CNBC's Dennis Kneale Moderates High-Level Panel of Media & Entertainment Executives

Dennis Kneale, media and technology editor of CNBC, moderated a high-powered roundtable with leading media and entertainment industry executives at this year's Milken Institute Global Conference. The event was held in Beverly Hills, CA.

 
 CNBC's Dennis Kneale (l) and Fox's Peter Chernin Activision Chairman Robert Kotick


 Terry Semel, now Chairman and CEO of Windsor Media BBC's Mark Thompson


 West Wing's Richard Schiff was in the Kneale audience                                   All photos: © 2008 NewsBios.com

Kneale's panel included Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer, News Corporation; Robert Kotick, chairman and CEO, Activision Inc.; Terry Semel, former Chairman and CEO, Yahoo! Inc.; and Mark Thompson, director-general, British Broadcasting Company.

Kneale's style mixes humor and persistence.  He is willing to return repeatedly to the same executive with the same question if he feels the executive didn't answer fully or straightforwardly.  All of the executives appears to be very familiar with Kneale and clearly on a first-name, casual basis with the journalist.

A full audio of the panel, Media and Entertainment: Consequences of the Digital Revolution, can be heard on the Milken Institute web site.

Kneale, who joined CNBC in October 2007, has been a regular moderator at the Milken Institute annual conference for a number of years.  His sessions are always well-attended and lively.

 

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