By Kevin McCauley
The New York Times Co. has named Mark Thompson, director-general at the BBC, president and CEO. He takes the post in November.
The 55-year-old was responsible for BBC World Service, which broadcasts in 27 languages, plus its collection of TV and radio channels in the U.K. He led the BBC’s multimedia coverage of the London Olympics.
Thompson joined the Beeb in 1979 as a production trainee. He left in 02 to run Channel 4, a publicly-owned network. He returned to the BBC after two years.
NYTC CEO Pinch Sulzberger said Thompson’s experience is what the NYTC needs as it grows its business through digital and global expansion.
Thompson succeeds Janet Robinson, who left the company last December. |