![]() Tortoise’s recent launch means it’s too early to pass judgement on its prospects. Lavishly publicised by the BBC’s media editor, Amol Rajan (who was hired under Harding), last October, Tortoise revealed it was using three years’ of financial backing from eight private investors in the hope of funding itself through a membership model in future. It publishes a daily smartphone edition of five stories, allows readers into editorial meetings and will distribute a quarterly print magazine of “big reads”. Tortoise is the next similar venture to be launched: a self-styled “slow news” operation established by the former Times editor and BBC News director James Harding, and staffed by experienced journalists. “A cow, who like our target readers, tends to avoid herds and behaves in unmissable ways as a result.” The post was later deleted. “Today I’m unveiling the icon,” Montgomerie wrote proudly in July 2017. ![]() According to its website, UnHerd employs seven staff.Īmong journalists, UnHerd is still known derisively as “the cow site” in reference to its esoteric logo. But three of its directors have resigned since 2017, including Montgomerie himself, who left the site last September without explanation. It aspired to hire 15 full-time journalists and pays writers well, at £1 a word. He is the chairman of one of Europe’s biggest hedge-fund groups, Marshall Wace, and chair of the Ark chain of academy schools. The site is funded by Paul Marshall, a pro-Brexit investor. (One of Montgomerie’s early UnHerd pieces was a defence of the former chancellor’s editorship.) Science and Technical Research and Developmentĭespite UnHerd’s dubious mission to take the “new” out of news, Montgomerie’s venture was lauded by the establishment, with a full-page comment piece in George Osborne’s Evening Standard the day before its launch.Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities.Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives.Information and Communications Technology. ![]() HR, Training and Organisational Development.Health - Medical and Nursing Management.Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance.Events and Offers Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. Ideas and Letters A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday. Weekly Highlights A weekly round-up of some of the best articles featured in the most recent issue of the New Statesman, sent each Saturday. The Culture Edit Our weekly culture newsletter – from books and art to pop culture and memes – sent every Friday. Green Times The New Statesman’s weekly environment email on the politics, business and culture of the climate and nature crises - in your inbox every Thursday. ![]() World Review The New Statesman’s global affairs newsletter, every Monday and Friday. The Crash A weekly newsletter helping you fit together the pieces of the global economic slowdown. Select and enter your email address Morning Call Quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team.
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