Byford made redundant
The BBC’s deputy director general has been made redundant in the highest-profile staff cut at the money-saving broadcaster yet. Mark Byford, who has been at the corporation for nearly 32 years, will...
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BBC’s Thompson ‘psychologically ready’ to vacate DG role
The BBC’s director general of eight years, Mark Thompson, is “psychologically ready” to step down from his role sometime after the London 2012 Olympic games, according to insiders at the corporation....
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BBC director general to step down in autumn
Mark Thompson has announced he intends to step down from his role as director general of the BBC in the autumn. He will depart the top job at the corporation after the London Olympics, telling staff...
View ArticleBoris Johnson: BBC needs Tory director-general
The Mayor of London has attacked the BBC’s ideology and called for a Tory to be installed as director-general. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Boris Johnson branded the Beeb “statist, corporatist,...
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George Entwistle quits the BBC: the fallout
After only 54 days in the job the BBC’s 16th director general, George Entwistle, offered his resignation outside the steps of the corporation following a disastrous few weeks for the broadcaster....
View ArticleMPs to grill BBC execs on Entwistle payoff
The BBC Trust is set to face questioning from MPs on why it chose to give former director general George Entwistle a £450,000 payoff following his resignation in the wake of the Newsnight scandal....
View ArticleTony Hall appointed BBC director general
Just a week and a half after George Entwistle stood outside the BBC and announced his resignation, the corporation has found his replacement: Royal Opera House chief executive Tony Hall. Hall is...
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Who is the BBC’s new director general?
Tony Hall has been announced as the new director general of the BBC. But who is he, and what is he likely to bring to the corporation? Media Digest has a run down of the new man in charge. Antony...
View ArticleTony Hall rallies BBC staff on first day as director general
The message from the BBC’s new director general was clear as he spent his first day in the role yesterday: “The BBC’s best days lie ahead of us.” In a message sent to BBC staff, Hall acknowledged –...
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