Roger Parry

Roger Parry
Roger Parry at the Festival of Media Montreux 2012
Born	1953 (age 63–64) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Education	Jesus College, Oxford, Bristol University, Sutton Grammar School for Boys
Occupation	Businessman, journalist
Known for	BBC, Clear Channel, Globe Theatre, HMV, ITV, Jazz fm, LBC, YouGov,
Spouse(s)	Johanna Waterous
Children	1

Roger George Parry CBE (born 1953) is a media entrepreneur based in the UK. He is Chairman of a number of media groups quoted on the including Mobile Streams plc and YouGov plc. He was a co-founder of the international marketing communications group MSQ Partners. and of the television drama production company Chrysalis Vision. He is a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University. And is the author of five books and writes extensively on the media and associated topics. He was Chairman of the Trustees of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. for 8 years.

Born in London, he was a pupil at Sutton Grammar School for Boys, and educated at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford.

From 1998 to 2005 he was CEO of Clear Channel International which, at the time, was the World's largest operator in radio broadcasting, live entertainment and outdoor advertising. In 2006 Clear Channel was taken private in a buyout valued at US$27 billion. The live entertainment division was later floated as a new company under the name Live Nation Entertainment

In 2007 Parry become Executive Chairman of international marketing communications group Media Square plc which he subsequently took private in a management buy-out in 2011 to create an called MSQ Partners.

From 2001 to 2009 he was Chairman of Johnston Press plc, the UK's largest regional newspaper group. Based in Edinburgh it owns more than 300 titles including The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post. From 2001 to 2011 he was Chairman of magazine publisher Future plc (based in London, Bath and San Francisco) which owns more than 100 titles including Total Film, Digital Camera and Xbox Magazine.

In 1998 Parry was one of the founding directors of Clear Media which has become one of China's leading outdoor advertising companies. In 2001 Clear Media was floated on the Hong Kong stock market with a value of US$450 million. Parry was Deputy chairman.

From 1995 to 1998 he was CEO of the UK media company More Group plc.