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'''Mark John Thompson'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.co.uk/people/biographies/browse/t/1948/Mark%20John%20Thompson+THOMPSON.aspx |title=Mark Thompson, Esq Authorised Biography – Debrett’s People of Today, Mark Thompson, Esq Profile |publisher=Debretts.co.uk |date=31 July 1957 |accessdate=10 May 2012 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> (born 31 July 1957)<ref name=WW>“THOMPSON, Mark John Thompson,” in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who 2009]]'' (London: [[A & C Black]], 2008); online ed., (Oxford: OUP, 2008), [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U37546]. Retrieved 25 January 2009.</ref> is the current Chief Executive Officer ([[CEO]]) of [[The New York Times Company]].
 
From 2004 to 2012, Thompson was [[Director-General of the BBC|Director-General]] of the [[BBC]], and was a former Chief Executive of [[Channel 4]].
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* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1538794,00.html Biting comment over job cuts at the BBC] (Times)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4585361.stm Thompson welcomes strike suspension] (BBC)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629000229/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/020605/bbc_director_general_in+talks+offer BBC Resources sell-off delayed] (Press Gazette)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4708749.stm Thompson sells BBC Broadcast – which becomes [[Red Bee Media]]] (BBC)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2006/06_june/bbc_books.shtml Thompson flogs Books – to [[Random House]]] (BBC)