- Long-term music and television industry executive and producer, having been a VP at MTV in the 1980s, then moving to Chrysalis Records and later EMI (where he signed Counting Crows and Stone Temple Pilots). Sykes was later President of cable network VH1, then transitioned into CEO/executive positions in radio with CBS and iHeartMedia. He has served as Chairman of the Board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, and on the board of directors of Madison Square Garden Entertainment, MSG Networks, Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and Product (RED), an organization founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. in 2014 Sykes was awarded the T.J. Martell Foundation Lifetime Music Industry Achievement Award, presented to him by his longtime friend President Bill Clinton. In 2019 he was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame.
- IMDb mini biography by: RK
- SpouseLaurie Sykes(1992 - present) (3 children)
- Created the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding music education programs in public schools across the country.
- In August 1988 he left CAA to become President of Champion Entertainment, a music management entertainment company based in New York City that represented top entertainment artists, including Mariah Carey, John Mellencamp, Hall & Oates, and Carly Simon.
- While at MTV he helped to create and co-executive produced the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). He also held the role of Vice President, Programming and Productions, overseeing all studio operations, on-air promotion and long-form content on the network.
- Serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.
- Board member of the Robin Hood Foundation since 1995.
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