MARK THOMPSON: Driving change and transition at iconic global content brands.

As CEO of the New York Times and before that Director General of the BBC, Mark and his teams have successfully navigated NYT and BBC through the intense times and ongoing shifts in media, entertainment, and journalism that continue to rock these sectors to their core.
Mark spoke with Steven Borden on July 30, 2020 … Mark working remotely from Maine and Steven remotely from LA. As in past conversations with Steven, Mark was candid, compelling and insightful.

Topics engaged during this in-depth “View From the Top” interview include:

• appointment of NYT’s next CEO, Meredith Kopit Levine
• ongoing transformation of NYT to a digital subscriber platform
• inside the controversy about Bari Weiss resigning her NYT opinion post
• impact of COVID-19
• coverage of the protests demanding social justice and equality
• coverage of the violence currently happening in many of our cities
• attacks on the press by various law enforcement organizations
• President Trump’s decision to send federal law enforcement into cities
• the historic upcoming Presidential Election

The series is presented by Borden Media Consulting (BMC) and Equilar in support of our firms’ decades long commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and it’s associated with BMC’s board search practice.