Justin Gayner

{{Short description|British writer and producer (born 1977)}}

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Justin John Heydon Gayner (born 30 August 1977) is a British writer, broadcaster and producer.University of Durham Congregation, 3 July 1998, 10am, p. 5 He is co-founder of British based Internet entertainment website ChannelFlip. In November 2008, Gayner was voted one of the top 500 entrepreneurs in the UK by The Observer newspaper. Gayner also has a history in traditional television and media, writing for several publications such as the Daily Telegraph. He has created several TV formats and produced multiple comedy series for Warner Music Group and MySpace. In 2005, Gayner became the commercial director of QI Ltd, the company that produces the popular BBC show QI, presented by Stephen Fry.{{cite news | first = Justin | last = Gayner | title = Internet TV: Let's do show right here | date = 2007-11-14 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/internet-tv-lets-do-show-right-here-400286.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080517114546/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/internet-tv-lets-do-show-right-here-400286.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 17, 2008 | work = The Independent | access-date = 2010-05-30}} Gayner left QI Ltd in 2007 to start the UK's first online TV channel for men, ChannelFlip with co-founder Wil Harris.{{cite news | first = Rachael | last = Gallagher | title = Six-figure backing for video magazine for men | date = 2008-07-04 | url = http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/wire/3445 | work = Press Gazette | access-date = 2010-05-30}}{{cite news | first = Luan | last = Goldie | title = Online video magazine rivals men | date = 2008-07-10 | url = http://www.nma.co.uk/news/online-video-magazine-rivals-mens-titles/38685.article | work = New Media Age | access-date = 2010-05-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120225074720/http://www.nma.co.uk/news/online-video-magazine-rivals-mens-titles/38685.article | archive-date = 2012-02-25 | url-status = usurped }} He is now the creative director for Channelflip as well as the host of their online film review show, ChannelFlip Film.