Richard Desmond and Barclays top journalism Rich List

Posted by Paul McNally on 28 April 2008 at 07:45
Tags: Agencies, Magazines, Media Business, National Newspapers, New Media, Regional Newspapers

The Sunday Times this week published its annual Rich List. Here are some of the top earners in journalism.

35th - Richard Desmond - £1.9bn
40th - The Barclay twins - £1.7bn
101st - Felix Dennis - £750m
113th - The Pearson family - £720m
121st - The Thomson family - £670m
137th - Viscount Rothermere - £600m
158th - David Sullivan (Sport Newspapers) - £500m
214th - John Madejski (Auto Trader) - £400m
239th - Mark Getty (Getty Images) - £370m
325th - Lord Heseltine (Haymarket) - £250m
362nd - Sir Ray Tindle - £225m

The Independent on Sunday, meanwhile, has drawn a top 100 “happy list” of people who have “given something back and enhanced the lives of others”.

Among the entries are Daily Telegraph cartoonist Matt Pritchett, Radio 4 journalist Jenni Murray… and Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies.