Media Masters - David Pemsel

Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 5 a.m.

b'David Pemsel is CEO of The Guardian Media Group. In this in-depth interview, now over two years into the job, he discusses his plan to tackle mounting losses and return to profitability - shedding jobs, abandoning the Berliner presses and moving to tabloid; discusses the success of their initiative to encourage readers to become \\u2018supporters\\u2019, which now raises more revenue than print advertising and keeps the site paywall-free; outlines his plans to grow the Guardian\\u2019s global presence and build on their existing base of 10 million regular readers; and reveals why despite the onslaught of \\u2018fake news\\u2019 and his frustration with Google and Facebook\\u2019s destructive impact on their digital revenue, he is more optimistic than ever about GMG\\u2019s future.'