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My Media World: Freddie Ossberg

Jeremy King — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:44:00 GMT

Freddie Ossberg, founder and managing director for Raconteur Media, is a massive movie and TV fan, will never miss any of the major football championships, would like nothing better than to work out how Sir Martin Sorrell's mind works, and, of course, earn his level of salary.

My Media Week: Charles Courtier

Mike Fletcher — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:54:00 GMT

This week, Charles Courtier, worldwide chief executive for MEC, works on the agency's 10th anniversary celebrations, while also traveling to its Amsterdam office for a quarterly meeting and taking conference calls with both Colgate and AT&T.

Facebook's Shields and Spotify's Ek among 'social media millionaires'

Sarah Shearman — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:23:00 GMT

Joanna Shields, vice-president and managing director of Facebook EMEA, and Daniel Ek, founder and chief executive of Spotify, are among the so-called 'social media millionaires' to feature in yesterday's The Sunday Times Rich List 2012.

Telegraph's Barclay Brothers lead UK media's rich elite

Arif Durrani — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:30:00 GMT

The owners of The Telegraph Group, Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, are Britain's richest newspaper proprietors, while Sir Martin Sorrell is the wealthiest ad man, according to The Sunday Times Rich List 2012.

DMGT acquires international digital recruitment business

Daniel Farey-Jones — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:45:00 GMT

The group behind the Daily Mail has acquired international job search business Jobrapido for at least €30m (£24.7m).

NI promotes Karin Seymour to replace Ian Dowds

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:09:00 GMT

News International has promoted partnerships director Karin Seymour to the position of sales director, following the abrupt departure of Ian Dowds.

Sector analysis: Customer publishing

Mike Fletcher — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:45:00 GMT

With the amount of digital content expected to overtake the written editorial work carried out by customer publishers, plus a move towards redefining the sector as content marketing, Mike Fletcher investigates a sector that's keeping up with modern media times.

James Murdoch: his career timeline to date

Maisie McCabe — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:30:00 GMT

After selling Rawkus Records to News Corporation, James Murdoch worked on digital ventures and ran satellite broadcasters Star in Asia and BSkyB in the UK before taking on the role of chairman and chief executive of News Corp International. Read a timeline of his career.

Media Bitch's Diary 29 March

Media Bitch — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:33:00 GMT

This week, Bitch gets the hots for Patrick Duffy at the Channel 5 presentation, finds MEC's Stuart Bowden engaging, does Dad dancing with Carat, and gets the Rocket.

Admiral to sponsor motoring on Discovery

Nick Batten — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:46:00 GMT

Discovery Networks UK has announced an extensive 12-month motoring content sponsorship with Admiral, starting on 1 April and encompassing a broad range of on-air activity and digital support.