Film & TV
Unity Books phasing out David Walliams’ books after sexual misconduct allegations
- Newsrooms
- 5
- Last 3 hours
- 1 report
- Momentum
- Steady
1 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Probably peaked. Likely 5 to 6 newsrooms by 2:40pm AEDT. Calls like this were right 93% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 84% of the past week’s 4173 stories, and number 58 of 533 in Film & TV.
1Some schools remove the children's author's books from their libraries after allegations against him.
NZ Herald didn’t include a summary, so this is BBC News’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Unity Books
Unity Books is an independent New Zealand bookseller founded in Wellington by the New Zealand sportsman Alan Preston in 1967. It has a bookshop in Wellington, and separate adult and children's bookshops in adjacent premises in Auckland.4
The bigger story: David Walliams
22 developments since Tue 10 Nov. 10 more since this one.
- Morning Mail: David Walliams accused of preying on young women; Greens’ fury at Labor; and a statue mocks Trump
5 newsrooms. Linked by Morning Mail, accuse, women
- Grooming gangs investigator speaks out over 'appalling' David Walliams sex abuse claims
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, celebrity, accuse, prey, young, groom
- David Walliams Adaptation ‘Fing!’ Pulled by Doha Film Festival Following Sexual Harassment Allegations
21 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, sexual, speak, groom, celebrity
- Lucy Beaumont fears she'll 'never work in TV again' after revealing herself as David Walliams whistleblower and says she came forward after filing police report about another predatory man in the industry
5 newsrooms. Linked by David Walliams, sexual, assault, investigation, allege, joke
- David Walliams accused of preying on teenage girls
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, accuse, prey, teenage, girl
The story so far
5 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 6
- Newsrooms and sources
- 5
- Last 3 hours
- 1
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (1 in the last three hours, 1 in the three before).
First with it: The Independent, 22 hr 10 min before anyone else.
Reported by 5 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Reports |
|---|---|
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 0 |
| Wed | 0 |
| Thu | 1 |
| Today | 5 |
Where the coverage is from
How it spread
- Newsrooms
- 5
- Reports
- 6
- Over
- 1.3 days
- To three newsrooms
- 24 hr
The Independent
BBC News
Evening Standard
Daily Express
The Independent
BBC News
Evening Standard
Daily Express
NZ Herald