Thursday 26 October 2023
07:45
Sir Mark Thompson
What's next for media?
We are in an era of unprecedented change with AI impacting every industry. How is media likely to change? What can we expect looking forward? Just days after taking up his new role as Chairman and Chief Executive of CNN, Mark joins us to share the wisdom built over four decades during which time he transformed two of the world’s most respected media organisations for the digital age.
Mark takes up the role of Chairman and CEO of CNN on October 9th. He is the Chairman of Ancestry; Deputy Chair of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Co-Chair of the International Fund for Public Interest Media, a new global fund to support journalists around the world. He is the former President & CEO of The New York Times Company (2012-2020); former Director General, BBC (2004-12), Chief Executive, Channel 4 (2002-2004), Director of BBC Television (2000-2002), Controller of BBC Two. He is the author of “Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?” (2016). He was knighted for services to Media in the King’s Birthday Honours, June 2023.
Chairman and CEO of CNN
Mark takes up the role of Chairman and CEO of CNN on October 9th. He is the Chairman of Ancestry; Deputy Chair of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Co-Chair of the International Fund for Public Interest Media, a new global fund to support journalists around the world. He is the former President & CEO of The New York Times Company (2012-2020); former Director General, BBC (2004-12), Chief Executive, Channel 4 (2002-2004), Director of BBC Television (2000-2002), Controller of BBC Two. He is the author of “Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?” (2016). He was knighted for services to Media in the King’s Birthday Honours, June 2023.
