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'''Thomas Anthony John Rubython''' (born 22 August 1955) is a British author and publisher with an interest in business and motor racing.


== Biography ==
'''Tom Rubython''' is the editor of BusinessF1, the international monthly magazine for the Formula One business community. In 2004 he wrote the biography of the late Ayrton Senna called 'Life of Senna'. It was one of the best selling motor racing biographies of all time.
Tom Rubython is a well known publisher and was the founder and publisher of ''Marketeer'' (weekly), ''Amusement Business'' (monthly), ''LeisureWeek'' (weekly), ''BusinessAge'' (monthly), '']''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-the-man-who-would-be-a-mogul-1319542.html|title=Profile; The man who would be a mogul|date=1996-02-18|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> (weekly), ''EuroBusiness'' (monthly), ''Formula 1 Magazine'' (monthly)'', BusinessF1 magazine''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/rubython-faces-another-libel-writ/|title=Rubython faces another libel writ|date=August 25, 2005|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> (monthly)'', and ]'' (monthly). He has written nine books, biographies of ] (racing driver),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2063586-monaco-grand-prix-reliving-ayrton-sennas-1988-qualifying-and-race|title=Monaco Grand Prix: Reliving Ayrton Senna's 1988 Qualifying and Race|last=Harden|first=Oliver|website=Bleacher Report|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/nigel-mansell-reveals-new-details-from-ayrton-senna-punchup/news-story/53d81c034622bc308d3aff3030392e54|title=The day I grabbed Senna by the throat|date=2015-10-19|website=NewsComAu|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> ] (businessman), ] (racing driver),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/james-hunt-bedded-33-flight-attendants-in-two-weeks-5666660|title=James Hunt Bedded 33 Flight Attendants In Two Weeks|website=Jalopnik|date=18 October 2010 |language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/fast-moves|title=Fast Moves|last=Lane|first=Anthony|date=2013-09-23|access-date=2019-11-21|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13399439|title=Star Burton's 'risky womanising'|date=2011-05-16|access-date=2019-11-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> ] (financier),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://realmoney.thestreet.com/articles/06/19/2016/should-you-trade-late-jesse-livermore|title=Should You Trade Like the Late Jesse Livermore?|last=DePorre|first=James "Rev Shark"|date=2016-06-19|website=RealMoney|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.omaha.com/archives/hansen-tale-of-omaha-s-black-widow-is-too-tempting/article_ef518d6f-cba2-5ed0-af4d-e855255e03ec.html|title=Hansen: Tale of Omaha's 'black widow' is too tempting to not investigate|last=Hansen|first=Matthew|date=Oct 27, 2015|website=Omaha.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> and ] (singer) and two non-fiction motor racing books called ''In The Name Of Glory''<ref name=":2" /> and ''Fatal Weekend''.''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.themyrtlepress.com/team-and-history.php |title = The Myrtle Press &#124; the Team}}</ref>'' His book ''Shunt'' was the basis for Ron Howard's film ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/59539-tantor-media-more-than-audio.html|title=Tantor Media: More than Audio|last=Milliot|first=Jim|date=Oct 11, 2013|website=www.publishersweekly.com|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> He has also published many yearbooks and annuals including the ''Leisure Industry Yearbook'', the ''Offshore Finance Annual'', the ''Formula One Annual'', and the ''Formula One Black Book''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}
He is one of the best-known journalists covering Formula One since he began writing about the subject in 1997. He has launched many magazines and publications, some successful and some not. His first publication was launched in 1989 for market traders and wholesalers called 'Markets', a monthly. He followed that up with the launch of a weekly newspaper called 'Marketeer' which was Britain’s first hand delivered national free weekly newspaper and broke new ground in newspaper logistics. In 1994 he sold the newspaper to Centaur Communications and launched Amusement Business, a fortnightly for the amusement industry. This was followed by the launch of a list of publications for the developing leisure industry notably Leisure Week, a weekly that came to dominate the sector. That was sold in 1990 - also to Centaur. In 1991 he launched a weekly business magazine called 'Management Week'. This was not a success and closed after a year. From the ashes of Management Week rose a new monthly called BusinessAge. BusinessAge was built up from a standing start over four years and eventually sold to VNU Business Publications. The proceeds were invested in a new national newspaper called Sunday Business. This ran for a year but collapsed when its parent company, in an unrelated industry, went into receivership. The title as sold to the Barclay brothers and is still published today. In 1997 he developed an internet service called jobs.com and jobsbase.com but it was too early, too few people had internet access and the venture was still born.

In 1999 he launched a new monthly called EuroBusiness in partnership with Formula One commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone. That was followed by F1 magazine in 2001. Ecclestone bought him out in 2002 and he left. Early in 2003 he launched his current publication called BusinessF1 which has been highly successful.
In 2020 Rubython relaunched ''BusinessF1'' magazine. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Rubython |first1=Tom |website=Businessf1magazine.com |ref=https://businessf1magazine.com/}}</ref>

== Libel suits ==
Rubython has interviewed many famous figures over the years from ] to ]. He has enjoyed a controversial journalistic career and has reputedly been sued for libel more times than any other British journalist including lawsuits from figures such as ], ], George Walker, ], ], ],<ref name=":0" /> and ].<ref name=":0" /> Most of the lawsuits were later settled, though he lost one to Tony Purnell,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitpass.com/27413/Purnell-wins-ruling-against-Business-F1-and-Tom-Rubython|title=Purnell wins ruling against Business F1 and Tom Rubython|date=2006-03-16|website=Pitpass|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> he won against Richard Woods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/jury-backs-rubython-in-action-against-fia-man/|title=Jury backs Rubython in action against FIA man|date=March 30, 2007|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

== Politics ==
In 2012 he briefly dabbled in politics and stood for the ] in ] at the ], receiving 6,354 votes (16%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000861|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511022635/http://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000861|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-11|title=Northampton North parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News|date=2015-05-11|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

== Personal ==
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Tom Rubython was a bachelor, until in 2013, at the age of 58, he married his girlfriend of two years, Beverley. He was one of the first people in the UK to clone a dog after his beloved cocker spaniel, Daisy died in 2016. Famously he hid the fact from his wife until the two new spaniels, cloned from Daisy, arrived at Heathrow from Seoul in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/60-minutes-dog-cloning-technology-pets-science/966a0743-6e08-42e6-add3-a80ec86f2344|title=The murky moral dilemma of dog cloning|website=www.9news.com.au|date=16 September 2018 |access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/08/dog-cloning-animal-sooam-hwang|title=Inside the Very Big, Very Controversial Business of Dog Cloning|last=Duncan|first=David Ewing|date=August 7, 2018|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 11:25, 6 July 2024

Thomas Anthony John Rubython (born 22 August 1955) is a British author and publisher with an interest in business and motor racing.

Biography

Tom Rubython is a well known publisher and was the founder and publisher of Marketeer (weekly), Amusement Business (monthly), LeisureWeek (weekly), BusinessAge (monthly), Sunday Business (weekly), EuroBusiness (monthly), Formula 1 Magazine (monthly), BusinessF1 magazine (monthly), and SportsPro (monthly). He has written nine books, biographies of Ayrton Senna (racing driver), Tony O'Reilly (businessman), James Hunt (racing driver), Richard Burton (actor), Jesse Livermore (financier), and Barry White (singer) and two non-fiction motor racing books called In The Name Of Glory and Fatal Weekend. His book Shunt was the basis for Ron Howard's film Rush. He has also published many yearbooks and annuals including the Leisure Industry Yearbook, the Offshore Finance Annual, the Formula One Annual, and the Formula One Black Book.

In 2020 Rubython relaunched BusinessF1 magazine.

Libel suits

Rubython has interviewed many famous figures over the years from Donald Trump to Tony Blair. He has enjoyed a controversial journalistic career and has reputedly been sued for libel more times than any other British journalist including lawsuits from figures such as Sir Alan Sugar, Tony Ryan, George Walker, Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone, Ken Bates, and Kelvin Mackenzie. Most of the lawsuits were later settled, though he lost one to Tony Purnell, he won against Richard Woods.

Politics

In 2012 he briefly dabbled in politics and stood for the UK Independence Party in Northampton North at the 2015 General Election, receiving 6,354 votes (16%).

Personal

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Tom Rubython was a bachelor, until in 2013, at the age of 58, he married his girlfriend of two years, Beverley. He was one of the first people in the UK to clone a dog after his beloved cocker spaniel, Daisy died in 2016. Famously he hid the fact from his wife until the two new spaniels, cloned from Daisy, arrived at Heathrow from Seoul in 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Profile; The man who would be a mogul". The Independent. 18 February 1996. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. "Rubython faces another libel writ". Press Gazette. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. Harden, Oliver. "Monaco Grand Prix: Reliving Ayrton Senna's 1988 Qualifying and Race". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. "The day I grabbed Senna by the throat". NewsComAu. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. "James Hunt Bedded 33 Flight Attendants In Two Weeks". Jalopnik. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ Lane, Anthony (23 September 2013). "Fast Moves". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. "Star Burton's 'risky womanising'". 16 May 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. DePorre, James "Rev Shark" (19 June 2016). "Should You Trade Like the Late Jesse Livermore?". RealMoney. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. Hansen, Matthew (27 October 2015). "Hansen: Tale of Omaha's 'black widow' is too tempting to not investigate". Omaha.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  10. "The Myrtle Press | the Team".
  11. Milliot, Jim (11 October 2013). "Tantor Media: More than Audio". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  12. Rubython, Tom. Businessf1magazine.com. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  13. "Purnell wins ruling against Business F1 and Tom Rubython". Pitpass. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  14. "Jury backs Rubython in action against FIA man". Press Gazette. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  15. "Northampton North parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  16. "The murky moral dilemma of dog cloning". www.9news.com.au. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  17. Duncan, David Ewing (7 August 2018). "Inside the Very Big, Very Controversial Business of Dog Cloning". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 21 November 2019.


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