Les Hinton
Summary
Les Hinton is a British-born American journalist and businessman. He was appointed CEO of Dow Jones & Company in December 2007, after its acquisition by News Corporation. Hinton became a United States citizen in 1986.He has worked for News Corp for more than 48 years as a journalist and executive in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In 1976, he moved from London to New York as a foreign correspondent for the group’s newspapers in Britain and Australia. After several executive positions, he was appointed President of Murdoch Magazines in 1990, two years later becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of News America Publishing, responsible for the company’s US publishing operations.
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Gordon Brown's former aide warns over arrest of officer accused of press leak
Arrest of Ealing commander could have an impact on all Westminster civil servants, says Kath Raymond.
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The pros and cons of newspaper paywalls: a Twitter debate
Debates over newspaper paywalls break out all the time but not all of them involve a former Dow Jones chief executive, a former Wall Street Journal publisher, the current head of the Wall Street Journal‘s digital arm, the president of BuzzFeed and media writers for Bloomberg and All Things Digital.
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Les Hinton back with a vengeance on Twitter
He's writing to the FT. He's set up a Twitter account after 15 months in the wilderness. And boy, is he back. In the space of just three days, he has criticised Max Hastings for suggesting the main job of the Press Complaints Commission was to protect the tabloids; he's taken up the cudgel for Guardian hacks threatened with job cuts, retweeting a story about Guardian News & Media cost-saving plans, declaring it "can't go on".
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Former Dow Jones President Expected To Join Time Inc. Atop News and Sports
Time Inc. is expected to name former Dow Jones executive Todd Larsen to lead its news and sports brands, according to people familiar with the company's plans. Mr. Larsen served as president of Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street. . .
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Dow Jones president steps down at News Corp.
Dow Jones & Co. President Todd Larsen stepped down from the position Tuesday, part of a round of organizational changes under the News Corp. division's new CEO, Lex Fenwick. Mr. Larsen, who had been with Dow Jones for a total of 13 years, held the president's job since January 2010, the division said Tuesday in a statement.
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Larsen resigns from Dow Jones in big shake-up
Todd Larsen, the man once tipped to replace Les Hinton as CEO of Dow Jones, has unexpectedly stepped down from his role as the company's president, says a company press release.
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Dow Jones President Todd Larsen steps down
Todd Larsen has resigned as president of Dow Jones & Co. , says a company press release. Larsen was touted as a potential replacement for Les Hinton, who resigned as CEO of Dow Jones last July, saying he wasn’t… Read more.
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Phone-hacking debate: wrath falls on Rupert Murdoch's mendacious men
If MPs decide to lock up the Wapping Three, the trio will be the first malfeasants to be jugged by parliament for 132 years.
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News International executives should face possibility of jail, says MP
Labour frontbencher Chris Bryant makes call as Les Hinton, Tom Crone and Colin Myler referred to standards watchdog.
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Phone hacking: MPs to debate culture select committee report on Tuesday
MPs are to debate the conclusions of the Commons culture select committee report on News of the World phone hacking on Tuesday afternoon.
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