Murdoch MacLennan
Encyclopedia
Murdoch MacLennan, 62, is chief executive of Telegraph Media Group
in the UK, having previously been managing director of Associated Newspapers
for ten years until 2004.
He was listed 41st in the 2011 MediaGuardian Media 100 list of powerful figures in the British Media. having been number 17 in 2010.
in 2010, he became chairman of PA
, in addition to his role at the Telegraph
. He is a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution
and vice-chairman of the World Association of Newspapers
.
Telegraph Media Group
The Telegraph Media Group is the proprietor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. It is a subsidiary of Press Holdings. David and Frederick Barclay acquired the group in July 2004, after months of intense bidding and lawsuits, from Hollinger Inc...
in the UK, having previously been managing director of Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers is a large national newspaper publisher in the UK, which is a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust. The group was established in 1905 and is currently based at Northcliffe House in Kensington...
for ten years until 2004.
He was listed 41st in the 2011 MediaGuardian Media 100 list of powerful figures in the British Media. having been number 17 in 2010.
Career
MacLennan started his career as a graduate trainee at the Scotsman in Edinburgh, before moving to Reading as production manager for a regional weekly. He joined the board of The Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail as Production Director in 1982. Both papers were part of the Mirror Group, and he became the group's Director of Production in 1984. He moved to Express Newspapers a year later in 1985 to become Production and Technical Director, Harmsworth Quays in 1989 to be Managing Director, then back to Mirror Group as Group Operations Director of Mirror Group Newspapers and Managing Director of Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail until 1994, when he moved to Associated.in 2010, he became chairman of PA
Press Association
The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying multimedia news content to almost all national and regional newspapers, television and radio news, as well as many websites with text, pictures, video and data content globally...
, in addition to his role at the Telegraph
Telegraph Media Group
The Telegraph Media Group is the proprietor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. It is a subsidiary of Press Holdings. David and Frederick Barclay acquired the group in July 2004, after months of intense bidding and lawsuits, from Hollinger Inc...
. He is a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution
Commission on Scottish Devolution
The Commission on Scottish Devolution, also referred to as the Calman Commission, Scottish Parliament Commission or Review was established by an opposition Labour Party motion passed by the Scottish Parliament on 6 December 2007, with the support of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats...
and vice-chairman of the World Association of Newspapers
World Association of Newspapers
The World Association of Newspapers is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations and individual newspaper executives in 100 countries...
.