Pinkney has been one of the more outspoken executives on the issue of portrayal of race relations on air.

Coming from one of the most famously outspoken executives in the recorded-music industry, that is no small admission.

Another executive outspoken on this issue is John R. MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper's Magazine.

Ford's chairman and chief executive, William Clay Ford Jr., has long been one of the most outspoken executives in Detroit about the subject.

Such statements made Mr. Ford - a vegetarian, guitar-strumming black belt in tae kwon do - the Motor City's most outspoken executive on environmental issues.

Mr. Carruthers, among the outspoken executives in the industry, has traveled frequently to the United States to meet with investors and media companies, and to debate the merits of online gambling.

Mr. Lutz is Detroit's most outspoken executive, a former Marine who flies a Soviet-era fighter jet for fun and never shies from the spotlight.

For example, an outspoken Bush supporter, he found H-P's chief executive, John A. Young, equally outspoken for the Clinton cause.

Mr. Maffei, according to industry analysts, is a bright, ambitious and sometimes outspoken executive.

Mr. Gouveia is one of the more outspoken executives in Guyana, the only English-speaking nation in South America.