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Adam Lambert
1982–
Singer with a theatrical roar who took American Idol to the charts and the Queen catalog on the road.

People
1982–
Singer with a theatrical roar who took American Idol to the charts and the Queen catalog on the road.

People
1966–
Saturday Night Live comic who built a film company out of a goofy, loyal American voice.

People
1981–
Stand-up and actress who turned a Comedy Central hour into a writer’s room of her own.

People
1946–
NBC’s chief foreign-affairs correspondent and a Washington institution.
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Andrew Goldberg
People
1968–
Documentary filmmaker who puts Jewish history on American television.

People
1947–
News executive who led NBC News and MSNBC through several turbulent cycles.

People
1956–2018
Chef and traveler who turned kitchen truth and world appetite into a public language.

People
1980–
Chief legal correspondent and host of The Beat, an attorney on weeknight television.
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Arthur Sulzberger
People
1900–
The family name on the masthead of The New York Times across four publishers.

People
1984–
Commentator who cofounded The Daily Wire and built a daily show into a conservative franchise.

People
1952–
Editor and commentator who founded The Weekly Standard.

People
1978–
Comic who turned sidewalk ambush into a television form.

People
1951–
Media executive who remade Disney through Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Fox.

People
1950–
NBCUniversal studio executive who rose to vice-chairman of the company.
People
1957–2017
Manager-turned-studio chief who ran Paramount through a decade of outsized hits.

People
1973–
Pulitzer-winning columnist at The New York Times and founding editor of SAPIR.

People
1959–
Chairman and CEO of Comcast, the company his father founded.

People
1985–
Media reporter who hosted CNN’s Reliable Sources and wrote the industry’s first draft.

People
1950–2018
Psychiatrist who became a Pulitzer-winning newspaper columnist.

People
1972–
Political journalist who moderated NBC’s Meet the Press and later launched a podcast.

People
1903–1952
The most beloved Stooge, a physical poet of nyuks, spins, and sudden grace.

People
1971–
Showrunner who, with David Benioff, adapted A Song of Ice and Fire for HBO.

People
1971–
CNN anchor who hosts Inside Politics and co-anchors State of the Union.
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Dana Walden
People
1964–
Television executive who rose to the top creative job at Disney.

People
1969–
Director of intense, often unsettling pictures from Pi to The Wrestler.

People
1977–
Founder of Barstool Sports who turned a Boston rag into a national media brand.

People
1976–
Talk-show host who took The Rubin Report from a web corner to a conservative franchise.

People
1970–
Novelist and screenwriter who, with D. B. Weiss, brought Westeros to Sunday night.

People
1955–
Comcast’s longtime political strategist who later served as U.S. ambassador to Canada.
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David Perpich
People
1900–
Media executive listed among contemporary figures in news and Hollywood-adjacent business.

People
1947–
Parody specialist who helped make Airplane! and The Naked Gun.

People
1958–
Internist and addiction specialist who became radio and television’s Dr. Drew.

People
1944–
Philadelphia mayor and Pennsylvania governor who also chaired the national Democratic Party.

People
1966–
Journalist who edited Time and later took the magazine’s chair into a new corporate life.

People
1985–
British broadcaster who took Woman’s Hour and then joined Radio 4’s Today.

People
1982–
Seth Rogen's writing partner and a quiet engine of modern comedy.

People
1979–
Vanity Fair correspondent who wrote the Roger Ailes biography and The Apprentice screenplay.
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Gary Barber
People
1957–
South African-born producer who ran MGM and co-founded Spyglass.

People
1952–
Political journalist who became one of CNN’s senior analysts after CBS and U.S. News.

People
1944–
Israeli-American media builder who brought Power Rangers to American kids.

People
1973–
Filmmaker who treats taboo and play as the same canvas.

People
1891–1958
Columbia Pictures cofounder who ran a major studio with a producer’s iron hand.
People
1952–
Miramax co-founder who championed independent film, later disgraced.

People
1954–
Radio’s most famous morning man, who turned shock into a long-form American interview.
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Isaac Perlmutter
People
1942–
Israeli-American financier who steered Marvel from toys and comics toward a modern studio era.

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1889–1956
Film executive who cofounded Columbia Pictures with his brother Harry.

People
1945–
Medal of Honor colonel who became a military analyst and investment manager.

People
1969–
CNN’s lead Washington anchor, host of The Lead and co-host of State of the Union.

People
1978–
Actor who moved from Spider-Man to 127 Hours and a restless side career.

People
1900–
Media executive who ran NBCUniversal and later held a top post at Paramount Skydance.

People
1965–
Television executive who ran NBCUniversal and later CNN Worldwide.

People
1960–
Lawyer-turned-legal analyst and bestselling writer on American trials.

People
1971–
CIA and Pentagon chief of staff who later analyzed security on television.

People
1926–2017
Clown prince of American comedy and a tireless fundraiser.

People
1950–
Half of the Airplane! trio who also directed the smash romance Ghost.

People
1944–
The third voice in Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.

People
1955–
Former hedge-fund manager who turned stock talk into CNBC’s Mad Money.

People
1900–
Entrepreneur and television host who ran a weekend small-business hour.

People
1907–1988
Impish comic who spent two seasons as a Stooge and a lifetime as a scene-stealer.

People
1972–
CNN morning anchor who also sits in for Anderson Cooper’s evening hour.
People
1900–
Television political reporter, among several public figures who share the name.

People
1962–
Satirist who made a comedy desk the country’s most trusted nightly briefing.

People
1974–
Internet entrepreneur who cofounded HuffPost and BuzzFeed and helped invent the shareable web.
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Jonathan Mann
People
1960–
Television journalist who reported for CNN from posts around the world.

People
1964–
New York Times editor, the journalist Joseph Kahn among several public namesakes.

People
1876–1961
Russian-born mogul who cofounded 20th Century Fox and helped invent the Oscars.
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Josh Mankiewicz
People
1955–
Dateline NBC correspondent from a storied Hollywood writing family.

People
1967–
Writer-producer who turned messy adulthood into a comedy studio.
People
1942–
Family-court judge who became television’s longest-running bench and a household name.

People
1965–
Hedge-fund executive and television panelist who made markets a conversation.

People
1983–
Broadcast journalist and author who became a breakout campaign correspondent.

People
1902–1975
The middle Stooge — a violinist from Philadelphia who made chaos a precise art.

People
1933–2021
Brooklyn-born interviewer who made a nighttime desk the world’s green room.

People
1949–
Television executive who ran CBS through a long ratings prime, then left amid scandal.

People
1971–
Actress known for Popular, What I Like About You, and American Horror Story.
People
1961–
Civil-rights attorney known for high-profile harassment and abuse cases.

People
1963–
Comic who rebuilt a career by talking, at length, in a garage.

People
1958–
Co-founder and first CEO of Netflix.

People
1870–1927
Theater magnate who created Loew’s chain and the studio that became MGM.

People
1926–1962
Actress who made glamour look like both armor and invitation.

People
1958–
Entrepreneur who sold Broadcast.com, bought the Mavericks, and joined Shark Tank.
People
1965–
Political journalist who wrote Game Change and later built the 2WAY platform.

People
1957–
Lawyer-turned-broadcaster with one of talk radio’s largest audiences.
People
1957–
Longtime co-anchor of NBC’s Today whose career ended in a workplace scandal.

People
1974–
Co-creator of Robot Chicken with Seth Green.

People
1970–
Media executive who became chief executive of The New York Times Company.

People
1965–
Director who made explosions, steel, and sunlight into a house style.

People
1965–
Producer and studio boss who has run New Line, DreamWorks, MGM, and now Warner Bros.
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Michael Golden
People
1900–
New York Times Company executive, a publisher-side Golden in a large public record of Michaels.
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Michael Lynton
People
1960–
Dutch-American executive who ran Sony Pictures and later chaired Snap and Warner Music.

People
1902–1987
Theater entrepreneur who founded the company that became National Amusements.

People
1897–1975
Bowl-cut leader of the Three Stooges and the act’s stubborn straight man.

People
1981–
Jerusalem-born actress who grew up on screen and collected an Oscar without losing the books.

People
1959–
Producer behind Fast and Furious, Jump Street, and a stack of hits.

People
1978–
Comedian who turned awkwardness into Kroll Show and Big Mouth.

People
1977–
Today show producer who became president of NBC News and a working screenwriter.

People
1971–
Editor who ran The New York Times Book Review, then wrote a frank opinion column.

People
1967–
Emmy-winning writer-producer who played Toby Flenderson on The Office.

People
1976–
NBC News correspondent, a television journalist among several public Peter Alexanders.

People
1954–
Longtime Redstone lieutenant who ran Viacom as president, CEO, and chairman.
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Ralph Baruch
People
1923–2016
German-born CBS executive who became Viacom’s first president.

People
1900–
Newsroom leader who rose at The New York Times and later ran NBC News editorial.

People
1987–
Animator who created Steven Universe and opened children’s television to a wider heart.

People
1900–
NBC’s chief foreign correspondent, a field reporter fluent in the region’s languages.

People
1962–
CNN International’s high-energy business anchor and editor-at-large of CNN Business.

People
1923–1991
Czech-born publisher who built a newspaper and scientific empire, then left it in wreckage.

People
1900–
Founder of New Line Cinema, the indie studio that walked hobbits into a global franchise.
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Roger Birnbaum
People
1950–
Film and television producer, partner in the Spyglass era.

People
1900–
Foreign correspondent and columnist who has reported from more than sixty countries.

People
1950–
Actor with a granite face who made monsters, bikers, and voice-over legends equally human.

People
1944–
CAA co-founder who ran Universal Studios for nearly two decades.

People
1971–
English comic who turns invented men into public tests.

People
1977–
Writer and commentator who became a familiar liberal voice on cable news.

People
1970–
Comedian who made shock, sweetness, and politics share a single joke.

People
1974–
Actor-producer who voiced Robot Chicken and played Scott Evil.

People
1973–
Saturday Night Live veteran who has hosted Late Night since 2014.

People
1982–
Canadian comic actor and writer who made kindness look riotous.

People
1954–
Media executive who held the family’s controlling votes and steered Paramount through its last independent years.

People
1895–1955
The original third Stooge, who left for a solo career and came back when his brothers needed him.

People
1962–
Goldman banker and film financier who served as the 77th U.S. Treasury secretary.

People
1923–2020
Media titan who turned a family theater chain into Viacom, CBS, and a century of programming.

People
1954–
Studio chief who founded Fox Searchlight and later took the helm at Sony’s movie group.

People
1956–
Playwright of Angels in America and a frequent Spielberg collaborator.

People
1948–
CNN’s longtime Situation Room anchor and one of the network’s principal faces.

People
1935–
Filmmaker who made New York neurosis into a comic art form.