Marty Pompadur

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ABOUT MARTY POMPADUR

Marty Pompadur, BA from Williams College and LLB from the University of Michigan Law School, began his career as a practicing attorney but quickly entered into Media and Entertainment. He was employed at ABC, Inc.(19••••77). He was the youngest person ever appointed to the ABC Board of Directors. Accomplishments at ABC: GM of the T.V. Network; VP of the Broadcast Division; President of the Leisure Activities Group.19••••82: President of Ziff Corporation. Ziff Corporation was the holding company for Ziff-Davis Publishing and Ziff-Davis Broadcasting.19••••07: Mr. Pompadur was chairman and CEO of RP Companies’ various private and public limited partnerships operating 12 T.V. and 25 radio stations and numerous cable T.V. systems totaling subscribers.Notable accomplishments: Advisor to News Corporation in 1985 where he helped News Corp acquire the Metromedia television station group and wrote the business plan for the start-up of Fox Television Network. 19••••08: Executive VP of News Corporation, President of News Corporation Eastern and Central Europe; member of News Corporation’s Executive Management Committee; then Chairman of News Corporation Europe. During this time, he was instrumental in negotiating the merger of Stream and Telepiu to create Sky Italia in Italy, and created and managed a television station group in several emerging countries, a radio station group in Russia and Bulgaria, and News Outdoor, the leading outdoor advertising company in Russia and other emerging countries.In 2008, Senior Advisor to Oliver Wyman, consulting primarily in the Middle East, and Global Vice Chairman of media and entertainment for Macquarie Capital.Now he is an investor, advisor, and board member of various companies. He sits on the board of two public companies, Nexstar broadcasting group and Truli media group. He was a board member of Imax Corporation, ABC. Inc, BSkyB, Sky Italia, Premier World, Fox Kids Europe, Metromedia International and Elong.