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Marcus Williamson (b. 1965) is a British writer, journalist and campaigner, living in the UK.

As an obituarist for The Independent he has written obituaries of more than 120 subjects, including artists, poets, actors and inventors.[1] [2] [3]

Campaigns

GM Food

Williamson has been involved in campaigning against Genetically Modifed (GM) food, as editor of the website http://www.gmfoodnews.com from 1999 to 2005.[4]

Phorm

In 2009 the spyware company Phorm created a website Stopphoulplay.com to attack Williamson and fellow campaigner Alexander Hanff. The company accused Williamson of "...waging a "serial letter writing" campaign to Phorm's potential customers and partners in attempt to discredit the company and Mr Ertugrul." [5] The site was soon taken down and later described as a "PR disaster" [6]

Consumer advocacy

As editor of http://www.ceoemail.com he advocates contacting company chief executives (CEOs) as a means of resolving customer service issues and of conducting campaigns.[7] The site was featured in the LifeHacker article "CEOEmail.com Helps You Take Your Issue to the Top When Other Avenues Fail". [8]

Bibliography

  • The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes les Bains (2008) - translation of an 1886 work by Henri Boudet
  • Claude Cahun at School in England (2011) [9]
  • Path (2011) - with Jonathan Moss

References

  1. ^ http://journalisted.com/marcus-williamson?allarticles=yes
  2. ^ http://marcuswilliamson.blogspot.com
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Marcus_Williamson&limit=20
  4. ^ http://www.gmfoodnews.com
  5. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5232565/Phorm-chief-labels-critics-serial-agitators.html
  6. ^ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rupertneate/9669467/Phorms_Stopphoulplay_site_is_a_PR_disaster/
  7. ^ http://www.ceoemail.com/ceoemail-faq.php
  8. ^ http://updates.lifehacker.com/post/34755469144/ceoemail-com-helps-you-take-your-issue-to-the-top-when
  9. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Claude-Cahun-At-School-England/dp/1257639528
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