argues that the complaints procedures of the various media regulators - the BBC Trustees, Ofcom and the Press Complaints Commission - are "rather gruelling". Instead, he is urging businesses and institutions that want to "fight back" to use his new outfit. (He doesn't say how much he will charge for his services).
What he does say is that Newswatch will "use a range of robust analytical tools to study the British broadcast media. Our methodology is firmly based on established academic principles utilising core quantitative and qualitative research techniques." [3]
Newswatch was the successor of Minotaur Media Tracking which David Keighley co-owned with Kathy Gyngell, a former TV-am producer and the wife of Keighley’s former boss and close friend Bruce Gyngell. [4] Kathy Gyngell is listed as one of four team members on the Newswatch's website along with Keighley, Barclay Thompson and the company’s main researcher Andrew Jubb. [5]
Newswatch and Minotaur Media Tracking produced a number of reports for the Eurosceptic think-tank Global Britain and the Centre for Policy Studies. The great majority of these reports alleged a bias in favour of EU integration in the UK media (particularly the BBC) and several alleged a broader bias against right-wing politics and the Conservative Party.
The company filed an application for striking-off on 2 September 2009 and was dissolved on 29 December that year. [6]
Resources
Roy Greenslade, 'Media bias is in the eye of the beholder', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007
Notes
- ↑ Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008
- ↑ Roy Greenslade, 'Media bias is in the eye of the beholder', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007
- ↑ Roy Greenslade, 'Media bias is in the eye of the beholder', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007
- ↑ ‘Former TV-am boss dies’, BBC News Online, 8 September, 2000
- ↑ Newswatch, The Team [Accessed 14 January 2009]
- ↑ Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History [Accessed 14 January 2009]
