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Sidney Lewis Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (30 January 1899 – 5 February 1993) was a British businessman and media executive who was the founding chairman of the London-based Granada Group and the founder of the Manchester-based Granada Television in 1954.
Sidney Bernstein may refer to: Sid Bernstein (editor) (1907–1993), co-founder and editor of Advertising Age, Chairman of Crain Publications; Sid Bernstein (impresario) (1918–2013), who brought the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to the United States, and organized rock concerts; Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein (1899–1993), British media ...
BERNSTEIN, SIDNEY LEWIS, BARON (1899–1993), British television pioneer and publisher. Born in Ilford, Essex, Bernstein inherited his interest in show business from his father, Alexander Bernstein (d. 1921), who owned a group of cinemas.
In 1969 Sidney Bernstein became Baron Bernstein of Leigh and, on reaching the age of 72, resigned the chairmanship of Granada Television while remaining chairman of the Granada Group until 1979. Ten years later he became President of the Granada Group.
Sidney Lewis Bernstein (1899–1993), later Baron Bernstein, was a British media baron who was the founding chairman of the London-based Granada Group and the founder of the Manchester-based Granada Television in 1954.
Sidney Bernstein became chairman of the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester between 1983 and 1993 and was created a Fellow of the British Film Institute in 1984. In 1969 he was created Baron Bernstein of Leigh.
Sidney Bernstein (August 12, 1918 – August 21, 2013) was an American music promoter, talent manager, and author. Bernstein changed the American music scene in the 1960s by bringing the Beatles , the Rolling Stones , Herman's Hermits , the Moody Blues , and the Kinks to America .
