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platform for the media mogul to
showcase his resolve in pursuing topseated
journalists like The New Yorker’s
Jeffrey Goldberg and blogger Andrew
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Sullivan. In short, Bradley cultivates
a culture of talent, hosting local
roundtables for top journalists to speak
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leaders. His wife, Katherine, runs the
CityBridge Foundation, their family
foundation, which supports a host of
education and health-related initiatives.
NATE DAVIS
PRESIDENT & CEO,
XM SATELLITE RADIO
Since 2006, Davis has put the techsavvy
smarts he exercised at his previous
appointment, executive vice president
of all technical operations at Nextel, to
good use at XM. Davis also serves on
the boards of Mutual of America Capital
Management Corporation and Charter
Communications. XM is poised to become
even more relevant with the launch of
POTUS ‘08 (created in association with
C-SPAN), the first national radio channel
completely devoted to a presidential
campaign. Davis’ impending merger with
XM’s top competitor, Sirius Satellite
Radio, may be the best evidence of his
power and influence.
CRAIG DUBOW
CEO,GANNETT INC.
Dubow began his career in advertising
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sales, where a firm handshake and eye
contact traditionally put dinner on the
table. After parlaying his people skills into
a spot at a local radio station, his rise was
meteoric. Today, Gannett is America’s largest
newspaper group in terms of circulation.
The company’s 90 daily newspapers
in the U.S. have a combined daily paid
circulation of approximately 7.3 million. In
addition, Gannett owns nearly 1,000 nondaily
publications and USA WEEKEND,
a weekly newspaper magazine of
approximately 23 million circulation.
JOHN FAHEY AND TIM KELLY
PRESIDENT & CEO,NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GLOBAL
MEDIA (RESPECTIVELY)
The environment is hot right now (all
too literally, according to reports on global
warming), and National Geographic’s
brand is on top of environmental issues and
reportage. Fahey has led an evolution of the
National Geographic Society, including
its entry into cable television with the
National Geographic Channel, which now
airs in 34 languages and reaches more than
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