Greg Dyke

Gregory "Greg" Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, journalist and broadcaster and is currently chairman of The Football Association (FA). Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the United Kingdom in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am. In the 1990s, he held Chief Executive positions at LWT Group, Pearson Television and Channel 5.He is most notable for his tenure as Director-General of the BBC from January 2000 until 29 January 2004, a position from which he resigned following heavy criticism of the BBC's news reporting process in the Hutton Inquiry. He is the chairman of children's television company HiT Entertainment and has been Chancellor of the University of York since 2004.

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Greg Dyke
Birth dateMay 20, 1947
Birth place
London , United Kingdom , Middlesex , Hayes Hillingdon
Title
Chancellor of the University of York
Chairman of Brentford Football Club
Chairman of HiT Entertainment
Chairman of the British Film Institute

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