Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 9, 2000

Paul Duffen – Newsplayer Group Plc (npg.l)

PAUL JEREMY DUFFEN is the Chief Executive of Newsplayer Group Plc. He is a co-founder of Newsplayer with Barry Llewellyn. Since 1998 he has specialised in the broadcasting and Internet sectors, having established his own management consultancy business in 1993. He previously worked with PJ Holloway (Sales) Limited, a distributor of ventilation and air conditioning equipment, helping grow the company to GBP6 million of annual turnover in four years. That business was sold to Brown and Tawse Plc in 1985. Paul Duffen has also held the position of Managing Director at Frabo (UK) Limited and Luke Hughes & Co. Limited and also worked for Proctor & Gamble. Profile
TWST: Can you start by giving us a brief overview of Newsplayer Group?

Mr. Duffen: The Newsplayer concept was first created two or three years

ago when I was working in a television