BBC hires headhunting firm to find next director general
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 | Chairman of BBC Trust, Lord Patten, starts process to find a replacement director general but there is no 'imminent vacancy' The BBC has hired a headhunting firm to develop the "initial stages" of a succession plan for Mark Thompson, beginning the pr ... |
Leveson inquiry: Lord Patten and Mark Thompson - live
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 | Full coverage as top executives from the BBC, ITN and Channel 4 appear at the inquiry into media standards and phone hacking Good morning and welcome to the Leveson inquiry live blog. Today the inquiry will hear from senior bosses of each of the terr ... |
Leveson inquiry: Lord Patten accuses politicians of 'grovelling' to Murdoch
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 | BBC Trust chair and former Tory minister says current MPs are mistaken in believing newspapers determine their fate Lord Patten, the former Conservative cabinet minister who is now chairman of the BBC Trust, said politicians were wrong to seek close ... |
Today's media stories from the papers
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| If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it as an email every morning, please click here Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Chris Patten: newspaper journalism does not need statutory regulation Ahead of giving evidence to Leveson, c ... |
BBC Trust opposes local radio cut
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 | Trust chairman Lord Patten expected to ask management to rethink plans to cut £15m from the budget of the BBC's 40 local radio stations It provoked the ire of listeners, MPs and senior church leaders. Now the BBC's controversial proposed cuts to loca ... |
BBC spent £310,000 on private investigators from 2005 to 2011
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 | Director general admits BBC has used convicted PI Steve Whittamore and sought to get confidential DVLA information The BBC spent £310,000 on private investigators between 2005 and 2011, director general Mark Thompson has revealed at the Leveson inqui ... |
Mark Thompson's witness statement to the Leveson inquiry - full text
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| The BBC director general's written evidence to the inquiry into media standards and phone hacking ... |
Chris Patten: newspaper journalism does not need statutory regulation
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 | Ahead of giving evidence to Leveson, chairman of BBC trust warns against political involvement in matters of free speech Newspapers should not be subject to statutory regulation, according to the chairman of the BBC Trust, who has warned against allo ... |
Lord Patten's rule at the BBC Trust is proving oddly quiet
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 | The former governor of Hong Kong is polishing his political skills as acts, charters and new director generals wait in the wings When he speaks at the Oxford Media Convention on Wednesday, it will be nine months since Lord Patten became chairman of t ... |
