Claims were made over the weekend that the BBC’s director-general, Mark Thompson, has raised the issue that he was 'disturbed' by the high number of employees who had attended Oxbridge colleges
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BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to take on the responsibilities of non-executive chairman of BBC Worldwide with immediate effect, it has been revealed.
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BBC director general Mark Thomson has highlighted his hope that, as a result of the BBC’s move to MediaCity in Salford, the city will become “one of the most significant creative clusters” in Britain. According to the Manchester... Read more
Mark Thompson, the director general of the BBC, has hit back at critics of the corporation's move to Salford.Speaking at the new MediaCityUK offices before the first 150 staff move in this weekend, Thompson dismissed "myths" about the... Read more
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has shrugged of criticism from the likes of the Daily Mail and given a robust defence of plans to move key BBC departments into regional centres.The Corporation is poised to move 2,300 posts to Salford and flag... Read more
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is facing fresh calls to resign after details emerged of a written memo to David Cameron espousing his support of Rupert Murdoch’s bid to wrest control of BSkyB.
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Lugubrious London Mayor Boris Johnson has wasted no time in making his presence felt since seeing off his nemesis Ken Livingstone for the second time, by publicly calling on the BBC to appoint a Tory to head up its operations.
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