Byline Times is a British newspaper and website founded in March 2019 by Peter Jukes and Stephen Colegrave,[2] who are also its executive editors.[3] It is a development of Byline, a crowdfunding and media outlet platform founded in April 2015 by Seung-yoon Lee and Daniel Tudor.[2][4]
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| Editor | Hardeep Matharu |
|---|---|
| Categories | Politics, current affairs, social affairs, |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Peter Jukes Stephen Colegrave |
| Founded | 2016 (as byline.com) March 2019[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| Website | bylinetimes |
| ISSN | 2632-7910 |
Operations
editThe newspaper is published monthly for subscribers, while BylineTimes.com functions as a free news site. Byline Times's sister organisations are the former crowdfunding journalism platform Byline.com, investigative unit Byline Investigates, the Byline Times Podcast, Byline Books and the annual summer event Byline Festival. All are separate entities.[5]
Byline Times is also published by Bywire News, an "independent blockchain news network", whose other partners include The Canary, Labour Buzz, Not the News, Business Wales, Our.London, and Media Reform Coalition (MRC)[6] which, according to Bywire, means "each article contains a record on the blockchain detailing when it was created, by whom, and any revisions which are made and when".[7] In 2020, Byline Media collaborated with George Llewelyn and Caolan Robertson to create Byline TV, a subscriber-funded video channel.[8]
Recent expansions of the outlet include the 2022 launch of Byline Supplement, the outlet's additional Substack newsletter,[9] and Byline Audio, set up in 2024 to bring together the outlet's podcasts.[10]
Staff
editThe editor of Byline Times is Hardeep Matharu.[11] Other writers and staff include its Special Investigations Reporter Nafeez Ahmed, former Spectator political columnist Peter Oborne, former BBC journalist Adrian Goldberg who hosts the Byline Times Podcast,[3][5] former BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney[12] and author Otto English. The paper has also had contributions from others, including the actor and comedian John Cleese.[13]
As of August 2024, Byline Times' full-time reporting team included Political Editor Adam Bienkov, and Chief Reporter Josiah Mortimer.[14]
Purpose
editInterviewed in 2019, Matharu described the purpose of Byline Times as to "really dig down and investigate [...] pressing social issues, many of them to do with justice, or a lack of, which for one reason or another are not being widely or extensively reported on elsewhere." Jukes described the newspaper as providing "what the [other] papers don't say" and said it would be similar in tone to the broadsheet news magazine FT Weekend.[15]
Significant stories
editStories broken by Byline Times have been picked up by other media outlets. These include allegations of cronyism in the Johnson government's allocation of contracts during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][16] In July 2023, Byline Times broke allegations of sexual impropriety by the journalist Dan Wootton.[17] Wootton denied the allegations and sought to crowdfund legal fees for a case against the paper. Byline Times subsequently said its journalists had been targeted with threats and intimidation, without suggesting Wootton was involved.[18][19] In February 2024 the Metropolitan Police announced they would be taking no further action in respect of the matter.[20]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ponsford, Dominic (27 July 2023). "'We're not ideological' says Byline Times as it continues Dan Wootton investigation". Press Gazette. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ a b Burrell, Ian (9 May 2019). "Byline pivots to print, promising to tell readers 'what the papers don't say'". The Drum. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b "About". Byline Times. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Ciobanu, Mădălina (9 July 2015). "Byline sees a new wave in crowdfunded journalism". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b Magrath, Paul (11 April 2019). "Byline Times: a new approach to journalism?". The Transparency Project. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Daily News". Bywire News. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "How it works". Bywire News. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Mortimer, Josiah (23 September 2020). "Interview: 'Fearless' rival launched to counter Murdoch-backed TV station". Left Foot Forward. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Supplement, Byline. "Byline Supplement | Substack". www.bylinesupplement.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Byline Audio". bylineaudio.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ a b Clarke-Ezzidio, Harry (29 October 2021). "In the post-Corbyn world, what next for alternative left media?". New Statesman. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "John Sweeney". Byline Times. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Cleese, John (2 April 2019). "'Ramblin' Donald: Why 7,000 Republicans Could Never be Wrong". Byline Times. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "About". Byline Times. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (22 March 2019). "Byline team to rebrand and launch print title for subscribers in telling stories others 'have ignored'". Press Gazette. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Davies, William; Dutta, Sahil Jai; Taylor, Nick; Tazzioli, Martina (19 April 2022). Unprecedented?: How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy. MIT Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-913380-11-3.
- ^ Waterson, Jim (25 July 2023). "Sun stands by Huw Edwards story and is investigating Dan Wootton, MPs hear". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (24 July 2023). "Dan Wootton appeals for cash to sue Byline Times as site launches own crowdfunder". Press Gazette. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Frost, Caroline (22 July 2023). "UK Presenter Seeks Crowdfunding Cash To Fight Allegations Of 'Bribery For Explicit Images'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Dan Wootton: Metropolitan Police taking no further action against broadcaster". BBC News. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.