Real Journalism Takes Root in the UK
March 26, 2010
Short honk: I enjoyed reading “Independent Titles Sold to Lebedev Family Company”. I am looking forward to the new owner’s approach to outfits like Google and how the new owner will relate to fellow moguls. Some of the big dogs in “real” journalism have quite interesting work backgrounds. For example, if you navigate to www.cluuz.com and run the query with the quotes “Alexander Lebedev”, you can see some of the connections he has.
The passage from the write up that I slipped into my Quotes folder was:
In addition to the London Evening Standard, The Lebedevs also co-own, with President Mikhail Gorbachev, Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s few pro-democracy newspapers. The paper has a reputation for independence and high-quality journalism. Anna Politkovskaya, whose fearless reports from Chechnya resulted in her assassination in 2006, worked for Novaya Gazeta.
I can’t recall if a Courier Journal & Louisville Times reporter was killed. Journalism has its upsides and its downsides. One plus for Mr. Lebedev will be getting memberships in exclusive clubs. Who is going to object?
Stephen E Arnold, March 26, 2010
No one paid me to write this. Notice that I don’t offer any clever insights. I will report writing for nothing to Companies House when I am next in London.
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