Paul Staines
Summary
Paul Staines (born 11 February 1967) is a British-born Irish political blogger. Writer of the pseudonymous "Guido Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours & conspiracy", which had as of February 2009, 118,000 visitors per month, his political blog has been described as "one of Britain's leading political blogsites".Staines acquired an interest in politics as a libertarian in the 1980s and promoted acid house parties in the early 1990s. He then spent several years in finance, before his business relationships broke down in a series of disputes described by a judge as "the most acrimonious litigation, hard fought at every turn of a number of interlocutory skirmishes.
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Text analysis of the Royal Charter shows how Labour & the Liberal Democrats got their way
A text analysis of the press regulation Royal Charter suggest Labour and the Liberal Democrats got their way on everything.
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Private Eye features the “Bottom half of the internet” Tumblr
Hannah Waldram’s Tumblr for decent user comments made it into Private Eye, where they snidely pointed out how little had been posted compared to the average number of monthly comments on the Guardian.
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Whatever happened to the blogging revolution? Big media business models still dominate landscape
This May the blogging generation will reach quite a landmark: it will be one decade since WordPress launched, helping to bring blogging into the mainstream. The following years saw blogging find its way into big media companies and the launch of many blogging publishing brands that are still around today. Engadget, TechCrunch and Mashable found popularity in the technology niche. Gawker, Huffington Post, Politico and the UK's own Guido Fawkes are just some of the successful blog startups still going strong.
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Tim Montgomerie finds a new home at the Times | Media Monkey
The editorial changes at the Times continue apace. The latest move sees ConservativeHome editor, Tim Montgomerie, replace the departing Anne Spackman as comment editor of the Times. Montgomerie is already a regular feature in the Times's opinion pages, but now he'll be chief commander-of-comment. Montgomerie will be stepping down as ConHome editor, but will continue as an adviser and weekly blogger – and will retain his stake in the Lord Ashcroft-backed venture.
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Quotes of the Week: From Evans lashes Leveson critics to broadcasters say there's nothing to fear
Sir Harold Evans (top) giving the.
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Newspapers fear new regulator could attract 'ambulance-chasing' lawyers
The launch of a new press regulation body could be delayed due to fears that a new arbitration unit, recommended in the Leveson report, would spawn a new industry of "ambulance-chasing" lawyers seeking big money compensation from newspapers for breaches of the industry's code of ethics.
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Memo to Cameron - read the Standard's interview with Maria Miller
Should David Cameron be so supportive of his culture secretary Maria Miller? Aside from the Daily Telegraph, the paper that broke the story of her £90,000 expenses claim for a property used by her parents, other papers are now scenting political blood in the water.
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Leveson report: Harriet Harman says Labour plan would guarantee free press
Deputy Labour leader rejects suggestions that Labour's plan would interfere with industry's freedom of expression.
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Five problems Leveson has to address to regulate the future of media, not the past
Lord Justice Leveson is due to report his findings at the end of this month, and he is expected to recommend an overhaul of the regulatory system for newspapers. But is he regulating the past
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Quotes of the Week: From the topless Duchess pics to how Ed squashed Charles Moore's mosquito
Irish Minister for Justice Alan Shatter in a.
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