Owler, a crowd-sourced business insights company, polled its global database of 15 million companies and over 167,000 executives to determine the most (and least) likable CEOs in the entertainment and media sector.
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19. Tim Armstrong, AOL -- 44.4/100
Ouch. Armstrong was the lowest-rated of all the execs. Voters probably haven’t forgotten when he came under fire back in February 2014 for singling out the sick babies of two women at the company for increasing the cost of health benefits.
18. Charlie Vogt, Imagine Communications -- 53.5 /100
The head of the Dallas-based provider of multiscreen video and ad management solutions seems shockingly unpopular.
17. Brian L. Roberts, Comcast -- 56.9 /100
16. Richard L. Plepler, HBO -- 60.5 / 100
15. Peter Hamilton, Tune -- 62.5/100
The Seattle-based mobile platform company was founded in 2009.
14. James C. Smith, Thomson Reuters -- 66.8/100
13. Thomas Dooley, Viacom -- 70.5/100
In November 2016, Bob Bakish was named acting CEO when Dooley stepped down just months after becoming interim chief executive following the ouster of Philippe Dauman.
11. Mike Hopkins, Hulu -- 71.5/100 (tie)
11. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner -- 71.5/100 (tie)
10. Naveen Tewari, InMobi -- 75.5/100
Tewari co-founded the mobile advertising giant in India in 2007.
9. Tim Westergren, Pandora -- 77.5/100
8. William Lewis, Dow Jones -- 78.5/100
The financial information giant that publishes the Wall Street Journal has been owned by NewsCorp since 2007.
7. Marvin Edwards Jr., CommScope -- 79.5/100
CommScope specializes in communications networks.
6. Reed Hastings, Netflix -- 80.8/100
5. Bob Iger, Disney -- 83.6/100
4. Jared Rowe, YP -- 87.5/100
Last August, the digital media company named former Cox Enterprises exec Jared Rowe to replace David Krantz as CEO.
3. Girish Ramdas, Magzter -- 88.5/100
Ramdas co-founded the digital magazine app in 2011.
2. John Martin, Turner -- 89.5/100
1. Steven R. Swartz, Hearst -- 91.5/100
