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James Murdoch
AS Profile James Murdoch may have slipped one place since last year, when a couple of smart moves turned Sky from a pay-TV provider into a telecoms provider, but he is still highly rated by the panel for what BSkyB is doing to converge entertainment formats... [12 Oct 2007]
Emily Bell
AS Profile The rise of a younger, more natively web-focused generation of media figures is also underlined by the relatively high placing of Murdoch's son James on the list for the second year running. As a journalist, Bell has written widely on media issues... [12 Oct 2007]
Good and bad year for comms
AS Analysis In a similar vein to Charles Dunstone at 42 - though admittedly Dunstone has the bread-and-butter role of being the largest retailer of mobile devices in Europe - James Murdoch can point to an interesting position in the world of comms. [12 Oct 2007]
Rupert Murdoch
AS Profile Murdoch is a man who has shaped modern media to a greater degree than any other individual, revitalising an ailing newspaper industry and pioneering satellite TV. Murdoch suffered a cancer scare in 2000, which fuelled rumours he would soon stand... [12 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Ranking everything
Comment Past number ones include Ray Ozzie (now at Microsoft), Ashley Highfield (BBC), Eric Schmidt (Google), Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch, Chris Gent (Vodafone) and former AOL top dog Steve Case - remember him? [13 Sep 2007]
BSkyB to buy Amstrad for £125m
Amstrad chairman Sir Alan Sugar won't be fired, but will run the business for his new boss, BSkyB chief James Murdoch. Broadcaster BSkyB is buying Amstrad, the venerable computing name that once made up to a quarter of the European PC business... [31 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: All communications in one place
Comment Our reporter in Amsterdam covering the latest on the Easynet situation a year post-Sky buy was disappointed on Thursday morning as James Murdoch couldn't make it over from London "because of the snow". [09 Feb 2007]
Only CIOs can put a stop to sloppy telecoms
News BSkyB CEO James Murdoch recently described quad-play as an "uncomfortable marriage", adding: "Our existing partnerships with network operators work very well for us.we are not interested in being a mobile network operator. [09 Feb 2007]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
Leader Instead, the panel decided the innovation was coming from the likes of Carphone Warehouse CEO Charles Dunstone (38) - for starting the free broadband wars - and BSkyB chief James Murdoch (21) - for transforming Sky from a pay TV company into a... [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
AS Analysis Instead, the panel decided the innovation was coming from the likes of Carphone Warehouse CEO Charles Dunstone (38) - for starting the free broadband wars - and BSkyB chief James Murdoch (21) - for transforming Sky from a pay TV company into a... [25 Sep 2006]
Telecoms trends
AS Analysis The presence of Carphone Warehouse CEO Charles Dunstone (number 38) and BSkyB chief James Murdoch (number 21) are both indications of how the telecoms market has shifted - and how this trend is expected to continue. [25 Sep 2006]
James Murdoch
AS Profile James Murdoch is back on the Agenda Setters list, after an absence in 2005, due to a couple of smart moves that have turned Sky from 'the pay TV provider' to 'the telecoms provider'. Since then, Murdoch has presided over the launch of Sky into the... [25 Sep 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Rupert Murdoch
News Owned by News Corp and run by Rupert's son James Murdoch (also a 2005 Agenda Setter), BSkyB in the UK has made its move into home broadband and the coming year looks to be one that will see the organisation lock horns with BT over broadband and... [08 Sep 2006]
BSkyB and Carphone left to battle for AOL buy?
News James Murdoch, head of BSKyB, revealed recently the precise rationale - and the price tag - behind such a buy still had to be worked out. AOL has reportedly shortlisted the potential buyers for its UK unit - step up BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse. [03 Aug 2006]
Sky: AOL price tag must come down
News BSkyB CEO James Murdoch has revealed the company is in the race to buy AOL UK - but not at any price. Speaking today at the launch of the company's broadband product, Murdoch confirmed Sky is considering buying the ISP. [18 Jul 2006]
