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Mark Thompson RSS feedThe £143,000 bill to protect BNP leader on Question Time
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<b>NEW:</b> Taxpayers have been handed a £143,000 bill for protecting BNP leader Nick Griffin during his appearance on Question Time, it has emerged2009-11-23T08:34:18ZThe best books of the year
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Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months2009-11-19T12:55:23ZBBC vows not to reveal details of stars' salaries
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BBC moves to reassure its stars that their salaries will not be revealed in a transparency drive showing how its £3.6 billion a year from the licence fee is spent2009-11-19T09:02:55ZTory ‘big bang’ plan to shake up media is good sense
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2009-11-18T08:06:42ZThompson's £600 night in Ocean's Eleven hotel
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BBC director-general Mark Thompson claims £647.50 of public money on one night's stay at a five-star Las Vegas hotel featured in the George Clooney film Ocean's Eleven2009-11-12T13:45:04ZBNP can come back on Question Time every year, says BBC boss
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<b>Latest:</b> BNP is entitled to be invited back onto Question Time once a year on the basis of the public support it is getting, the BBC’s director-general said2009-10-28T12:50:42ZHow the BBC survives
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Despite attacks from media rivals and politicians of both parties, Lord Reith's ever-burgeoning institution seems to survive - and even strengthen2009-10-13T07:44:13ZBBC may break law recruiting older newsreader
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BBC insists it will press ahead with plans to recruit older female newsreader, despite warnings that it could breach employment laws2009-09-25T11:24:23ZBBC plan to sell off part of £1bn-a-year Worldwide arm
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BBC considering selling a portion of its lucrative commercial division as part of a review into the corporation’s activities2009-09-14T07:59:03ZBBC to release report and accounts
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The BBC will release its annual report and accounts, amid turbulent times for the corporation2009-07-14T06:23:01ZBBC bosses get pay rises as corporation slashes jobs
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BBC faces a backlash as it emerges that its two top bosses enjoyed pay increases — while introducing cost-cutting measures2009-07-14T06:18:37ZDangers are mounting for BBC that won't listen to critics
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Does the BBC have a death wish? I dislike lining up with the corporation's knee-jerk critics, but I have to admit that I am rapidly becoming an exasperated supporter of Britain's, and the world's, most renowned public service broadcaster.2009-07-01T06:42:33ZBBC chief defends massive expenses as 'reasonable'
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Mark Thompson, BBC's director-general, defends Corporation's multi-million pound gravy train2009-06-26T08:39:51ZBBC boss used licence fee to fly family home
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BBC Director-General Mark Thompson used more than £2,000 of licence fee-payers’ money to fly his family home from holiday2009-06-25T13:41:19ZBBC boss hits back at calls 'top-slice' licence fee
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BBC director general Mark Thompson has come out firmly against Government proposals to "top-slice" the TV licence fee to provide around £130 million for commercial broadcasters2009-06-24T06:50:27ZHugh joins other chefs with a beef
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Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.2009-06-12T07:05:53ZBBC stars told to expect 40 per cent salary cuts
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Dozens of BBC stars have been warned by the Corporation to expect large cuts in their salaries, it has been disclosed2009-06-10T14:36:30ZThe best choice for the Met
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WHATEVER the result of today's interviews for a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner to succeed Sir Ian Blair, London will get an able, experienced and highly competent police chief2009-01-26T10:53:14ZBBC boss backs channel merger
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The BBC's director-general outlined his support for mergers between commercial broadcasters such as Channel 4 and Five to help them beat the economic downturn2009-01-12T08:48:27ZWhatever the BBC's faults, we must save the licence fee
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With all the leaden predictability of an EastEnders plotline, the brouhaha over Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross, and those blindingly unfunny phone calls has mutated into a good old row about nonagenarian Auntie2008-11-04T09:47:37ZBBC must learn from this fiasco
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The BBC has finally taken decisive action against those responsible for the prank phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs. It is right that Jonathan Ross should be suspended without pay for three months. Russell Brand would surely have faced similar sanction had he not already resigned. It is right, too, that Radio 2 Controller Lesley Douglas fell on her sword: she had to take ultimate responsibility. It has been a terrible week for the BBC. Now the Corporation must learn from it, although BBC Trust Chairman Sir Michael Lyons's defensive performance on this morning's Today programme does not inspire confidence that it will do so.2008-10-31T09:59:32ZRoss quits ITV comedy awards as stars back 'scapegoat'
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Jonathan Ross has pulled out of hosting the ITV comedy awards in the wake of his suspension from the BBC2008-10-31T15:14:14ZMore than just a breach of taste
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THE BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, has finally surfaced, taking shows presented by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand off the air while complaints over their offensive messages to actor Andrew Sachs are investigated2008-10-29T10:32:39ZBBC boss: 'I'm sorry for gross lapse of taste'
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BBC Director General Mark Thompson expressed his anger today over the "gross lapse of taste" that led to him suspending two of his top stars.2008-10-29T14:15:45ZSuspended Ross warned 'never again'
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The BBC was hoping today that a three-month ban for star presenter Jonathan Ross and the resignation of Radio 2's boss would draw a line under the obscene phone calls furore2008-10-28T09:28:32ZSuspended Ross warned 'never again'
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The BBC was on the brink of open rebellion over the Jonathan Ross phone affair. One of the corporation's most senior officials has told friends she would quit if any of her staff were sacked.2008-10-27T09:42:51ZTelevision and Radio
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London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents.2008-10-02T11:08:24ZBut pay and bonus bonanza at BBC
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BBC chiefs have been criticised for pocketing huge pay rises despite a disastrous year for the corporation's reputation2008-07-08T13:29:05ZBut pay and bonus bonanza at BBC
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BBC chiefs have been criticised for pocketing huge pay rises despite a disastrous year for the corporation's reputation2008-07-08T13:29:14ZTributes at premiere of Minghella's final film
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The premiere of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's final film became a celebration of his life with tributes led by BBC Director General Mark Thompson2008-03-19T09:36:08Z