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Marcus Williamson (born 1965) is a British writer, journalist and campaigner.

As an obituarist for The Independent he has written obituaries of more than 200 subjects, including artists, poets, actors and inventors.[1]

Campaigns

GM Food

Williamson has been involved in campaigning against genetically modified (GM) food from 1999 to the present day and ran a website (www.gmfoodnews.com) on the subject from 1999 to 2005.[2]

Phorm

In 2009 the AIM-listed (since delisted and failed) 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.' [3] The site was soon taken down and later described as a "PR disaster".[4]

CEOemail.com

He is the editor of the consumer information website CEOemail.com.[5]

He advocates contacting company chief executives (CEOs) as a means of resolving customer service issues and of conducting campaigns.[5] The site was featured in the LifeHacker article "CEOEmail.com Helps You Take Your Issue to the Top When Other Avenues Fail".[6]

In 2010 he revealed that the CEO of the Nationwide Building Society had closed down his email address, rather than face emails from upset customers.[7]

Bibliography

  • The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes les Bains. 2008. ISBN 978-1257639526. Translation of an 1886 work by Henri Boudet.
  • Claude Cahun at School in England. Self-published, 2011[8]
  • Path. Atelier St Louis Production, 2011. With Jonathan Moss. ISBN 978-0-956833-40-2

References

  1. ^ "Marcus Williamson". The Independent.
  2. ^ "GM FoodNews | die neuesten Nachrichten zum Thema Ernährung". GM FoodNews.
  3. ^ Neate, Rupert (28 April 2009). "Phorm chief labels critics 'serial agitators'". The Telegraph.
  4. ^ Neate, Rupert (1 May 2009). "Phorm's Stopphoulplay site is a PR disaster". The Telegraph.
  5. ^ a b "CEOemail.com Frequently Asked Questions". ceoemail.com.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Insley, Jill (14 September 2010). "Nationwide chief executive shuts down email address". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "Claude Cahun At School In England Paperback – May 5, 2011". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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