The Danish publication Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin revealed an updated list of the Top 100 most powerful people in Denmark this week. It turns out that media are not such a powerful power of the state after all:
- Tøger Seidenfaden, editor-in-chief at the newspaper Politiken, managed to take the 28th place on the list - as the topranking Danish media person.
- Lisbeth Knudsen, editor-in-chief at the newspaper Berlingske Tidende and CEO of Berlingske Media, was placed as a close second-highest ranking media person at the 30th place.
Congratulations to both! With Kenneth Plummer, CEO of the public Danish Broadcasting Company/DR at a distant number 68 most powerful person in the country. Although it is an improvement from the last listing six years ago, with the top media person at number 35, isn't it a paradox that the so-called fourth power of the state, the media, is not represented in the top 10? Or at least have a representation in the top 20 most powerful people? Well, at least here's a challenge for Danish media persons!