William Lewis (journalist)

William Lewis (journalist)   (editor)
Born	2 April 1969 London, England
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Whitefield School, University of Bristol, City University London
Spouse	Rebecca Slater
Member of	Associated Press, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/2003
Corporate media executive  CEO of Dow Jones and Company In office 9 May 2014 - 8 April 2020 Employer Wall Street Journal Publisher of Wall Street Journal  Group general manager In office September 2010 - July 2011 Employer News International  Editor-in-chief In office 2007 - 2010 Employer Telegraph Media Group Preceded by Nils Udgaard Succeeded by Fareed Zakaria

Not to be confused with William W. Lewis, a McKinsey executive who attended the 1997 Bilderberg conference.

William Lewis is a British media executive and was formerly chief executive of Dow Jones and Company and publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Earlier in his career he was known as a journalist and then editor.

Career

While Editor of The Daily Telegraph, Lewis led the team that broke the story of the MPs' expenses scandal, which led to the resignations of six government ministers and Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, and to the creation of Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

From September 2010 to July 2011, Lewis worked as General Manager of the newspaper publisher News International, playing a role in the company's response to its phone hacking exposure.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	Switzerland World Economic Forum	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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