The Latest Breaking News from Mark Thompson

The former BBC and New York Times chief has been tasked with revitalizing a news network that seems to have lost its way

It started as a one-person operation, funded by personal savings and based in a bedroom, with a mission to provide a new format for local news in Manchester, and now The Mill is attracting £350,000 of funding from some big names in journalism including the former BBC director general Sir…

Mark Thompson is an edifying British export to the US cousins, whoever wins the TV wars

As New York Times public editor, I worried about his time running the BBC

After a tumultuous past few years, CNN has tapped Thompson's proven ability to turn around news organizations.

In 1980, Ted Turner wisely bet that millions of news junkies wanted more than newspapers, radio and TV were providing. Today, CNN’s newly appointed CEO faces a very different challenge

Warner Bros. Discovery brings in former director-general of the BBC and former president and CEO of The New York Times Company to turnaround CNN

CNN is bringing in former New York Times and BBC leader Mark Thompson in an attempt to turn around its fortunes

Mark Thompson led the BBC between 2004 and 2012 and The New York Times from 2012 until 2020

Thompson, 66, top executive at New York Times between 2012 and 2020, tasked with reviving network’s sagging ratings

Replaces Chris Licht, whose tenure was short-lived