Jim Waterson@jimwatersonSome news: I've quit my job at the Guardian to launch London Centric, a modern news outlet for the capital doing journalism in the old-fashioned way. I saw the response on here to the Evening Standard's print closure and it felt like time to step up: t.coOpens with an observation
Jim Waterson@jimwatersonOnlyFans paid $148m in UK corporation tax last year, according to its new accounts, enough to cover the cost of educating 15,000 British schoolchildren. One of the UK's biggest online media success stories but, er, it won't be getting a ministerial visit anytime soon.Opens with a number
Jim Waterson@jimwatersonPaying £10m+, plus costs, to avoid a public trial. In return Murdoch accepts "illegal behaviour" was commissioned by the Sun but can blame arms-length investigators. Crucially no judge ruling on phone hacking at the Sun, email deletion, or if Rebekah Brooks knew of illegality.Opens with a number