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Michael Grade

Type: Person

Name: Michael Grade (Michael Ian Grade)

Title: Executive Chairman (2007-01-01

company: ITV

Date of Birth: 08/03/1943

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for Michael Grade

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Letters: Don't compromise over press regulation

_ It is baffling and disappointing to us, as people who have suffered some of the worst press abuses of recent years, that the Guardian suddenly appears ready to surrender to the manipulations of press corporations responsible for many of those abuses ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Alex Best, Mike Hollingsworth, Ian Hurst, Ed Blum, Jacqui Hames

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 7 reports

Lord Grade open to taking on mediator role to end press regulation 'impasse'

The former chairman of the BBC, Lord Grade, has said that he would be open to taking on a role as mediator to end the ongoing stand-off over press regulation.Financial Times editor Lionel Barber put Grade’s name forward at a Commons select committee hearing ... [Published Press Gazette - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, Deadlock, Lionel Barber, Hacked Off, Privy Council

First reported Jun 19 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Grade

In praise of … Michael Grade

Lord Grade , a past chief executive of Channel 4 who took over as chairman of the BBC after the Hutton inquiry and left that job to run ITV, has the credentials to end the dangerous drift. ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, ITV Plc, Channel 4

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

In praise of … Michael Grade

Lord Grade has the credentials to end the dangerous drift over the replacement for the Press Complaints Commission It's more than 60 years since he set out as a cub reporter on the Daily Mirror, and Michael Grade's career as a media baron has had its ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, Press Complaints Commission, Hacked Off

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

City Spy: Tony Ball squeeze to be handled with care

But the former BSkyB chief who is chairman of the £6.4 billion-valued German cable company shouldn’t squeeze too hard as he did four years ago when he tried to negotiate a whacking £30 million pay package to rescue an ailing ITV.Efforts to find Michael ... [Published London Evening Standard - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: One Media Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, ITV Plc

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Creative leaders: Michael Grade

It was one of the few spring days that actually felt like spring when Campaign met up with the legendary TV impresario Lord Grade. The sun shone brightly into his compact Kings Road offices and Grade was in high spirits as he fidgeted with his iPad he ... [Published Media Week Online - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, Creativity, Pinewood Shepperton Plc, Impresario, Bobby Holland

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Lord Michael Grade set to be interviewed as part of The Drum Live

Former director general of the BBC Lord Michael Grade is one of the names confirmed to speak at The Drum Live , where The Drum will create an edition of the magazine involving the audience.Lord Grade, chairman of Pinewood Shepperton is set to offer his ... [Published The Drum - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, Pinewood Shepperton Plc, Wayne Hemingway, Jeremy King, Director General of the BBC

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Pull the plug on timewarp TV

During his tenure at the BBC Michael Grade may well have been many different things, to a great many people, but his greatest achievement has to have been the cancellation of Dr Who.At the time this awful programme needed removing from the schedule. It ... [Published Plymouth Evening Herald - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Bruce Forsyth, BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Michael Grade

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Save MOSI: Backlash grows to London board's plan as TV scientist Brian Cox criticises the move

Celebrity TV scientist Brian Cox has spearheaded calls to keep the doors of the firmly open. The Manchester University physicist and broadcaster said any serious threat to the landmark museum would show ‘reckless disregard for our future for short-term ... [Published Manchester Evening News - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Brian Cox, Janet Lewis, London Science Museum

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

CITY FOCUS: Adam Crozier switches on creativity as ITV boss builds future around programme-making

Adam Crozier has been a chief executive since he was 31, but ITV might just be the best job he has ever had. It has certainly been less of a harrowing experience than running the Football Association or the Royal Mail. ?I get less death threats, that?s ... [Published This Is Money - May 22 2013]

Entities: Adam Crozier, ITV Plc, Royal Mail Group Ltd, Michael Grade

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 25 2013 - 1 reports

Madness and Michael Grade take BBC's TV Centre tribute one step beyond | TV ratings - 22 March

Band's gig outside historic studios pulls in 800,000 viewers and two-hour documentary draws 1.5 millionNearly 800,000 viewers watched Madness sing farewell to the BBC's Television Centre but a Michael Grade documentary about the 63-year-old site proved ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Channel 4

First reported Mar 17 2013 - Updated Mar 17 2013 - 1 reports

Michael Grade: 'BBC Television Centre was state of the art but it's way past its sell-by date'

When the legends of television’s "golden age" assemble tonight to say a tearful goodbye to BBC Television Centre, it’s appropriate that the ringmaster for the event will be Michael Grade. A showbusiness "impresario", down to his trademark bright red ... [Published The Independent - Mar 17 2013]

Entities: Michael Grade, BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Jimmy Savile, Impresario

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Letters: Don't compromise over press regulation [Published Guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago]
Lord Grade open to taking on mediator role to e... [Published Press Gazette - Jun 19 2013]
In praise of … Michael Grade [Published Big News Network - Jun 19 2013]
In praise of … Michael Grade [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]
Former TV boss Michael Grade suggested as media... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]
Ex-TV boss to help broker deal [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]
Former TV boss Michael Grade suggested as media... [Published The Independent - Jun 18 2013]
Barber and Blackhurst say press needs to finali... [Published Press Gazette - Jun 18 2013]
Leveson Former TV boss Michael Grade could help... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]
Leveson: Former TV boss Michael Grade could hel... [Published The Independent - Jun 18 2013]
FT editor: appoint Lord Grade as mediator in pr... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 18 2013]
City Spy: Tony Ball squeeze to be handled with ... [Published London Evening Standard - Jun 18 2013]
Media Monkey's Diary: Jim Gray, Adam Crozier an... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 16 2013]
Creative leaders: Michael Grade [Published Media Week Online - Jun 13 2013]
Lord Michael Grade set to be interviewed as par... [Published The Drum - Jun 11 2013]
Pull the plug on timewarp TV [Published Plymouth Evening Herald - Jun 10 2013]
Save MOSI: Backlash grows to London board's pla... [Published Manchester Evening News - Jun 05 2013]
CITY FOCUS: Adam Crozier switches on creativity... [Published This Is Money - May 22 2013]
Adam Crozier switches on creativity as ITV boss... [Published Mail Online UK - May 22 2013]
VIDEO: Grade urges 'smaller BBC' for new DG [Published BBC News Video - Entertainment and Arts - Apr 02 2013]
Madness and Michael Grade take BBC's TV Centre ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 25 2013]
Television Centre sale draws fire from BBC stars [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 19 2013]
Today's media stories from the papers [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 19 2013]
Michael Grade: 'BBC Television Centre was state... [Published The Independent - Mar 17 2013]
John Humphrys to receive Harvey Lee Award for G... [Published The Independent - Mar 14 2013]
Channel 4 could turn producers' anger into a po... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 13 2013]
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Media Monkey's Diary: Stuart Murphy, Coronation... [Published Media: Media Monkey \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 27 2013] ✒"This isn't fighting talk," insisted Sky's director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy as he listed all the on-screen talent working for the broadcaster – Steve Coogan, Julia Davis, Emily Mortimer et al – at a Sky Living launch last week . Was ...
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Alasdair Milne's funeral held in London \| Media... [Published Media: Media Monkey \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 21 2013] Although it was snowing hard, a small but high-powered group of broadcasters attended Alasdair Milne's funeral service on Friday at the Church of Scotland's St Columba church in Knightsbridge, London. Tim Davie, acting director general, led the BBC ...
Media Monkey's Diary: Mark Radcliffe, James Cor... [Published Media: Media Monkey \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 06 2013] ✒It was a potentially tricky handover last week when Mark Radcliffe took the reins of BBC Radio 2's Folk Show – the programme previously hosted by Mike Harding, who didn't entirely go quietly when he lost the gig after a decade and a half last year. ...

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VIDEO: Grade urges 'smaller BBC' for new DG [Published BBC News Video - Entertainment and Arts - Apr 02 2013]