Interviews

Chief Executive Southern Star  April 2009 One of the biggest pieces of news from the media business that wasn’t about plunging profits or drastic cuts came earlier this year when Endemol announced it was acquiring the Southern Star Group from …

  CEO RTL Group   When RTL Television launched, in 1984, as RTL Plus, it brought German viewers a lot more than an alternative to the state broadcasters ARD and ZDF. It offered hit series from the U.S. networks and …

April 2009 CEO De Agostini Group   The De Agostini Group is active in 66 countries and focuses on four businesses: publishing, media, games and financial services. Last November, Lorenzo Pellicioli announced the creation of the new company Zodiak Entertainment, …

Co-Chairman NBC Entertainment & Universal Media Studios First with his own company, Reveille, and now at NBC Universal, Ben Silverman has built a career in finding quality programming concepts—both scripted and non-scripted—and adapting them to the U.S. market. He has …

President NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions. Under Bonnie Hammer’s leadership, USA Network, home to hit shows such as Monk, Psych and Burn Notice, has become the leading general-entertainment cable channel in the U.S. Its sister network SCI …

When the satellite platform Sky launched on February 5, 1989, with Sky Channel; Sky Movies; Eurosport; and Sky News, Europe’s first 24-hour news channel, British viewers had no idea what more was coming. The number of channels rapidly multiplied, and …

Currently a columnist for Vanity Fair and founder of the news aggregating website Newser.com, Michael Wolff has been covering the media business for decades. For his latest book, The Man Who Owns The News, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, the …

  April 2009   The Shine Group consists of four British production companies: Kudos, Dragonfly, Shine TV and Princess, which have created a slew of hits, including Spooks, Hustle and Life on Mars. Last year, Shine acquired Reveille, the producer …

Chairman & CEO Time Warner   When Jeffrey Bewkes became CEO of Time Warner last year, he took over a content powerhouse. The Warner Bros. studio produces and distributes a constant output of hit feature films and TV series. Turner …

Creator & Executive Producer Mad Men As the creator and executive producer of Mad Men, Matthew Weiner takes viewers back in time to the ruthlessly competitive world of Madison Avenue advertising in the ’60s. Mad Men won the Golden Globe …