List of Jewish American businesspeople in media

Advertising and public relations

• Alvin Achenbaum, advertising executive, co-founder of Achenbaum and Associates, founder of the Achenbaum Institute of Marketing
• David R. Altman, co-founder of the Altman, Stoller, Weiss advertising agency
• Edward Bernays, Austrian-born pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda
• William Bernbach, co-founder of international advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach
• Milton H. Biow, advertising executive, founder of the Biow Company
• Maxwell Dane, co-founder of international advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach
• David Deutsch, founder of Deutsch, Inc.
• Daniel Edelman, founder of PR firm Edelman, Inc.
• Alvin Eicoff, founder of A. Eicoff & Company, inventor of direct response television advertising
• Arthur C. Fatt, advertising executive at the Grey Advertising Agency
• Lee Garfinkel, advertising executive, founder of the Garfinkel Group
• Al Fleishman, co-founder of PR and marketing agency FleishmanHillard Inc.
• Monroe Green, advertising director of the New York Times
• Michael Kempner, founder of PR firm MWWPR
• Julian Koenig, co-founder of advertising agency Papert Koenig Lois
• Albert Lasker, Prussian-born advertising pioneer, owner of the Lord & Thomas advertising agency and MLB's Chicago Cubs
• Norman B. Norman, advertising executive, co-founder of the Norman, Craig & Kummel agency
• Randall Rothenberg, CEO of iab.
• Marian Salzman, advertising and PR executive, CEO of Havas PR North America, co-founder of Cyberdialogue
• Rich Silverstein, co-founder of advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
• Joseph Spiegel, German-born founder of direct marketing and catalog company Spiegel
• Carl Spielvogel, founder of marketing and advertising communications company Backer & Spielvogel
• Herbert D. Strauss, advertising executive at the Grey Advertising Agency
• Ken Sunshine, founder of Sunshine Sachs Consultants
• Linda Kaplan Thaler, advertiser, founder of the Kaplan Thaler Group and Kaplan Thaler Productions
• Ronn Torossian, founder of 5W Public Relations
• Lawrence Valenstein, co-founder of the Grey Group
• Lester Wunderman, founder of Wunderman, Inc., creator of modern-day direct marketing and inventor of the toll-free 1-800 number
• Jordan Zimmerman, founder of Zimmerman Advertising, former co-owner of NHL's Florida Panthers
• Sergio Zyman, Mexican-American marketing executive, founder of the Zyman Group

  Music industry

• Herb Abramson, founder of Atlantic Records
• Berle Adams, co-founder of Mercury Records and senior executive at MCA
• Lou Adler, co-founder of Dunhill Records, co-owner of West Hollywood's Roxy Theatre
• Moses Asch, Polish-born co-founder of Folkways Records
• Irving Azoff, chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment, founder of Giant Records, co-founder of the Oak View Group, former chairman of MCA Inc. and Ticketmaster
• Marty Bandier, CEO of Sony/ATV, former chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing
• Emile Berliner, German-born co-founder of RCA Records
• Miriam Bienstock, former senior executive at Atlantic Records
• Jerry Blaine, co-founder of Jubilee Records
• Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun, founder of School Boy Records, RBMG Records; manager of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande
• Edgar Bronfman Jr., former CEO of Warner Music Group ; member of the Bronfman family
• Lew Chudd, Canadian-born founder of Imperial Records
• Alan N. Cohen, former VP of Warner Communications, and owner of NBA's Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks
• Lyor Cohen, Israeli-American co-founder of 300 Entertainment, former president of Def Jam Recordings
• Clive Davis, former president of Columbia Records, founder of Arista Records, Inc. and J Records
• Ron Fair, former president of record labels A&M, Geffen, Virgin and senior artists and repertoire executive at RCA, Chrysalis, EMI
• Leo Feist, founder of music publishing firm Leo Feist, Inc.
• Jason Flom, founder of Lava Music, LLC, former chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records
• Milt Gabler, founder of Commodore Records
• David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records and DGC Records, co-founder of Asylum Records
• Jody Gerson, CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group
• Daniel Glass, founder of Glassnote Records
• George Goldner, co-founder of record labels Tico, Gee, Rama, End, Gone, Roulette, Red Bird and Blue Cat
• Richard Gottehrer, co-founder of music and entertainment company the Orchard
• Norman Granz, founder of Clef Records, Norgran Records, Verve Records and Pablo Records
• Al Green, founder of National Records
• Irving Green, co-founder of Mercury Records
• Jerry Heller, co-founder of Ruthless Records; known for launching West Coast's gangsta rap movement
• Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records
• Orrin Keepnews, co-founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records
• Allen Klein, founder of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc., former manager of the Rolling Stones
• Lester Koenig, founder of Contemporary Records
• Morris Levy, co-founder of Roulette Records
• Goddard Lieberson, British-born former president of Columbia Records and the RIAA
• Alfred Lion, German-born co-founder of Blue Note Records
• Avery and Monte Lipman, founders of Republic Records
• Herman Lubinsky, founder of Savoy Records
• Fred Mendelsohn, former president of Savoy Records
• Doug Morris, chairman of Sony Music Entertainment, former chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group, founder of Big Tree Records
• Syd Nathan, founder of King Records
• Guy Oseary, Israeli-American CEO of Maverick, co-founder of Maverick Management; manager of Madonna, U2
• Mo Ostin, record executive at Verve, Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records, and DreamWorks
• Lou Pearlman, former record producer, founder of Trans Continental Records
• Randy Phillips, former president of the Anschutz Entertainment Group and current president and CEO of LiveStyle
• Milton Rackmil, co-founder of Decca Records and former head of Universal Pictures
• Teddy Reig, founder of Roost Records
• Gary Richards, president of LiveStyle, North America
• Steve Rifkind, founder of Loud Records and SRC Records, former vice president of Universal Motown Records
• Rick Rubin, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, former co-president of Columbia Records
• Larry Rudolph, founder of Reign Deer Entertainment, co-founder of Maverick Management; manager of Britney Spears
• Bob Shad, founder of Time Records and Mainstream Records
• Cary Sherman, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America
• Robert F. X. Sillerman, founder of LiveStyle, Inc. and CKX, Inc. ; owned majority rights to Graceland, the Elvis Presley estate
• Tom Silverman, founder of Tommy Boy Records, former vice president of Warner Bros. Records
• Phil Spector, co-founder of record labels Philles and Warner-Spector; developer of the Wall of Sound formula
• Jules C. Stein, co-founder of MCA Inc.
• Seymour Stein, VP of Warner Bros. Records Inc., co-founder of Sire Records
• Bernard Stollman, founder of the ESP-Disk record label
• Nat Tarnopol, record producer, president of Brunswick Records; manager of Jackie Wilson
• Lenny Waronker, former president of Warner Bros. Records and co-chairman of DreamWorks Records
• George Wein, music producer, impresario, and founder of the Newport Jazz Festival
• Bob Weinstock, former owner of Prestige Records
• Barry Weiss, co-founder of, former chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group and the RCA/Jive Label Group
• Hy Weiss, Romanian-born founder of Old Town Records
• Jerry Wexler, former co-owner of Atlantic Records; coined the term "rhythm and blues"
• Walter Yetnikoff, former president of CBS Records International and former CEO of
• Hans Zimmer, German-American head of the film music division at DreamWorks, co-founder of Remote Control Productions, Inc.

  Newspapers and publishing

• Tom Allon, publisher of City & State, former co-owner of Manhattan Media LLC
• Walter Annenberg, founder of Triangle Publications, Inc.
• Herbert R. Axelrod, founder of TFH Publications
• Jason Binn, founder of Niche Media and DuJour Media
• Paul Block, president of Block Communications and publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade
• Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House
• Jerry Finkelstein, former publisher of the New York Law Journal and the Hill
• Bart Fles, Dutch-American former literary agent and publisher
• Jane Friedman, co-founder of Open Road Integrated Media, former president and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers LLC
• Al Goldstein, co-founder of Screw
• Martin Goodman, founder of Timely Publications
• Jonathan Greenblatt, former CEO of GOOD Worldwide, Inc.
• Hank Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun
• Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, publisher of the Chattanooga Times
• Morton L. Janklow, co-founder of Janklow & Nesbit Associates, the largest literary agency in the world
• Bruce Judson, former General Manager at Time Inc. New Media, co-founder of Time Warner's banner ad website Pathfinder
• Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster
• Don Katz, founder of Audible
• Larry Kirshbaum, former chief of publishing for Amazon Publishing and CEO of the Time Warner Book Group
• Donald S. Klopfer, co-founder of Random House
• Alfred and Blanche Knopf, founders of publishing house Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
• Harvey Kurtzman, Mad
• Bruce Levenson, co-founder of the United Communications Group, former co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks
• Jay Levin, founder of LA Weekly
• Ross Levinsohn, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, CEO of Tribune Interactive, former president of Fox Interactive
• Jack Liebowitz, Russian-born former co-owner of National Allied Publications
• Peter Mayer, British-born co-founder of the Overlook Press, and former CEO of Penguin Books
• Donald Newhouse, owner of Advance Publications, Inc.
• S. I. Newhouse Sr., founder of Advance Publications, Inc., the parent company of Condé Nast and American City Business Journals
• Adolph Ochs, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the New York Times
• Norman Pearlstine, media executive, CCO at Bloomberg L.P. and Time Inc., former executive editor of the Wall Street Journal
• David J. Pecker, chairman and CEO of American Media, Inc.
• Marty Peretz, The New Republic
• Warren H. Phillips, former long-time CEO of Dow Jones & Company
• Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born former publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World; known for establishing the Pulitzer Prizes
• Axel Rosin, German-born president of the Book of the Month Club
• Arthur M. Sackler, former publisher of the Medical Tribune and chairman of Medical Press, Inc.; member of the Sackler family
• M. Lincoln Schuster, Austrian-born co-founder of Simon & Schuster
• Leon Shimkin, former executive and partner at Simon & Schuster
• Sime, Sidne, Syd Silverman, former owners and publishers of Variety
• Richard L. Simon, co-founder of Simon & Schuster
• Reuben Sturman, former adult magazine publisher and co-founder of Doc Johnson Enterprises
• Joshua Topolsky, co-founder of Vox Media, Inc., founder of digital media company The Outline
• Helen Valentine, founder of Seventeen magazine
• Jann Wenner, co-founder of the Rolling Stone
• Richard Saul Wurman, co-founder of TED
• William Bernard Ziff Sr., co-founder of Ziff Davis
• Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American publisher of U.S. News and World Report, former owner of the New York Daily News, the Atlantic and Fast Company, co-founder of Boston Properties, Inc.

  Television, film and video

• Merv Adelson, co-founder of Lorimar Television
• Edmund Ansin, co-founder of Sunbeam Television Corporation
• Avi Arad, Israeli-American founder of Marvel Studios, LLC, former CEO of Toy Biz
• Samuel Z. Arkoff, co-founder of American International Pictures; invented the ARKOFF formula
• Adam Aron, president and CEO of movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and co-owner of NBA's Philadelphia 76ers
• Ted Ashley, chairman of Warner Bros. and VC of Warner Communications Inc., founder of the Ashley-Famous talent agency
• Barney Balaban, former president of Paramount Pictures
• Gary Barber, South African-born former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, co-founder of the Spyglass Media Group
• Chuck Barris, founder of game show production company Barris Industries
• Bruce Berman, chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures
• Gail Berman, founding partner of the Jackal Group, co-founder of media company BermanBraun
• Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions
• Lloyd Braun, owner of Whalerock Industries, former chairman of the ABC Entertainment Group
• Alan N. Braverman, senior EVP, secretary and general counsel of the Walt Disney Company
• Bernie Brillstein, founder of the Brillstein Company
• Jerry Bruckheimer, founder of, co-founder and co-owner of NHL's Seattle Kraken
• Peter Chernin, media executive & investor, founder of the Chernin Group; former president and COO of News Corp.
• Joel and Ethan Coen, founders of Mike Zoss Productions
• Harry Cohn, co-founder of Columbia Pictures
• Barry Diller, media executive, chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, former CEO of Paramount Pictures and Fox, Inc.
• Eddie Einhorn, founder of the TVS Television Network and pay-TV channel SportsVision, former head of CBS Sports, and co-owner of MLB's Chicago White Sox
• Michael Eisner, founder of the Hollywood Pictures Company and the Tornante Company, former long-time CEO of the Walt Disney Company
• Ari Emanuel, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC and the International Management Group
• Erik Feig, former co-president of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., founder of new media company Picturestart
• Charles K. Feldman, founder of the Famous Artists talent agency
• Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
• Dave and Max Fleischer, founders of Fleischer Studios
• William Fox, Hungarian-born founder of the Fox Film Corporation and De Luxe
• Reuven Frank, Canadian-born broadcast executive, former president of NBC News
• Rob Friedman, co-chairman of Lionsgate Films, Summit Entertainment
• Fred W. Friendly, former president of CBS News
• Jeff Gaspin, former chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment
• Alan Gerry, founder of Cablevision Industries
• Gary Gilbert, founder of Gilbert Films, co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers
• Adam Glasser, founder of Seymore, Inc.
• Yoram Globus, Israeli-American former co-owner of the Cannon Group, Inc., founder of Rebel Way Entertainment
• William Goetz, co-founder of Twentieth Century Pictures
• Leonard Goldenson, former president of the American Broadcasting Company
• Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born founder of the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Samuel Goldwyn Productions; member of the :Category:Goldwyn family|Goldwyn family
• Steve Golin, founder of Anonymous Content LLP, co-founder of Propaganda Films
• Brian Grazer, co-founder of Imagine Entertainment
• Bob Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, former President of Entertainment of Showtime
• Brad Grey, co-founder of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, CEO of Paramount Pictures
• Mindy Grossman, former CEO of Home Shopping Network
• Sandy Grushow, former chairman of the Fox Television Entertainment Group
• Peter Guber, chairman and CEO of the Mandalay Entertainment Group, former CEO of PolyGram Films, co-owner of NBA's Golden State Warriors and MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers
• Bonnie Hammer, chairman of the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group
• Albie Hecht, CCO of digital media studio Pocket.watch, former Executive Vice President of, founder of Spike TV
• Doug Herzog, former president of the Viacom Music and Entertainment Group and USA Network
• Andy Heyward, former chairman and CEO of DIC Entertainment, founder of Genius Brands International
• Steven Hirsch, founder of Vivid Entertainment
• Alan F. Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, former president and COO of Warner Bros., co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment
• Bob Iger, Executive Chairman of the Walt Disney Company
• Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, former chairman of Walt Disney Studios
• Ryan Kavanaugh, co-founder of Relativity Media
• Marc Klaw, former theatre owner and co-founder of the Theatrical Syndicate
• Jonathan Klein, former president of CNN
• John Kohn, former head of production for EMI
• Kay Koplovitz, co-founder of USA Network
• David Kramer, co-president of United Talent Agency
• Ynon Kreiz, American-Israeli media executive, co-founder of Fox Kids Europe, former chairman and CEO of Endemol, and Maker Studios, Inc.
• Jeff Kwatinetz, CEO of the Firm, Inc.
• Andrew Lack, chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, former chairman and CEO of Bloomberg News and Sony Music Entertainment
• Carl Laemmle, German-born co-founder of Universal Pictures
• Greg Lansky, French-American co-founder of adult film company Vixen
• Abe Lastfogel, former long-time president of WMA
• Norman Lear, co-founder of ELP Communications and Tandem Productions
• Avi Lerner, Israeli-American co-founder of Nu Image and Millennium Films, co-owner of Bulgaria-based Nu Boyana Film Studios, Eastern Europe's largest film production studios
• Gerald M. Levin, former executive at Time Warner, Inc. and HBO
• Harvey Levin, founder of TMZ
• Marcus Loew, founder of Loew's theater chain, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Michael Lynton, British-American former chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, chairman of Snap Inc.
• Louis B. Mayer, Belarus-born co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born co-founder of Orion Pictures and Phoenix Pictures, former chairman of TriStar Pictures
• Barry Meyer, former chairman of Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Ronald Meyer, Vice chairman of NBCUniversal, former CEO of Universal Studios, co-founder of CAA
• Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American founder of multimedia entertainment studio Broadway Video, creator of Saturday Night Live
• Arnon Milchan, Israeli-American Hollywood mogul, founder of Regency Enterprises, co-founder of Summit Entertainment LLC; former Israeli spy
• Harold, Marvin and Walter Mirisch, founders of the Mirisch Company
• Les Moonves, president and CEO of the CBS Corporation, former co-COO of Viacom, Inc.
• Leslie Morgenstein, CEO of Alloy Entertainment
• Neal H. Moritz, founder of Original Film
• Larry Namer, co-founder of E!
• Marc Nathanson, cable television pioneer, founder of Falcon Cable
• James M. Nederlander, former chairman of the Nederlander Organization, one of the largest live theater owners in the U.S.; member of the :Category:Nederlander family|Nederlander family
• David Nevins, chairman of Showtime Networks and CCO of the CBS Corporation
• Mosheh Oinounou, executive producer of CBS Evening News
• Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News
• Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films
• Michael Ovitz, former president of Disney, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency
• Amy Pascal, former co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, founder of Pascal Pictures
• Richard Plepler, former chairman and CEO of HBO
• Henry G. Plitt, founder of the Plitt Theatres chain
• Tom Pollock, co-founder of the Montecito Picture Company, former chairman of Universal Pictures
• Steven Price, co-founder of Townsquare Media and minority owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks
• Gigi Pritzker, co-founder of MWM Studios ; member of the Pritzker family
• Mark Rachesky, chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
• Brett Ratner, co-founder of RatPac Entertainment
• Sumner Redstone, media magnate, Chairman Emeritus of Viacom and CBS Corporation; majority owner of National Amusements, Inc.
• Rob Reiner, co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment
• Burt Reinhardt, former president of CNN and co-founder of United Press International Television News
• Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, former CEO of the Jim Henson Company
• Tom Rosenberg, co-founder of the Lakeshore Entertainment Group
• David Rhodes, former president of CBS News, former head of Bloomberg Television North America
• Rich Ross, Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and Velocity
• Steve Ross, founder of Time Warner
• Joe Roth, former chairman of 20th Century Fox, Caravan Pictures and the Walt Disney Studios, founder of Revolution Studios, co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions
• Samuel Roxy Rothafel, former theatre owner and impresario
• Thomas Rothman, chairman of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
• Haim Saban, Egypt-born Israeli-American media mogul, founder of Saban Entertainment and the Saban Capital Group, co-creator of Power Rangers
• Josh Sapan, president and CEO of AMC Networks Inc.
• David Sarnoff, Belarus-born founder of RKO Pictures and former general manager of RCA
• James Schamus, co-founder of Good Machine, former CEO of Focus Features
• Lou Scheimer, co-founder of Filmation
• Joseph M. Schenck, co-founder of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Leon Schlesinger, founder of Leon Schlesinger Productions
• Reese Schonfeld, co-founder of CNN and pay-TV channel The Food Network
• Josh Schwartz, co-founder of Fake Empire Productions
• Teddy Schwarzman, founder of Black Bear Pictures
• Joseph Segel, founder of home shopping channel QVC and the Franklin Mint
• Robert Shaye, founder of New Line Cinema
• Sidney Sheinberg, former executive of MCA and Universal Studios, founder of the Bubble Factory
• Ben Sherwood, co-chairman of Disney Media Networks, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group
• Alon Shtruzman, Israeli-American CEO of Keshet International
• George Sidney, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
• Joel Silver, founder of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment
• Ben Silverman, founder of Electus, former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios
• Fred Silverman, former president and CEO of NBC, founder of the Fred Silverman Company
• Bryan Singer, founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions
• Harry E. Sloan, former chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the SBS Broadcasting Group
• Jeff Smulyan, founder of Emmis Communications and former owner of MLB's Seattle Mariners
• Stacey Snider, former chairman of Universal Pictures, CEO of 20th Century Fox
• Aaron Spelling, founder of Spelling Television Inc. and co-founder of Spelling-Goldberg Productions
• Mark Spiegler, founder of Spiegler Girls, Inc.
• Steven Spielberg, co-founder of DreamWorks and Amblin Entertainment
• Ray Stark, founder of film production company Rastar, co-founder of Seven Arts Productions
• David Steiner, founder of Brooklyn-based Steiner Studios
• Jay Sures, co-president of United Talent Agency
• Larry Tanz, VP of Global Television at Netflix, former president and CEO of Vuguru and LivePlanet, co-founder of Agility Studios
• Laurence Tisch, former CEO of CBS
• Jeff Wachtel, president of Universal Cable Productions
• Dana Walden, co-chair and co-CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company
• Albert, Harry, Jack and Sam Warner, founders of Warner Bros.
• Lew Wasserman, former executive of MCA
• Bob and Harvey Weinstein, founders of Miramax Films and the Weinstein Company
• Jerry Weintraub, founder of the Weintraub Entertainment Group ; portrayed in the 2011 HBO documentary film His Way
• Tom Werner, co-founder of the Carsey-Werner Company and the Fenway Sports Group
• Patrick Whitesell, media executive, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor and the International Management Group
• Irwin Winkler, co-founder of Chartoff-Winkler Productions and Winkler Films
• David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications, former executive at NBC Universal
• Susan Zirinsky, president of CBS News
• Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide, former CEO and president of NBC
• Adolph Zukor, Austro-Hungarian-born film mogul, co-founder of Paramount Pictures