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Michael Gove media meetings: May 2010 to July 2011
Updated 31 December 2011
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| MICHAEL GOVE - MEETINGS WITH MEDIA ORGANISATIONS 6 May 2010 15 July 2011 | ||
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| This list sets out the Secretary of State’s meetings with senior media executives for the period May 2010-July 2011. This includes all meetings with proprietors, senior executives and editors of media organisations for both newspapers and broadcast media. It does not include those meetings with journalists that ended up in interviews that appeared in the public domain, either in newspapers and magazines. It may also exclude some larger social events at which senior media executives may have been present. | Not set | Not set |
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| This is the fullest possible list assembled from the Secretary of State’s Parliamentary diary, their departmental diary, personal diary and memory. Every effort has been taken to ensure that this is as accurate as possible but the nature of such an extensive exercise means something may have inadvertently got missed. | Not set | Not set |
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| Declaration of interest: The Secretary of State worked for the BBC from 1991 to 1995 and News International from 1996 to 2005. He wrote a weekly column for News International from 2005 to 2009. His wife currently works for The Times and has done so since 1998. | Not set | Not set |
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| Date of Meeting | Name of Media Organisation | Purpose of Meeting |
| 19-May-10 | Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation), Rebekah Brooks (News International), plus more than ten others. | Dinner and general discussion |
| 28-May-10 | Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 30-May-10 | Alan Rusbridger (The Guardian), Jon Snow (Channel 4), plus more than ten others | Dinner at the Hay Festival |
| 10-Jun-10 | Rebekah Brooks (News International), plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 17-Jun-10 | News International executives and senior editors, including Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation), and Rebekah Brooks (News International) | Lunch and general discussion |
| 02-Jul-10 | Tim Montgomerie (ConservativeHome) | Lunch and general discussion |
| 21-Jul-10 | Marjorie Scardino, Rod Bristow and John Fallon (Pearson Plc) | General discussion |
| 04-Aug | Not set | Not set |
| 2010 | Alan Rusbridger and Ian Katz (The Guardian) | General discussion |
| 25-Aug-10 | Channel 4 politics | General discussion |
| 02-Sep-10 | Andrew Porter (Daily Telegraph) | General discussion |
| 14-Sep | Not set | Not set |
| 2010 | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Daniel Johnson (Standpoint Magazine), plus others from Standpoint and teachers | Dinner to discuss education policy |
| 21-Sep-10 | Joanna Coles (Marie Claire) | Social |
| 30-Sep | Not set | Not set |
| 2010 | Fraser Nelson (The Spectator), Joel Klein (now News Corporation, former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education and Assistant Attorney General to President Clinton), plus more than ten others | General discussion |
| 3 – 6 October 2010 | George Parker (Financial Times), Patrick O’Flynn (Daily Express), James Harding (The Times), Roland Watson and team (The Times), Gary Gibbon (Channel 4 News), Cathy Newman (Channel 4 News), Nick Robinson (BBC), Colin Myler (News of the World), Victoria Newton (News of the World), David Wooding and team (News of the World), Dominic Mohan (The Sun), Tom Newton-Dunn (The Sun), Peter Wright (Mail on Sunday), Simon Walters (Mail on Sunday) | Party Conference meetings |
| 16/17 October 2010 | Lord and Lady Rothermere (Associated Newspapers) | Social |
| 21-Oct-10 | Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation), Rebekah Brooks (News International), James Harding (The Times), Dominic Mohan (The Sun), James Murdoch (News Corporation), Colin Myler (News of the World), John Witherow (Sunday Times) plus more than ten others | Dinner after Centre for Policy Studies lecture |
| 29-Oct-10 | David Jordan (BBC) plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 01-Nov-10 | Stephen Pollard (Jewish Chronicle) plus more than ten others | Speaker at a BICOM dinner |
| 17-Nov-10 | Martin Ivens (Sunday Times) | Lunch and general discussion |
| 30-Nov | Not set | Not set |
| 2010 | Rebekah Brooks (News International), Will Lewis (News International), James Harding (The Times) | Academy visit |
| 01-Dec | Not set | Not set |
| 2010 | ITV politics | Lunch and general discussion |
| 11-Dec-10 | Anne McElvoy (Evening Standard), Martin Ivens (Sunday Times), Andrew Marr (BBC) | Social |
| 15-Dec-10 | Lord and Lady Rothermere )Associated Newspapers) and several others | Dinner |
| 17-Dec-10 | Rebekah Brooks (News International) plus several others | Social |
| 25 - 28 January 2011 | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Joel Klein (now News Corporation, former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education and Assistant Attorney General to President Clinton), visiting UK as guest of DfE to explain and discuss US education policy success, including large conference platform and assorted dinners with senior figures from education and the media, including Rupert Murdoch. | Including private and public events |
| 31-Jan-11 | Rebekah Brooks (News International), plus several others | Not set |
| Not set | Dinner hosted by Academy sponsor Charles Dunstone | Not set |
| 02-Feb-11 | Lord & Lady Rothermere (Associated Newspapers) plus several others | Dinner |
| 10-Feb-11 | Paul Goodman (ConservativeHome) | Lunch and general discussion |
| 17-Feb-11 | CB Patel (Asian Voice) | Presented awards at the Political and Public Life Awards |
| 17-Feb-11 | Geordie Greig (Evening Standard), Sarah Sands (Evening Standard) plus several others | Meeting to discuss education policy |
| 22-Feb-11 | Ian Katz (The Guardian) plus more than ten others | Dinner |
| 14-Mar | Not set | Not set |
| 2011 | Andrew Neil (Press Holdings Media Group), Fraser Nelson (The Spectator) plus several others | Dinner with the speakers at an education policy conference |
| 03-May-11 | BBC politics | Lunch and general discussion |
| 12-May-11 | Lord Weidenfeld (Weidenfeld and Nicolson), Mathias Dopfner (Axel Springer AG) plus more than ten others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 19-May-11 | John Micklethwait (The Economist) | Dinner for David Brooks (New York Times) |
| 19-May-11 | James Harding (The Times), Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation), James Murdoch (News Corporation), Rebekah Brooks (News International) | Breakfast and general discussion |
| 19-May-11 | Geordie Grieg (Evening Standard) | Presenting Evening Standard awards |
| 06-Jun-11 | Channel 4 politics | General discussion |
| 07-Jun-11 | Richard Desmond (Express Newspapers), Martin Townsend (Sunday Express), Hugh Whittow (Daily Express) plus several others | Lunch and general discussion |
| 08-Jun-11 | Martha Kearney (BBC) | General discussion |
| 09-Jun-11 | Alan Rusbridger (Guardian) | Education meeting |
| 09-Jun-11 | Geordie Greig (Evening Standard), Fraser Nelson (The Spectator) plus more than ten others | ARK education dinner |
| 12-Jun-11 | Ben Preston (Radio Times) | Lunch and general discussion |
| 16-Jun-11 | Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation) plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 22-Jun-11 | Tony Gallagher (Daily Telegraph), Ben Brogan (Daily Telegraph) | Dinner and general discussion |
| 26-Jun-11 | Rupert Murdoch (News Corporation), plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 27-Jun-11 | Meeting with Bauer Editors and Executives: Paul Keenan (Bauer), Abby Carvosso (Bauer), Lillian Betty (Bauer), Jane Bruton, (Grazia), Chantelle Horton (More), Lisa Burrows (Closer), Kathryn Blundell (Mother and Baby) | General discussion |
| 28-Jun-11 | Evgeny Lebedev (Evening Standard Ltd) | Breakfast and general discussion |
| 30-Jun-11 | Jessica Cecil (BBC), plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |
| 12-Jul-11 | Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Channel 4 News), plus several others | Dinner and general discussion |