Is The London Weekly much more than a front for some money-spinning awards?
The new freesheet's website includes a section dedicated to a new "annual" awards to be launched this summer, including categories such as Media Agency of the year and Best Entrepreneur, plus "consumer choice" sections for Best Nightclub, Best Airline etc.
James Ball flags up the awards in another of his posts about the new newspaper. He has already posed a series of questions to TLW and its owners (whoever they may be). He is yet to receive a reply. Answers are also being sought via the HelpMeInvestigate website.
Photographer Jonathan Warren has produced a Flickr gallery of the second edition of The London Weekly which reveals where the paper's atrocious copy is sourced. By scrolling over stories on the page it shows where the copy originated - largely press releases.
With the absence of evidence to the contrary in its page two publisher's details, the London Weekly does not appear to be registered as a newspaper. Which would not matter if its parent company was registered at Companies House. But there is no mention of Global Publishing Group at Companies House. There is evidence suggesting that TLW and GPG are linked to Jordan Kensington's Invincible Group which does not appear to be registered at Companies House either.
So, still more questions than answers about The London Weekly. But some very interesting information. And the search for answers goes on.
Sources: James Ball/Jonathan Warren/MediaGuardian commenters
