Roy Greenslade
MediaGuardian
Nov 15, 2011 8:25 AM
Kenneth Roy has greeted the new chief executive of Johnston Press, Ashley Highfield, with a reminder about the parlous state of his company’s Edinburgh-based flagship, The Scotsman.
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Robert Andrews
Nov 10, 2008 11:14 AM
In a dramatic move, Ashley Highfield is quitting as CEO of Project Kangaroo, a UK VOD JV similar to Hulu, after just five months, to join Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) as VP of its newly combined UK consumer and online business, we have confirmed. Highfield will also join the board of…
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Robert Andrews
Apr 14, 2008 4:27 AM
BBC future media and technology director Ashley Highfield is quitting to become CEO of Project Kangaroo - an upcoming online TV JV between ITV (LSE: ITV), Channel 4 and the BBC’s profit-making BBC Worldwide wing - marking a return to the commercial sector after eight years. He will replace interim…
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