Mark R. Thompson

CNN’s Mark Thompson: ‘There’s plenty of things we have to fix’

...CNN chief executive Sir Mark Thompson is working on plans for a digital subscription streaming service as part of a root-and-branch overhaul of the 24-hour cable news network in the face of an “existential...

April 17, 2024

Emma Jacobs

How Elon Musk’s X weaned me off Twitter for good (almost)

...Derek Thompson recently wrote in The Atlantic about the “arousing negativity contained in much viral media: indignation, anger, shame”....

December 30, 2023

FT Live

Investing in America

Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness

Taiwan

Taiwan’s trade tsar seeks new deals and braces for possible Trump win

...But 2023 appeared to mark a turning point, as Tsai’s administration managed to ink trade arrangements with the three advanced economies....

April 24, 2024

ReviewAlbums

Usher: Coming Home album review — classic R&B marooned in the past

...In the meantime, his first album in eight years marks the other prong of his return. Coming Home does what it says on the tin....

February 9, 2024

News updates from August 23: Plane carrying Prigozhin crashes, Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates

Former BBC and New York Times boss Mark Thompson in talks to run CNN

...Former BBC and New York Times chief Mark Thompson is in talks for the top job at CNN, as the troubled news network looks to turn around its business after a tumultuous period....

August 23, 2023

HTSI

Mark Bradford’s art of glass

...Mark Bradford: Process Collettivo, edited by Nicole R Fleetwood, is published by Hauser & Wirth Publishers at £38....

April 4, 2024

FT Live

The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition

FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government

Public relations

New York-based PR firms plan merger under WPP overhaul

...VMLY&R to create the world’s largest creative advertising company in October last year....

January 25, 2024

Media

CNN names former BBC and New York Times head Mark Thompson as chief

...Former BBC and New York Times head Mark Thompson has been appointed chief executive of CNN, as the troubled cable news channel seeks to turn round its business after a rocky year and a half....

August 30, 2023

News in-depthCNN News Group

Mark Thompson faces ‘peak disruption’ as he takes CNN helm

...This article has been amended since initial publication to correct the age of Mark Thompson...

August 31, 2023

Robin Lane Fox

Notes from a small vegetable garden

...These varieties are offered by Thompson and Morgan, my first resort for the latest veg seeds....

April 20, 2024

CNN News Group

Former BBC and New York Times boss Mark Thompson in talks to run CNN

...Former BBC and New York Times chief Mark Thompson is in talks for the top job at CNN, as the troubled news network looks to turn around its business after a tumultuous period....

August 23, 2023

Life & Arts

FT Weekend Quiz: ‘The Pillar of the Cloud’, iacta alea est and a haircut

...Which post has been held by Alasdair Milne, Michael Checkland and Mark Thompson? In cricket, what’s the collective word for byes, leg byes, wides and no balls?...

February 16, 2024

News in-depthUK politics

UK’s ‘technical’ recession is politically toxic for Rishi Sunak

...“In all likelihood, the late-2023 softness should mark the bottom of the cycle for the UK,” said Pickering. Ellie Henderson, economist at Investec bank, was “not too concerned” by Thursday’s data....

February 15, 2024

US Election Countdown

Biden extends donor lead over Trump

...CNN chief executive Mark Thompson told the FT’s Daniel Thomas and Anna Nicolaou that the broadcaster would take greater care to make tighter checks than in previous elections....

April 18, 2024

HTSIHTSI autumn property special

The brilliance of Brazilian modernism

...Last year, Zanini de Zanine Caldas, the Rio-based furniture designer, showed The Sound of Wood at R & Company in New York, a collection of work marking 20 years of his studio....

November 3, 2023

FT Live

Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?

Exclusively for FT subscribers

UK honours system

Spy chief, the late Martin Amis and Vogue editor receive UK honours

...Mark Thompson, the former BBC director-general who went on to become chief executive of The New York Times until 2020, also receives a knighthood....

June 16, 2023

Meta Platforms

How Meta got over Silicon Valley’s disdain for dividends

...Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, stands to receive about $175mn in quarterly dividend payments for his 350mn shares in the group....

February 2, 2024

Terrorism

Germany and Netherlands detain four over alleged Hamas plot

...The alleged plot, if confirmed, would mark a significant escalation of Hamas activities in Germany....

December 14, 2023

HTSI

Studio Nicholson – the cult label quietly dressing everyone

...She didn’t finish her degree, cutting her design teeth at Diesel in the 1990s, followed by Marks & Spencer, where she designed shirts and chinos....

October 4, 2023

High Speed Two Ltd

HS2 offers ‘very poor value’ for money, MPs warn

...HS2 is still searching for a new chief executive after Mark Thurston left after six years in the post last July. Sir Jon Thompson, a senior civil servant, was appointed chair last February....

February 7, 2024

News updates from August 24: Brics invites six nations to join, Putin confirms Prigozhin’s death

Former BBC and New York Times boss in talks to run CNN

August 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence

AI robot uses meteorite from Mars to help make oxygen from water

...The paper represented another advance in the fast-developing field of using AI for materials discovery, Thompson added....

November 13, 2023

HTSIThe taste of Christmas

Excellent whiskies from £35 and up

...He also recommends the bottlings by Thompson Bros – a filial outfit in the Highlands....

December 13, 2023

FirstFT

FirstFT: Biden to call for higher tariffs on Chinese steel imports

...CNN: Chief executive Sir Mark Thompson wants the 24-hour cable news network to undergo a digital overhaul in the face of an “existential” challenge to its business....

April 17, 2024

News in-depthG20

‘This is our soft power’: Narendra Modi hopes G20 summit will mark India’s ascent

...“For US-China relations, it’s an important missed opportunity,” Thompson added....

September 8, 2023

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