The Guardian 100 is
How many women are in the top 100?
There are 15 women in the Top 100.
What companies do these women work for and in what roles?
- Jane Tranter:- She is the second most improtant person in the BBC.
Job: controller of fiction,
BBCAge: 45
Industry: broadcasting
Annual programming budget: £440m
- Lesley Doughlas:- In charge of BBC Radio 2 station.
Job: controller,
BBC Radio 2 and 6Music,
BBC popular musicAge: 45
Industry: broadcasting
Annual programming budget: £45.1m (£39.5 Radio 2, £5.6m 6Music)
Audience: 13.63 million (Radio 2), 520,000 (BBC 6Music)
- Helen Boaden:-
Job: director,
BBC news
Age: 52
Industry: broadcasting
Annual programming budget: £322m
- Dame Marjorie Scardino
Job: chief executive,
PearsonAge: 61
Industry: publishing, digital media
Turnover: £4.22bn Staff: 32,000
Salary: £2.33m (including £1.34m bonus)
- Elisabeth Murdoch
Job: chairman and chief executive,
Shine GroupAge: 39
Industry: broadcasting
Turnover: £250m
- Rabekah Wade
Job: editor, the Sun
Age: 40
Industry: publishing
Circulation: 3,089,321 (June 2008)
- Carolyn McCall
Job: chief executive,
Guardian Media GroupAge: 46
Industry: publishing, broadcasting, digital media
Turnover: £716.1mStaff: 4,300 (fully-owned divisions)
Salary: £670,000 (including £305,000 bonus)
- Gail Rebuck
Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House
UKAge: 56
Industry: publishing
Staff: 1,600 worldwide
- Arianna Huffington
Job: founder, editor-in-chief, Huffington Post
Age: 57
Industry: digital media
- Dawn Airey
Job: chair and chief executive elect,
Channel Five
Age: 47
Industry: broadcasting
- Veronica Wadley
Job: editor, London Evening Standard
Age: 56
Industry: publishing
Circulation: 295,379 (June 2008)
- Jane Burton
Job: editor, Grazia
Age: 40
Industry: publishing
Circulation:
What percentage of the lsit is women?
How would you assess the balance of power in this list and why do you think it is this way?
