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[[Image:274963423_06b69c8976.jpg|thumb|Paul Carr at a Friday Books launch party in October 2006.]]
'''Paul Carr''' (born 7th December [[1979]]) is a [[London]]-based publisher, journalist and entrepreneur<ref>{{cite web
|title=That Friday Feeling
|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/control/?p=1&msgCode=2
|publisher=The Bookseller
|date=2006-06-09}}</ref>. He is the co-founder of Fridaycities.com, an online magazine and city guide<ref>{{cite web
|title=A site for TV execs and tea ladies
|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2010713,00.html
|publisher=The Guardian
|date=2007-02-12}}</ref>. He was previously co-founder of [[The Friday Project]], a book publishing house specialising in finding material on the web and then turning it into traditional books. Carr left The Friday Project in December 2006<ref>{{cite web
|title=Paul Carr leaves the Friday Project
|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/revolving_door/paul_carr_leaves_the_friday_project_48671.asp
}}</ref> along with Online Editor, Graham Pond, with Carr leading a buy-out of the company's Internet media arm to create Fridaycities.
Carr was a founding Editor of the award-winning [[satirical]] "comment sheet" ''The Friday Thing'' and the [[London]] city guide ''London by London''<ref>{{cite web
|title=A site for TV execs and tea ladies
|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2010713,00.html
|publisher=The Guardian
|date=2007-02-12}}</ref>.
Carr's journalism can primarily be found in ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper, where he wrote a frequent media column<ref>{{cite web
|title=The Bloggers Shall Inherit The Gonzo
|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1426595,00.html
|publisher=The Guardian
|date=2005-02-28}}</ref>. He has also written ten books, nine of which were published by Pearson, with the tenth published by Pan Macmillan (UK) and St Martin's Press (US) in 2007<ref>{{cite web
|title=Pan Macmillan author biography
|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com/Authors%20Illustrators/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Contributor&ContributorID=75715&RLE=Author
|publisher=Pan Macmillan
|date=2007-03-22}}</ref>. His 11th book will be published by Orion in 2008. <ref>{{cite web
|title=E-momentum builds
|url=http://www.publishingnews.co.uk/pn/pno-news-display.asp?K=e2007042610472288&TAG=&CID=&PGE=&sg9t=2532bcaff30feb2d46a8209137dfc59b
|publisher=Publishing News
|date=2007-04-26}}</ref>
In 2002, ''The Christian Scientist'' described Carr as a "latter day [[Jonathan Swift]]" following the publication of his satirical anti-vigilante manifesto "Think of the Children"<ref>{{cite web
|title=Satirical website escapes closure
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,803132,00.html
|publisher=The Guardian
|date=2002-10-02}}</ref>. He has also written for television, most recently for [[Alison Jackson]]'s ''[[Doubletake (TV series)|Doubletake]]'' series<ref>{{cite web
|title=The Secret Election
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/secretelectionthe_999050705.shtml
|publisher=BBC Online comedy guide
|date=2005-05-22}}</ref>.
In March 2007, it was announced that The Friday Thing would cease publication after five years to allow Carr and Pond to focus on Fridaycities and other projects.
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==External links==
[[Category:1979 births|Carr, Paul]]
[[Category:Living people|Carr, Paul]]