Paolo Vasile (born 1953) is an Italian businessman and film and television producer. He served as the CEO of Gestevisión Telecinco/Mediaset España from 1999 to 2022.
Paolo Vasile | |
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 Vasile on 1 March 2018 | |
| Born | 23 June 1953  Rome |
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Biography edit
Born in Rome in 1953,[1] Vasile was the last of four siblings, son to producer, screenwriter, director, author and critic Turi Vasile and Silvana Gualdi.[2][3] He studied Anthropology and worked as film producer for ten years.[1]
An acquaintance of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi since the early 1980s, Vasile switched cinema for television, reportedly encouraged by his wife Ana Lisa.[2] He became deputy director general of Mediaset and responsible for the production facilities of the company in Rome.[4]
Berlusconi sent him to Spain in 1998 in order to get Telecinco back on track,[4] becoming Berlusconi's right-hand man in Spain.[1] After Vasile was appointed CEO of Gestevisión Telecinco (later Mediaset España) on 30 March 1999,[5] Telecinco consolidated as the leading TV channel in Spain in terms of viewership.[6] He led the company when it went public in 2004 and during the merging deal agreement with PRISA.[6]
He has been criticised for the rise of the so-called telebasura ("trash TV") in Spain.[6][7] In 2022, amid consistently decreasing viewership figures, he was reportedly fired from his position as CEO of Mediaset España.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b c Hermoso, Borja (22 July 2013). "Yo haría la Constitución con un solo artículo: 'No me toques los cojones'". El País.
- ^ a b Ponga, Paula; Ulled Nadal, Toni (27 May 2014). "Paolo Vasile, el jefe de Telecinco Cinema". Fotogramas. ISSN 1136-4351.
- ^ Mora, Miguel (6 September 2009). "Turi Vasile, productor, guionista y escritor". El País.
- ^ a b Marcos, Charo (5 November 2004). "Los consejeros delegados de Antena 3 y Telecinco, en elmundo.es". El Mundo.
- ^ "Lara y Vasile reciben los premios Tiepolo". Expansión. 11 November 2008.
- ^ a b c Álvarez, Paz (30 July 2012). "El rey de la audiencia". Cinco Días.
- ^ Ruiz Mantilla, Jesús (27 October 2014). "La política debe ser vulgar. El voto de uno vale como el de cualquiera". El País.
- ^ "Bombazo: Mediaset se 'carga' a Paolo Vasile tras el desplome de audiencias en Telecinco". Mundo Deportivo. 17 October 2022.