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Former Bbc Director General Mark Thompson Gives Evidence Into Jimmy Savile Newsnight Case

24th November 2012

The Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile and his unsavoury antics that was dropped by the network's executives is being investigated...

Ex-bbc Chief Under Fire From Paper Where He's Now Ceo

16th November 2012

New questions have been raised about when former BBC Director General Mark Thompson learned about allegations that the public broadcaster's...

Former Bbc Man Mark Thompson Begins New Role At New York Times, With Bbc Turmoil Ongoing

13th November 2012

Mark Thompson, the former director general of the BBC, began his new job as the CEO of the New York...

Ny Times Raises New Questions About Incoming Ceo

5th November 2012

A week before Mark Thompson is due to take over as CEO of the New York Times (on November 12),...

Ny Times Raises New Questions About Incoming Ceo

5th November 2012

A week before Mark Thompson is due to take over as CEO of the New York Times (on November 12),...

Times Chairman Under Fire -- From His Own Staff

31st October 2012

New York Times Co. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has declined to comment on a devastating opinion piece by the paper's...

Times Chairman Under Fire -- From His Own Staff

31st October 2012

New York Times Co. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has declined to comment on a devastating opinion piece by the paper's...

Victims By Proxy | How The Savile Scandal Is Affecting More And More People

30th October 2012

The Jimmy Savile scandal has already officially claimed its first victim in the arrest of Gary Glitter last Sunday (28th...

Gary Glitter Arrested In Expanding Bbc Sex Scandal

29th October 2012

Paul Gadd, a pop singer known in the 1970s as Gary Glitter, was arrested in his London home on Sunday...

Gary Glitter Arrested In Expanding Bbc Sex Scandal

29th October 2012

Paul Gadd, a pop singer known in the 1970s as Gary Glitter, was arrested in his London home on Sunday...

Sulzberger Gives Ex-bbc Head His Blessing, Despite Scandal

26th October 2012

The New York Times's ombudsman may have expressed serious doubts about the qualifications of former BBC Director General Mark Thompson's...

Sulzberger Gives Ex-bbc Head His Blessing, Despite Scandal

26th October 2012

The New York Times's ombudsman may have expressed serious doubts about the qualifications of former BBC Director General Mark Thompson's...

Nt Times Ombudsman Calls For Probe Of Incoming Ceo

24th October 2012

The welcome mat is being pulled out from under Mark Thompson, the incoming chief executive of the New York Times,...

Nt Times Ombudsman Calls For Probe Of Incoming Ceo

24th October 2012

The welcome mat is being pulled out from under Mark Thompson, the incoming chief executive of the New York Times,...

Ex-bbc Chief To Head The New York Times

15th August 2012

In an apparent effort to expand its global reach, the New York Times has hired former BBC Director General Mark...

George Michael Eyes Greatest Hits Musical

19th July 2012

George Michael is considering following in the footsteps of Queen, Abba and the Spice Girls by developing a musical based...

Entwistle To Head Bbc

4th July 2012

George Entwistle has been selected by the BBC Trust to become the new director-general of the BBC, succeeding Mark Thompson....

Latest Bbc News Cutbacks Decried By Journalists' Union

28th March 2012

The British National Union of Journalists has denounced the latest cutbacks at the BBC, which will see 140 jobs eliminated...

Two Influential Tv Execs To Quit

19th March 2012

Two prominent TV executives announced today (Monday) that they plan to step down Brian Lamb of C-SPAN and Mark Thompson...

Report Bbc Chief To Step Down

27th January 2012

BBC Director General Mark Thompson is expected leave the publicly supported broadcaster following its coverage of the summer Olympic Games...

Bbc To Lay Off Nearly 2,000 Employees

6th October 2011

Forced by government mandate to make drastic cuts, the BBC announced today (Thursday) that it will lay off nearly 2,000...

Book Of Mormon Leads Tony Award Nominations

3rd May 2011

'The Book of Mormon' is leading the 2011 Tony Award nominations.The musical comedy - devised by the creators of 'South...

Bbc Admits It Uses Private Detectives

21st March 2011

The BBC has acknowledged that it has used -- and will continue to use -- private detectives in the production...

Tron Legacy It's No Avatar

20th December 2010

Disney's Tron Legacy may have blasted off with a strong $18-million opening on Friday, but after its initial surge of...

Bbc Chief Says Impartiality Rules Are Outdated

20th December 2010

British regulations requiring that broadcasters be politically impartial are outdated in the era of the Internet, the BBC's director general,...

Magnus Magnusson Dies

7th January 2007

Veteran British TV presenter MAGNUS MAGNUSSON has died. He was 77. Magnusson, who was best known for presenting BBC television...

Bbc In Trouble Over Top Of The Pops

12th May 2006

The BBC is desperate to persuade its own staff to attend recordings of long-running show TOP OF THE POPS, after...

Bbc Strike Threatens UK Tv

23rd May 2005

Britain faces a news blackout today as 10,000 staff strike at broadcast giant the BBC. Flagship live current affair...