The UK's Media "Top 100"
MediaGuardian offers up its annual guide to the Top 100 media figures in the UK. (Also broken down by sector).
I've gone through the Top 100 list and pulled out (see below) some of Brits and British-domiciled folks on the list that might be of particular interest to Americans studying UK influence on the States. (I've included informational notes on some of these guys, though some people's inclusion on the list -- like Murdoch, for instance -- needs no further explanation.)
=1. Mark Thompson (BBC director general)
=1. Michael Grade (BBC chairman)
3. Rupert Murdoch
4. Charles Allen (CEO of ITV)
8. Martin Sorrell (chief executive of WPP and thus the UK's most influential advertising man, "in charge of the world's second-largest ad group, worth £7.7bn".)
10. Paul Dacre (editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers, and "the most powerful newspaper editor in Britain".
11. James Murdoch (Rupe's son and CEO of BSkyB)
12. Peter Fincham (controller of BBC1, described as "one of the 10 people who have shaped television over the last decade").
20. Helen Boaden (director of BBC News)
23. Ashley Highfield (director of new media, BBC, he "oversees not only the corporation's sprawling internet and interactive operations, [but] he is also one of the leading players in changing the way we consume TV and radio.")
25. Paul Abbott ("one of the most critically acclaimed and prolific TV writers of his generation.")
27. Richard Desmond (CEO, Northern & Shell, Express Newspaperss - shouldn't really be on the list, but I thought I'd stick him in since I mentioned him in the previous blog)
28. Les Hinton (executive chairman, News International, famous for described as "Rupert Murdoch's representative on earth"; he "oversees the Sun, the Times, the News of the World and the Sunday Times.")
35. Ivan Fallon (UK chief executive, Independent News & Media, owner of the Independent, UK newspaper widely read by US readers on the web.)
36. Jana Bennett (director of television, BBC, with "overall creative and leadership responsibility for all of the BBC's TV," including "the four domestic television channels, as well the UKTV joint venture channels and international services, BBC America and BBC Prime.")
38. David Bergg (ITV's director of strategy and its scheduler-in-chief, ultimately responsible for programming " the likes of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and Hell's Kitchen.")
42. Roger Parry (UK-born chief executive, Clear Channel International)
49. Paul Fitzsimons (partner and senior director at Apax, a UK venture capital firm heavily involved in financial dealings in the UK, and rumors of "an alliance with US media giant Time Warner in a bid led by Greg Dyke.")
50. Richard Curtis (The "Love Actually" and "Girl in the Cafe" guy, yes that Richard Curtis.)
51. Alan Rusbridger (editor of The Guardian, including the internet arm, Guardian Unlimited, which "continues to grow and win awards and is the UK's second biggest news website outside of the BBC. This year it won best newspaper on the internet at the Webby Awards and was named best daily newspaper on the web at the 2005 Newspaper Awards for the sixth year running.")
55. Simon Kelner (editor of The Independent, whose "opinion-led front pages, invariably devoted to a single story and occasionally given over entirely to a series of quotations or statistics, have been almost as much of a break from newspaper tradition as its upmarket-and-yet-tabloid format.")
63. Nicholas Coleridge (managing director of Condé Nast, a magazine "empire" that includes classic titles with widespread distribution in the US, "such as Vanity Fair and Vogue to handbag-sized market-leading glossy Glamour.")
68. Andrew Gowers (editor of the Pearson-owned Financial Times: "Published on 23 presses in four continents, its circulation - roughly split three ways between the UK, continental Europe and the US - is around twice that of 15 years ago.")
82. Simon Shaps (chief executive, Granada, whose international production/syndication arm "is booming and its retro music show Hit Me Baby One More Time proved a rather bigger hit for NBC than it did for ITV.")
83. Andrew Neil (a "bit long in the tooth," but well-known in the US from his days with News Corporation and apprently "Neil has quietly become one of the key faces of BBC political programming.")
I've gone through the Top 100 list and pulled out (see below) some of Brits and British-domiciled folks on the list that might be of particular interest to Americans studying UK influence on the States. (I've included informational notes on some of these guys, though some people's inclusion on the list -- like Murdoch, for instance -- needs no further explanation.)
=1. Mark Thompson (BBC director general)
=1. Michael Grade (BBC chairman)
3. Rupert Murdoch
4. Charles Allen (CEO of ITV)
8. Martin Sorrell (chief executive of WPP and thus the UK's most influential advertising man, "in charge of the world's second-largest ad group, worth £7.7bn".)
10. Paul Dacre (editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers, and "the most powerful newspaper editor in Britain".
11. James Murdoch (Rupe's son and CEO of BSkyB)
12. Peter Fincham (controller of BBC1, described as "one of the 10 people who have shaped television over the last decade").
20. Helen Boaden (director of BBC News)
23. Ashley Highfield (director of new media, BBC, he "oversees not only the corporation's sprawling internet and interactive operations, [but] he is also one of the leading players in changing the way we consume TV and radio.")
25. Paul Abbott ("one of the most critically acclaimed and prolific TV writers of his generation.")
27. Richard Desmond (CEO, Northern & Shell, Express Newspaperss - shouldn't really be on the list, but I thought I'd stick him in since I mentioned him in the previous blog)
28. Les Hinton (executive chairman, News International, famous for described as "Rupert Murdoch's representative on earth"; he "oversees the Sun, the Times, the News of the World and the Sunday Times.")
35. Ivan Fallon (UK chief executive, Independent News & Media, owner of the Independent, UK newspaper widely read by US readers on the web.)
36. Jana Bennett (director of television, BBC, with "overall creative and leadership responsibility for all of the BBC's TV," including "the four domestic television channels, as well the UKTV joint venture channels and international services, BBC America and BBC Prime.")
38. David Bergg (ITV's director of strategy and its scheduler-in-chief, ultimately responsible for programming " the likes of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and Hell's Kitchen.")
42. Roger Parry (UK-born chief executive, Clear Channel International)
49. Paul Fitzsimons (partner and senior director at Apax, a UK venture capital firm heavily involved in financial dealings in the UK, and rumors of "an alliance with US media giant Time Warner in a bid led by Greg Dyke.")
50. Richard Curtis (The "Love Actually" and "Girl in the Cafe" guy, yes that Richard Curtis.)
51. Alan Rusbridger (editor of The Guardian, including the internet arm, Guardian Unlimited, which "continues to grow and win awards and is the UK's second biggest news website outside of the BBC. This year it won best newspaper on the internet at the Webby Awards and was named best daily newspaper on the web at the 2005 Newspaper Awards for the sixth year running.")
55. Simon Kelner (editor of The Independent, whose "opinion-led front pages, invariably devoted to a single story and occasionally given over entirely to a series of quotations or statistics, have been almost as much of a break from newspaper tradition as its upmarket-and-yet-tabloid format.")
63. Nicholas Coleridge (managing director of Condé Nast, a magazine "empire" that includes classic titles with widespread distribution in the US, "such as Vanity Fair and Vogue to handbag-sized market-leading glossy Glamour.")
68. Andrew Gowers (editor of the Pearson-owned Financial Times: "Published on 23 presses in four continents, its circulation - roughly split three ways between the UK, continental Europe and the US - is around twice that of 15 years ago.")
82. Simon Shaps (chief executive, Granada, whose international production/syndication arm "is booming and its retro music show Hit Me Baby One More Time proved a rather bigger hit for NBC than it did for ITV.")
83. Andrew Neil (a "bit long in the tooth," but well-known in the US from his days with News Corporation and apprently "Neil has quietly become one of the key faces of BBC political programming.")
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