Richard D. Beckman is a British media and entertainment sales executive.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life
Richard D. Beckman was born in London, England, and received a bachelor's degree from The University of Manchester, England, in 1981.[citation needed]
Charity Boards
He has served on the boards of Laureus Foundation and Comedy Hall of Fame.[citation needed] He also has been involved in fundraising for City of Hope, March of Dimes, Keep a Child Alive[5] and the
American Cancer Society.
Career
Early career
Beckman was an Account Executive at the
International Thomson Organization in the United Kingdom in 1981 to 1982. He then became Sales Development Executive at
Thames Television, a British
ITV television network serving
London and the surrounding area.
He moved to New York, where Beckman was Field Sales Executive for Reuben H. Donnelly, a provider of Yellow Pages in United States.
Condé Nast
From 1986 to 2010, Beckman served in various executive positions at
Condé Nast over a 24-year career including chief executive officer of
Fairchild Fashion Media,[6] President of the Condé Nast Media Group[7][8] and the chief marketing officer of Condé Nast. He was also the Publisher of Condé Nast Traveler,[9]Gentleman's Quarterly[10] and Vogue. He created GQ's Men of The Year,[11]The Vogue/VH1 Fashion Awards[12] and the Movies Rock which was broadcast on NBC, VH1, and CBS respectively.
New Yorker Magazine
From 1986 to 1992, Beckman was advertising manager at the New Yorker,.[13]
Condé Nast Traveler
In 1992, Beckman became publisher,[14] where he launched the Hot List, the Environmental Awards and expanded The Reader's Choice Awards. Condé Nast Traveler was renamed to
Adweek's "Hot List" in 1996.
Gentleman's Quarterly Magazine
In 1996, he managed GQ,[15][16][17] Beckman created and produced GQ's Men of the Year.[18]
He was the CEO of the Fairchild Fashion Group,[28][29][30] made up of several assets acquired from Capital Cities/Disney for $630mm[31] and included:
WWD, Footwear News, W Magazine, Beauty Biz, Fairchild Trade Shows, Summits and Fairchild Books.
Prometheus Global Media
In 2010, Beckman was the founding CEO of
Prometheus Global Media.[32][33] There he changed The Hollywood Reporter from a daily print publication be platform agnostic, covering the entertainment industry, re-positioned
Billboard, and executive produced The
Billboard Music Awards in May 2011/2012,[34][35][36] after a 5 years hiatus.
Also at Prometheus Global Media, he led the consolidation of Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek and expanded the
Clio Awards[37] by bringing the show back to network television (
NBC).
Three Lions Entertainment
Beckman was CEO and founder of Three Lions Entertainment,[38][39] launched by Richard Beckman, Joel Katz, Chairman of Entertainment for Greenberg Traurig, and
Ron Burkle in 2013. He engineered the return of Fashion Rocks,[40][41] aa special on CBS,[42] with corporate partnerships. The show was hosted by
Ryan Seacrest and featured performances from artists including
Usher,
Jennifer Lopez,
Nicki Minaj, Luke Bryan,
Miranda Lambert, Pitbull,
Duran Duran,
KISS and
Enrique Inglesias.[43] It was broadcast live 9 September from the Barclay Center,[44] Brooklyn airing in over 100 countries globally. Beckman also created the revival of the television specials Movies Rock and Sports Rock.
VICE Media
At
Vice Media, Beckman served as Chief Revenue Officer where he oversaw all advertising, sponsorship and brand relationships across all VICE channels, including the launch of VICELAND TV Channel in February 2016. His tenure was less than 1 year.[45]