Men’s Journal, the top-selling quality US men’s lifestyle magazine from Wenner Media, is publishing a free 7,000-word extract from Matt’s latest book ‘Outlaws Inc’ – out at the end of August in the USA and Canada – in its next edition, onsale August. The magazine, part of Jan Wenner’s legendary Rolling Stone media empire, is…
Analysis: Black PR, white noise: How grey goo is killing the news media (and the news media doesn’t seem to mind).
This is a post about a systemic failure in our media organisations when it comes to reporting, and it has nothing to do with Rupert Murdoch or plagiarism. It starts in Soho and ends in Syria. If you’re a journalist, you’ll probably know it already, so apologies – though a couple of events recently,…
Upcoming: Spiegel, advertising and social media campaigns to spearhead German release
Outlaws Inc will be released on 30th September in Germany. The book’s German title is Tödliche Fracht – das heimliche Geschäft mit Waffen und Drogen (“Deadly Cargo – the secret trade in weapons and drugs”). German publisher Ullstein/Econ is supporting the launch with advertising, a social media campaign and campaigns in Spiegel Online. as well as traditional press…
Analysis: Death, dollars and déjà vu in famine-hit Somalia
Update, October 2011: This is the July 2011 post that spawned the recent CNN documentary. It appeared two weeks later in modified form on the Huffington Post. Famine declared by the UN in the Shabelle region of Somalia. Mogadishu in a state of “gun-blasted anarchy”. Aid floods in – but its effects are patchy.…
News: Outlaws Inc to be serialised in next month’s Men’s Journal
Men’s Journal, the top-selling quality US men’s lifestyle magazine from Wenner Media, is publishing a free 7,000-word extract from Matt’s latest book ‘Outlaws Inc’ – out at the end of August in the USA and Canada – in its next edition, onsale August. The magazine, part of Jan Wenner’s legendary Rolling Stone media empire, is…
Reviews: Outlaws Inc hits nerve in Dubai and the Gulf
With the trial of so-called Merchant of Death Viktor Bout (above, and profiled in Outlaws Inc) approaching, sensitivities around his erstwhile ops base in the UAE are high. So it’s been great to get backing from two of the Arabian Gulf’s main English-language publications. While Esquire’s Middle East edition ran a larger feature and interview…
Free download: Listen to Matt’s BBC 5Live interview
Download and enjoy the full 25min clip of Matt’s discussion of the anti-heroes of his book Outlaws Inc. with BBC Radio 5Live‘s Giles Dilnot! It’s an M4a/iTunes compatible soundfile. Download here
Launch party goes with a bang
The champagne launch party for Outlaws Inc. went with a bang this week at London’s Goldsboro Books, with nearly 200 attendees and word of mouth putting the book at No.2 on Amazon‘s true-crime bestseller list by the following morning. Attendees included many of the detectives, diplomats and monitors in the book itself, plus a couple…
Matt talks about Outlaws Inc. on BBC Radio 5Live
Listen to the first discussion of Outlaws Inc. on Wednesday 1 June’s edition of Up All Night, BBC Radio 5Live’s night-time show – also available on BBC iPlayer. Matt talked to Giles Dilnot about the adventures, investigative work and accidents that informed the book. Once it’s vanished from iPlayer, I’ll try to post a recording…
Great early reviews for Outlaws Inc.!
The first (great) reviews are coming in for Outlaws Inc. Campaigning Times journalist Brian Johnson-Thomas says it’s “the ultimate proof that the truth is far stranger than fiction”, while Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph and author of Bomb Hunters, this year’s hit non-fiction book about UXB disposal experts in Afghanistan, calls it…
Outlaws Inc. UK launch event!
The first virgin cases of Matt’s non-fiction thriller/true crime book Outlaws Inc. will be broken open at a launch reception at London’s Goldsboro Books. For a place on the guest list, more information, or interview opportunities and press material, email matt [at] mattpotterbooks [dot] com or h.guthrie [at] macmillan [dot] co [dot] uk.