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April 28, 2008

Richard Desmond and Barclays top journalism Rich List

By paulmcnally

The Sunday Times this week published its annual Rich List. Here are some of the top earners in journalism.

35th – Richard Desmond – £1.9bn
40th – The Barclay twins – £1.7bn
101st – Felix Dennis – £750m
113th – The Pearson family – £720m
121st – The Thomson family – £670m
137th – Viscount Rothermere – £600m
158th – David Sullivan (Sport Newspapers) – £500m
214th – John Madejski (Auto Trader) – £400m
239th – Mark Getty (Getty Images) – £370m
325th – Lord Heseltine (Haymarket) – £250m
362nd – Sir Ray Tindle – £225m

The Independent on Sunday, meanwhile, has drawn a top 100 “happy list” of people who have “given something back and enhanced the lives of others”.

Among the entries are Daily Telegraph cartoonist Matt Pritchett, Radio 4 journalist Jenni Murray… and Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies.

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