Simon Murray, An Ever-Present In The International TV Business For Over Three Decades, Dies Aged 64
deadline.comSimon Murray, a popular and respected figure in the international TV business, has died aged 64. Murray’s career spanned more than three decades in the advertising, publishing, and TV industries.
A plethora of friends and industry colleagues have paid their respects since Murray died, April 6. A career in media started at Zenith/Saatchi & Saatchi in the late 1980s, which saw Murray working on Zenith’s influential advertising forecasts, which were an industry benchmark for many years.
He subsequently took managerial roles in the research departments of Kagan World Media and then Baskerville Communications, which published several newsletters focused on the global TV business.
This was pre-internet and the TV reports and news publications were hard copy and subscription based. When UK-listed Informa bought Baskerville, Murray moved into senior roles in the TV publications and research division.
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