Mark Thompson (BBC)

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Person.png Mark Thompson (BBC)   SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Born1957-07-31
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Children3
SpouseJane Blumberg

Employment.png President and CEO of The New York Times Company

In office
November 12, 2012 - Present

Employment.png Director-General of the BBC

In office
22 June 2004 - 17 September 2012
Succeeded byGeorge Entwistle

Not to be confused with Mark Thompson from the SFO

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/201225 January 201229 January 2012Switzerland2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020World Economic Forum
Switzerland
This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
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