{{Short description|British media executive, historian and journalist}} {{about||the American radio and television writer|David Kogan (radio writer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''David Barnett Kogan''' {{post-nominals|OBE}} is a British media executive, historian and journalist, living in London.<ref name="bloomsbury">{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=David Kogan|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/david-kogan|website=www.bloomsbury.com}}</ref> He has worked as both a journalist and a senior executive at the [[BBC]], [[Reuters|Reuters Television]], [[Granada plc|Granada Channels]], [[Wasserman Media Group]] and [[Magnum Photos]]. He has written about the history of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{cite news|first1=Rachel|last1=Sylvester|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Protest and Power by David Kogan review — the battle for the Labour Party|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/protest-and-power-by-david-kogan-review-battle-for-the-labour-party-vnt5r7kt9|issn=0140-0460|website=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
==Career== Kogan was educated at [[Haverstock Comprehensive School]] in Camden, London; and at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name="theguardian-conlan">{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title='Magnum is too important to fail. It will be saved and it is prospering'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/07/magnum-photo-agency-david-kogan|date=7 June 2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref> He has described himself as "absolutely Jewish, but it's never been a predominant part of my existence".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pogrund |first=Gabriel |date=2019-04-06 |title=The war for Labour’s iron throne |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/the-war-for-labours-iron-throne-lx2rkfskh |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
From 1982 he was a producer at [[BBC Radio]] working on ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]''; at [[BBC Television]] working on ''[[Newsnight]]'' and ''[[Breakfast Time (British TV programme)|Breakfast Time]]''; and at [[BBC America]].<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/> From 1988 he was managing editor and then global managing director at [[Reuters|Reuters Television]].<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/><ref>{{cite magazine|access-date=2021-02-05|title=Magnum Photos Becomes a TV Show|url=https://time.com/3541328/magnum-photos-and-founders-will-come-to-life-in-upcoming-tv-show/|magazine=Time}}</ref> From 1996 he was executive director at [[Granada plc|Granada Channels]].<ref>{{cite web|first1=Sue|last1=Beenstock|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Media: In Brief: Kogan joins Granada Channels|url=http://www.prweek.com/article/96785/media-brief-kogan-joins-granada-channels|website=[[PRWeek]]}}</ref> In 1998 he co-founded media advisory company Reel Enterprises with Sara Munds, and was its [[Chief executive officer]] (CEO).<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/> In 2011, Reel was acquired by [[Wasserman Media Group]], where Kogan and Munds went to work in [[Broadcasting rights|media rights]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Wasserman Media Group Acquiring U.K.-Based Reel Enterprises|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com:443/Daily/Morning%20Buzz/2011/02/23/Wasserman.aspx|website=[[Sports Business Daily]]}}</ref> In 2014 he and Munds left and set up Exile Enterprises.<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/> Kogan was [[executive director]]/CEO of [[Magnum Photos]]<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Magnum CEO: Learn from the next generation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-39461325|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref> from 2015<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=The media industry 'has changed beyond all recognition': Magnum's new CEO on adapting to the digital landscape|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/magnum-photo-agency-appoint-former-bbc-exec-caitlin-hughes-as-ceo|website=[[The Art Newspaper]]}}</ref> to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Magnum Photos CEO David Kogan leaves the agency 1 March|url=https://photoarchivenews.com/news/magnum-photos-ceo-david-kogan-leaves-agency-1-march/|date=22 February 2019|website=Photo Archive News}}</ref>
Kogan was the [[Premier League]]'s chief media rights adviser from 1998 to 2015, and was described in ''[[The Irish Times]]'' as "a key architect of [the Premier League's] global financial success".<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jamie|last1=Jackson|first2=Paul|last2=MacInnes|access-date=2021-02-05|title=Liverpool among clubs to argue against paying €384m TV rebate|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/liverpool-among-clubs-to-argue-against-paying-384m-tv-rebate-1.4264116|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-05|title=Fear over Premiership TV deal|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/dec/15/newsstory.sport|date=15 December 2002|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Other media rights clients have included the [[English Football League]], [[Premiership Rugby]], the [[International Olympic Committee]] and the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/> He was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the Queen's [[2014 Birthday Honours]] for services to diplomacy, having been asked to provide advice on [[FCO Services]] funds.<ref name="theguardian-conlan"/><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Queen's birthday honours list 2014: Diplomatic|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/13/queens-birthday-honours-diplomatic|date=13 June 2014|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=In full: Queen's Birthday Honours List|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/full-queens-birthday-honours-list-1534204|website=www.scotsman.com}}</ref> While at Magnum in 2018, prompted by allegations of [[sexual misconduct]] against two of its photographers, Kogan led the agency in creating a formal [[code of conduct]] for both its photographers and staff.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-05|title=How photojournalism's biggest agencies are combating harassment|url=https://www.1854.photography/2018/08/photojournalism-agencies-harassment/|website=www.1854.photography}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-05|title=Magnum's moment of reckoning|url=https://www.cjr.org/special_report/magnum-photos-david-alan-harvey.php/|website=Columbia Journalism Review}}</ref>
Kogan's first book was ''The Battle for the Labour Party'', published with his uncle, Maurice Kogan, in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Protest or power? - British politics|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/protest-or-power/|website=The Times Literary Supplement}}</ref> The later ''Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party'' (2019) is a 400-page book that builds on the earlier work, based on many interviews. [[William Davies (political writer)|William Davies]] described the latter work in ''The Guardian'' as a "meticulous review of four decades of intra-party struggles" up to February 2019, but one that offers "little sense of who and what really mattered".<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Protest and Power by David Kogan review – the battle for the Labour party|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/13/protest-and-power-david-kogan-review-battle-labour-party|date=13 April 2019|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
In April 2020 Kogan became a director of [[LabourList]], an independent news site for the Labour Party.<ref name=labourlist-20210712>{{cite news |url=https://labourlist.org/2021/07/keir-starmers-labour-party-where-are-we-now/ |title=Keir Starmer's Labour Party: where are we now? |last=Kogan |first=David |website=LabourList |date=12 July 2021 |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref> He resigned as director in April 2025.
In May 2025, the [[Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee]] endorsed Kogan's appointment as Chair of the [[Independent Football Regulator]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalleres |first=Frank |date=2025-05-09 |title=Kogan set for football regulator role after CMS committee nod |url=https://www.cityam.com/kogan-set-for-football-regulator-role-after-cms-committee-endorsement/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=City AM |language=en-GB}}</ref> This was despite concerns being raised on the committee that there may be a perceived conflict of interest, given Kogan's history of donations to the Labour Party.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ridler |first1=Faith |title=No conflict of interest in appointing Labour donor as football regulator chair, No 10 says |url=https://news.sky.com/story/no-conflict-of-interest-in-appointing-labour-donor-as-football-regulator-chair-no-10-says-13363306 |website=[[Sky News]] |access-date=18 May 2025 |date=7 May 2025}}</ref> A majority of the committee's members were from the Labour Party, and Kogan had recently made a political donation of £7,625 to [[HM Treasury#Current Treasury ministers|Treasury minister]] [[Emma Reynolds]].<ref>https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Registers/775/document</ref>
==Publications== *''The Battle for the Labour Party''. 1981. With Maurice Kogan. **Second, updated edition. Fontana, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0006365129}}. Contains 2 additional chapters. **London: Bloomsbury Reader, 2018. {{ISBN|9781448217359}}. *''The Attack on Higher Education''. London: Kogan Page, 1983. {{ISBN|9780850387551}}. *''Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party''. London: Bloomsbury Reader, 2019. {{ISBN|9781448217298}}.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2019-10-15/protest-and-power-battle-labour-party|date=15 October 2019|issn=0015-7120|website=[[Foreign Affairs]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Dominic|last1=Sandbrook|access-date=2021-02-03|title=Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party by David Kogan review — how the party ended up with Corbyn|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/protest-and-power-the-battle-for-the-labour-party-by-david-kogan-review-a-civil-war-that-never-ends-lsrchx0jj|issn=0140-0460|website=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
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