George Entwistle to become BBC Director General

telegraph.co.uk (11 months and 16 days ago)

Jul 4, 2012

Chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, reveals George Entwistle will take over from Mark Thompson as Director General of the BBC after the Olympics. full story

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‘Either have a public inquiry or private inquiry. This is neither’

Details of a lunch at which George Entwistle, when he was Director-General of the BBC, learnt that Jimmy Savile was...

thetimes.co.uk (3 months and 27 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 (2 months and 4 days ago)

New BBC director-general Tony Hall says severance payments will be capped at £150,000

Tony Hall, the new BBC director-general, has proposed capping severance payments at £150,000 following the furore over the £450,000 paid to his predecessor George Entwistle.

telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 24 days ago)

RICHARD KAY: Humphrys - How I killed off my boss

John Humphrys (pictured) has spoken for the first time about his infamous Today programme interview with former BBC Director General George Entwistle.

dailymail.co.uk (3 months and 6 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 27 days ago)

'Incapable of getting truth': BBC report reveals procedure-obsessed chaos in handling Savile crisis

As it tried to manage the Jimmy Savile crisis, the BBC’s senior management styled itself in terms of the Cabinet Office Briefing Room (COBR) at a moment of national peril. The Director General George Entwistle appointed himself Gold Commander, with deputies given the rank of silver and bronze. He even selected an “incident commander”.

independent.co.uk (3 months and 27 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 (2 months and 16 days ago)

Humphrys wins award for DG grilling

Today programme presenter John Humphrys wins a Sony radio award for his grilling of former BBC director-general George Entwistle over the Jimmy Savile scandal.

bbci.co.uk (1 month and 5 days ago)

Lend us a tenor says Royal Opera House chairman

It was when Simon Robey tuned into that select committee performance that he knew something had to give. The chairman of the Royal Opera House and one of the City’s most renowned investment bankers had a feeling that George Entwistle, the BBC’s out-of-his-depth director-general whose grilling he observed, wouldn’t last long.

standard.co.uk (30 days ago)

BBC bosses kept close eye on progress of Olympic Games – with free tickets

Nine senior figures accepted hospitality, with former director general Mark Thompson attending opening and closing eventsRead the latest BBC expenses and hospitality claims reportAs the home broadcaster of the London Olympics, it was perhaps only to be expected that BBC executives would keep a close eye on the progress of the 2012 Games.Nine BBC senior management accepted...

guardian.co.uk (3 months and 15 days ago)

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