Michelle Guthrie makes “25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television” list

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has been named on the Hollywood Reporter’s “25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television” list.

She is the only Aussie to make the cut.

The article describes her thus:

As the first female boss of Australia’s national broadcaster — and the first from a non-English-speaking background (her parents are Australian-Chinese), Guthrie has made on-air diversity her mantra. Aiming to make ABC “look and sound like Australia,” she has introduced a “diversity tracker” that keeps tabs on the gender, ethnicity and regional and social demographics of the faces onscreen. “The ABC is at an important moment in its history,” she told a crowd at the University of Melbourne. “The challenges we face as an industry have the potential to change the way the ABC engages with its audience and how it remains relevant for the next generation.”

Other women listed include Head of Sky Anne Mensah (UK), Director of BBC content Charlotte Moore (UK) and Belinda Menendez who is President of NBCUniversal International TV Distribution and Universal Networks International (US)

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