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British media executive, historian and journalist

For the American radio and television writer, see [David Kogan (radio writer)](/source/David_Kogan_(radio_writer)).

**David Barnett Kogan** [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) is a British media executive, historian and journalist, living in London.[1] He has worked as both a journalist and a senior executive at the [BBC](/source/BBC), [Reuters Television](/source/Reuters), [Granada Channels](/source/Granada_plc), [Wasserman Media Group](/source/Wasserman_Media_Group) and [Magnum Photos](/source/Magnum_Photos). He has written about the history of the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)).[2]

## Career

Kogan was educated at [Haverstock Comprehensive School](/source/Haverstock_Comprehensive_School) in Camden, London; and at [Balliol College, Oxford](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford).[3] He has described himself as "absolutely Jewish, but it's never been a predominant part of my existence".[4]

From 1982 he was a producer at [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) working on *[Today](/source/Today_(BBC_Radio_4))*; at [BBC Television](/source/BBC_Television) working on *[Newsnight](/source/Newsnight)* and *[Breakfast Time](/source/Breakfast_Time_(British_TV_programme))*; and at [BBC America](/source/BBC_America).[3] From 1988 he was managing editor and then global managing director at [Reuters Television](/source/Reuters).[3][5] From 1996 he was executive director at [Granada Channels](/source/Granada_plc).[6] In 1998 he co-founded media advisory company Reel Enterprises with Sara Munds, and was its [Chief executive officer](/source/Chief_executive_officer) (CEO).[3] In 2011, Reel was acquired by [Wasserman Media Group](/source/Wasserman_Media_Group), where Kogan and Munds went to work in [media rights](/source/Broadcasting_rights).[7] In 2014 he and Munds left and set up Exile Enterprises.[3] Kogan was [executive director](/source/Executive_director)/CEO of [Magnum Photos](/source/Magnum_Photos)[8] from 2015[3][9] to 2019.[10]

Kogan was the [Premier League](/source/Premier_League)'s chief media rights adviser from 1998 to 2015, and was described in *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)* as "a key architect of [the Premier League's] global financial success".[11][12] Other media rights clients have included the [English Football League](/source/English_Football_League), [Premiership Rugby](/source/Premiership_Rugby), the [International Olympic Committee](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) and the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL).[3] He was awarded an [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in the Queen's [2014 Birthday Honours](/source/2014_Birthday_Honours) for services to diplomacy, having been asked to provide advice on [FCO Services](/source/FCO_Services) funds.[3][13][14] While at Magnum in 2018, prompted by allegations of [sexual misconduct](/source/Sexual_misconduct) against two of its photographers, Kogan led the agency in creating a formal [code of conduct](/source/Code_of_conduct) for both its photographers and staff.[15][16]

Kogan's first book was *The Battle for the Labour Party*, published with his uncle, Maurice Kogan, in 1981.[17] 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](/source/William_Davies_(political_writer)) 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".[18]

In April 2020 Kogan became a director of [LabourList](/source/LabourList), an independent news site for the Labour Party.[19] He resigned as director in April 2025.

In May 2025, the [Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee](/source/Culture%2C_Media_and_Sport_Select_Committee) endorsed Kogan's appointment as Chair of the [Independent Football Regulator](/source/Independent_Football_Regulator).[20] 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.[21] A majority of the committee's members were from the Labour Party, and Kogan had recently made a political donation of £7,625 to [Treasury minister](/source/HM_Treasury#Current_Treasury_ministers) [Emma Reynolds](/source/Emma_Reynolds).[22]

## Publications

- *The Battle for the Labour Party*. 1981. With Maurice Kogan. - Second, updated edition. Fontana, 1982. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0006365129](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0006365129). Contains 2 additional chapters. - London: Bloomsbury Reader, 2018. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781448217359](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781448217359).

- *The Attack on Higher Education*. London: Kogan Page, 1983. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780850387551](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780850387551).

- *Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party*. London: Bloomsbury Reader, 2019. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781448217298](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781448217298).[23][24]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bloomsbury_1-0)** ["David Kogan"](https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/david-kogan). *www.bloomsbury.com*. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Sylvester, Rachel. ["Protest and Power by David Kogan review — the battle for the Labour Party"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/protest-and-power-by-david-kogan-review-battle-for-the-labour-party-vnt5r7kt9). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0140-0460](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0140-0460). Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-theguardian-conlan_3-7) ["'Magnum is too important to fail. It will be saved and it is prospering'"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/07/magnum-photo-agency-david-kogan). *The Guardian*. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Pogrund, Gabriel (6 April 2019). ["The war for Labour's iron throne"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/the-war-for-labours-iron-throne-lx2rkfskh). *www.thetimes.com*. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Magnum Photos Becomes a TV Show"](https://time.com/3541328/magnum-photos-and-founders-will-come-to-life-in-upcoming-tv-show/). *Time*. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Beenstock, Sue. ["Media: In Brief: Kogan joins Granada Channels"](http://www.prweek.com/article/96785/media-brief-kogan-joins-granada-channels). *[PRWeek](/source/PRWeek)*. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Wasserman Media Group Acquiring U.K.-Based Reel Enterprises"](https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com:443/Daily/Morning%20Buzz/2011/02/23/Wasserman.aspx). *[Sports Business Daily](/source/Sports_Business_Daily)*. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Magnum CEO: Learn from the next generation"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-39461325). *BBC News*. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["The media industry 'has changed beyond all recognition': Magnum's new CEO on adapting to the digital landscape"](http://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/magnum-photo-agency-appoint-former-bbc-exec-caitlin-hughes-as-ceo). *[The Art Newspaper](/source/The_Art_Newspaper)*. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Magnum Photos CEO David Kogan leaves the agency 1 March"](https://photoarchivenews.com/news/magnum-photos-ceo-david-kogan-leaves-agency-1-march/). *Photo Archive News*. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Jackson, Jamie; MacInnes, Paul. ["Liverpool among clubs to argue against paying €384m TV rebate"](https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/liverpool-among-clubs-to-argue-against-paying-384m-tv-rebate-1.4264116). *The Irish Times*. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Fear over Premiership TV deal"](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/dec/15/newsstory.sport). *The Guardian*. 15 December 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Queen's birthday honours list 2014: Diplomatic"](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/13/queens-birthday-honours-diplomatic). *The Guardian*. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["In full: Queen's Birthday Honours List"](https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/full-queens-birthday-honours-list-1534204). *www.scotsman.com*. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["How photojournalism's biggest agencies are combating harassment"](https://www.1854.photography/2018/08/photojournalism-agencies-harassment/). *www.1854.photography*. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Magnum's moment of reckoning"](https://www.cjr.org/special_report/magnum-photos-david-alan-harvey.php/). *Columbia Journalism Review*. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Protest or power? - British politics"](https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/protest-or-power/). *The Times Literary Supplement*. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Protest and Power by David Kogan review – the battle for the Labour party"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/13/protest-and-power-david-kogan-review-battle-labour-party). *The Guardian*. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-labourlist-20210712_19-0)** Kogan, David (12 July 2021). ["Keir Starmer's Labour Party: where are we now?"](https://labourlist.org/2021/07/keir-starmers-labour-party-where-are-we-now/). *LabourList*. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Dalleres, Frank (9 May 2025). ["Kogan set for football regulator role after CMS committee nod"](https://www.cityam.com/kogan-set-for-football-regulator-role-after-cms-committee-endorsement/). *City AM*. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** Ridler, Faith (7 May 2025). ["No conflict of interest in appointing Labour donor as football regulator chair, No 10 says"](https://news.sky.com/story/no-conflict-of-interest-in-appointing-labour-donor-as-football-regulator-chair-no-10-says-13363306). *[Sky News](/source/Sky_News)*. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** [https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Registers/775/document](https://interests-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Registers/775/document)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party"](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2019-10-15/protest-and-power-battle-labour-party). *[Foreign Affairs](/source/Foreign_Affairs)*. 15 October 2019. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0015-7120](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0015-7120). Retrieved 3 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** Sandbrook, Dominic. ["Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party by David Kogan review — how the party ended up with Corbyn"](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). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0140-0460](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0140-0460). Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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