Alex Wignall

Scott Trust and Guardian management face staff fury over Observer sale Guardian and Scott Trust leaders faced furious staff as they faced questions about the plan agreed to sell The Observer to Tortoise.

Some of the details in this piece are wild:

pressgazette.co.uk/news/scott-t...

Lana should cover In The Modern World as a matter or urgency.

My 2024 Wrapped – get yours 2024 Wrapped

Okay, so Confidence Man have taken over my life.

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#snow

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Farmers aged 80 and above could get exemption from inheritance tax Exclusive: Government looks at changing rules so older farmers do not have to live for seven years after making a gift to avoid the tax

Not sure the government backsliding on this is going to do them any favours.

www.theguardian.com/money/2024/n...

Made one of these.

Can and will be more comprehensive - but spent quite a while looking for people who don’t yet seem to be on here and I *now need to do some work*, so if you are here and I’ve not yet included you, apologies, shout me and I’ll add

go.bsky.app/Ka8yH45

New: Scottish journalists and media Join the conversation

NEW: a starter pack of 72 Scottish journalists, editors and news media working in Scotland 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

(Please repost)

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Pretty eye-opening thread on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of sanctions on Russia

Many people have fled X, but still valued the political insight on the platform. Good news! Many big accounts have now arrived on Bluesky.

Here is a starter pack with the Top 50 UK Political Commentators, based on their follower numbers.

Hopefully helpful for new arrivals here. Feel free to share.

Okay, I admit it, I forgot how many bangers Girls Aloud have.

The X exodus - could Bluesky spike spark end of Elon Musk's social media platform? Even Google appears to trust X less, with one expert telling Sky News the search engine treats X competitor Bluesky as 10 times more important than Elon Musk's platform.

X vs Bluesky - interesting read

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

A work in progress but here’s my feed of UK national business journalists for anyone (including me!) looking to keep across the latest news impacting UK PLC:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Sunday Express editor David Wooding departs Reach amid further job cuts Wooding left as part of a move to dismantle the remaining dedicated Sunday Express editorial team to create a seven-day operation

More grim news for print/online media, giving greater credence to the argument that subscription models look like the most viable option not only for weekly current affairs magazines but also day-to-day news brands regionally and nationally.

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

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So, is this Twitter 2.0?