Gary Newman

Gary Newman, who had a long run as chairman of Fox alongside Dana Walden until 2018, joined Attention Capital as executive partner in October 2019. Attention Capital was founded by former Fox ad chief Joe Marchese, former Snapchat content head Nick Bell, former head of content at Snapchat, and former Palantir exec Ashlyn Gentry. The company gained notice last summer for teaming with James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems to acquire half of Tribeca Enterprises from the Madison Square Garden Co. Before the sale of most of 21st Century Fox to Disney, Newman and Dana Walden ran its television studio and broadcast network operations. Charlie Collier succeeded Newman in the top role at Fox, though the company no longer has a studio.