editor questions ex-BBC boss Thompson's 'integrity to be CEO' after pedophile scandalA senior female executive at the New York Times has asked whether former BBC chief Mark Thompson is fit to be her new boss in the wake of a pedophile scandal, which rocked the corporation to its core.In an extraordinary intervention, Margaret Sullivan, questioned the integrity and ability of the man who was the BBC's...
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One boss who claims 'too many shows are about middle-classes' wins one of the Corporation's top jobs as director of television on a salary of £327,000Top man: Danny Cohen was the youngest ever Controller of BBC One and has now been put in charge of all four channelsA BBC boss who believed its TV channels became too obsessed with middle class people has landed one of the Corporation's top jobs.Oxford...
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Carol: The BBC told me that I'd never make it in TV because my breasts were too small and how Countdown anniversary snub left me devastatedShock: Carol Voderman has told how a BBC boss told her she would never make it because her breasts weren't big enoughShe was already a household name as the maths expert on Channel 4’s popular teatime show Countdown.But when Carol Vorderman approached the BBC about...
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cheek of it! BBC boss claims Press is using outcry over fakery to take revenge for his hacking inquiry coverageMark Thompson suggests criticism misleading footage comes from bitterness about Corporation's reporting of the Leveson inquiryThe head of the BBC yesterday blamed the deluge of criticism about its ‘faked’ scenes of polar bear cubs on newspaper bitterness over the corporation’s comprehensive...
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BBC boss Mark Thompson solemnly announces the loss of 2,000 jobs after conducting the biggest overhaul of the Corporation in its history. Predictably, he is met with near hysteria from wide sections of the liberal establishment.Of course the loss of any job, wherever it occurs, is a terrible blow for those involved. And like most people, I can’t imagine life without the BBC.Yet when we look behind...
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want to put Frankie Boyle back on TV, says BBC boss, despite being axed from Comic Relief schedule for sick Queen jokeShane Allen, the BBC's new 'controller of comedy commissioning', compared the controversial comedian to his fellow Scot Billy ConnollyHe was axed by Channel 4 after his offensive humour prompted a flood of complaints.Now comedian Frankie Boyle could return to mainstream television on...
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BBC boss: Sex abuse scandal involving late Jimmy Savile 'gravely serious' for broadcasterThe BBC chief says allegations about decades of sexual abuse by its longtime TV host Jimmy Savile — and the broadcaster's failure to stop him — constitute a "very grave" crisis for the organization.Director-general George Entwistle told British lawmakers on Tuesday that it is too early to say whether sexual abuse...
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» BBC boss backs self-regulation of UK Press to prevent 'limiting media freedom'London, Sept 26: In the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that led to the closure of British tabloid News of The World, the BBC's director-general, Mark Thompson, has argued that the media in the nation should continue to regulate itself, otherwise it would make it easier for the state to 'limit media freedom'.Thompson...
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man leading the campaign to persuade Scotland to back independence wants to contact every voter in the in the run-up to the referendum.Blair Jenkins, the chief executive of Yes Scotland, said the UK was now "one of the most unfair and unequal" countries in the Western world.The former BBC boss predicted Scots would vote to leave the UK, declaring that 2014 "will be the year of Yes".Mr Jenkins argued...
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are too focused on Team GB: Astonishing memo from 'increasingly unhappy' BBC boss over patriotic tone of news coverageTV and radio newsroom staff were astonished by an email sent yesterday, which told them to focus on the achievements of other nationsLast night’s Six O’Clock bulletin led on the two golds for boxer Nicola Adams and dressage rider Charlotte DujardinMemo: Director general Mark Thompson...
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