Marcus Williamson

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
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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. "CEOemail.com Frequently Asked Questions". ceoemail.com.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.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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