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Kim named on power list

THE head of North East digital industry body Codeworks has been named as one of the 100 most powerful people in the media sector by a national publication.

The Guardian’s MediaGuardian 2010 supplement has named Herb Kim, Codeworks chief and founder of the Thinking Digital conference, as a new entry at number 83 on the list.

The report is an annual guide to the most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising and PR.

The publication cites American-born Mr Kim as a “pivotal figure” in the UK technology scene outside London.

Codeworks, a not-for-profit digital investment company established by Kim in 2003, has so far received more than £10m in funding from regional development agency One North East.

The Thinking Digital conference in Gateshead, which Kim founded in 2007, is also a not-for profit organisation, with any profits ploughed back into the region’s technology sector.

“It’s interesting that he is one of the few Americans to come here but choose not to set up in London,” said a sp[okesperson for the MediaGuardian panel. “He’s very important in promoting regional businesses and a bit of a hero in the North East.”

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