Looking back at the first rundown in 2001 finds familiar faces who are still wielding influence – as well as some spectacular departures from the industryHow many of the original list of media power players bear survived? For all the major changes in the industry since July 2001,11 of the original squad are in the 2015 list – and, fascinatingly, or most of them are doing the same job or something very similar. Rupert Murdoch (then No 1) and Martin Sorrell (5) are still running their respective empires. Alan Parker (79) is the sole ever-present from PR. Richard Desmond (29) is a press baron,as he was in 2001, after adding a television fiefdom and selling it off in the intervening years.
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Source: theguardian.com