The Media Guardian publishes its Media Top 100 today naming the 100 most important people in the British media. Full list is in today's paper and articles galore are online athttp://www.mediaguardian.co.uk. Meantime, here are the highlights.
First the radio top ten:
1. Jenny Abramsky (No 32 in top 100) director of radio and music, BBC
2. David Mansfield (33) chief executive, Capital Radio
3. Ralph Bernard (34), executive chairman, GWR
4. Tom Moloney (37), chief executive, Emap
5. Mark Byford (39), director, World Service and global news
6. Chris Wright (40), chairman, Chrysalis
7. Kevin Marsh (41), editor of the Today programme, Radio 4, BBC
8. Roger Parry (42), chief executive, Clear Channel International
9. Jonathan Ross (64), TV and radio presenter
10. Helen Boaden (87), controller, Radio 4, BBC
Second, the telly top ten:
1. Greg Dyke (No 1 in top 100), director general, BBC
2. Rupert Murdoch (2), chairman and chief executive, News Corporation
3. Gavyn Davies (4), chairman, BBC
4. Tony Ball (11), chief executive, BSkyB
5. Charles Allen (14), chairman, Granada
6. Michael Green (15), chairman, Carlton Communications
7. Dawn Airey (16), managing director, Sky Networks, BskyB
8. Eileen Gallagher (17), managing director, Shed Productions; chair of Pact
9. Jana Bennett (22), director of television, BBC
10. Mark Thompson (23), chief executive, Channel 4
And, third the publishing top ten:
1. Rupert Murdoch (No 2 in top 100), chairman and chief executive, News Corporation
2. Rebekah Wade (6), editor, the Sun, News International
3. Paul Dacre (7), editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers
4. Richard Desmond (9), chief executive, Northern and Shell, Express Newspapers
5. Sly Bailey (18), chief executive, Trinity Mirror
6. Les Hinton (19), executive chairman, News International
7. Dame Marjorie Scardino (27), chief executive, Pearson Industry
8. Conrad Black (28), chairman, Hollinger International
9. Piers Morgan (29), editor, the Daily Mirror, Trinity Mirror
10. Tom Moloney (37), chief executive, Emap