Entwistle is new £450,000 BBC chief
BBC executive George Entwistle has been appointed director general of the BBC, often seen as the most powerful job in UK broadcasting. full story 
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George Entwistle in secret return to BBC
George Entwistle, who resigned as director-general of the BBC after 54 days, is to return to the corporation.
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 7 days ago)
Here one minute, gone the next: a BBC mouse called Entwistle
The 5,000 BBC news staff who moved to New Broadcasting House from Television Centre have a new mascot. A tiny mouse has been seen darting between the desks on the newsroom floor — the busy area viewers see when that motion sickness-inducing camera swoops through the air ahead of news bulletins.
standard.co.uk (1 month and 2 days ago)
BBC Releases Jimmy Savile Scandal Probe Transcripts
U.K. media had a field day Friday with statements from the likes of former director generals Mark Thompson and George Entwistle, about a dropped report that put the BBC in crisis mode.
hollywoodreporter.com (3 months and 2 days ago)
Challenges are mounting for new BBC chief | Observer editorial
The corporation needs a thorough overhaul to boost morale and adapt to a changing worldFive months after the shambles of Jimmy Savile, the great BBC fightback begins. Last week, the new BBC's incoming director general, Lord Hall, made the first of his management changes. Here was a signal of intent. A head of news becomes head of radio. A director of communications will...
guardian.co.uk (3 months and 7 days ago)
A two-tier BBC licence fee? I wonder who thought up that innovative idea
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has some interesting ideas for future subscriptions at the New York Times. Ideas that could be applied elsewhere. Plus the vexed problem of BBC payoffsThe government wants a faster, shorter discussion period before the BBC's royal charter renewal, due in 2017 (a blow to the corporate hospitality industry, if nothing else). But let's...
guardian.co.uk (27 days ago)
Anne McElvoy: Restoring trust in the BBC isn’t all Hall must do
New dawns at the BBC come along often these days. No sooner has a space been carved out for a portrait of George Entwistle, the corporation’s shortest lived pope, than his successor Lord Hall is swept by a tide of unfortunate events into the post.
standard.co.uk (1 month and 22 days ago)
Roy Greenslade: BBC’s Tony Hall will be judged on how he handles his inherited crises
The BBC’s new Director-General, Tony Hall, as with his short-lived predecessor, George Entwistle, isn’t being allowed a honeymoon. He has become embroiled in two controversies within two weeks of arriving at the Corporation.
standard.co.uk (1 month and 7 days ago)
BBC's John Humphrys: I'm not planning to pack it in just yet
Presenter signs nine-month extension to Radio 4 Today contract and will also front BBC1's Mastermind for another three yearsJohn Humphrys, the presenter of Radio 4's Today programme, has said he has no intention of stepping down after signing a nine-month extension to his contract, which expires at the end of the year.Humphrys, who has been a presenter on Radio 4's flagship...
guardian.co.uk (1 month and 19 days ago)
BBC boss secures £800,000 payout
Former BBC chief executive hsecures £800,000 payout before new director general Lord Hall can impose £150,000 cap on severance payments.
telegraph.co.uk (27 days ago)
Crony fear after new BBC chief gives £395,000 salary job to ex-colleague
Channel 4 chief operating officer Anne Bulford has been handed the role of managing director of BBC finance and operations without the job being advertised.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 28 days ago)
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